Powering founders to start, fund and scale businesses.
Get Investment Ready & Fundraise.
Pollenise starts, supercharges and scales startups in the UK and internationally. The team has over 45 years accumulated experience in fundraising, innovation, media as well as advising global financial institutions and private investors on their investment decisions.
Pollenise’s bespoke end-to-end service supports Founders & Leadership teams across the journey from pre-investment, through investment/fundraise to post-investment and scaling. We uniquely combine a strong understanding of investment and financial plans with compelling storytelling abilities that resonate with wide audiences of investors, specialists and non-specialists.
We identify overlooked opportunities in propositions and/or in the storytelling/pitch, and use our understanding of investment obstacles to position propositions in their best light. With a reputation for outstanding execution and unparalleled access to credible connections, our proven expertise is in advising small and mid-cap companies across a diverse range of sectors.
Over 60% of Pollenise deal flow and consultancy is now focused on fundraising for ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) purpose driven businesses to power innovation at the micro-level of start-ups to solve critical societal & ecological threats to both people and planet. We also specialise in propelling female founders through our Pollenise Academy Programme.
Core Services.
Pre-Investment.
Business plans, decks & pitches: We work with late seed to series B and C entrepreneurs to refine their proposition, business plans, decks and pitches and often reshape it in the process.
Investor Strategy: We help founders identify what is the best strategy to approach investors, from angels and family offices to VCs and strategic investors.
Business support: We also help businesses tackle unforeseen issues, connecting them to out well established and trusted network.
Investment.
Investor Introductions: We help start-ups fundraise from late seed to Series C rounds, only connecting those propositions that are investment ready.
Investor Relationship Management: We support founders to accelerate and grow their businesses through our investor network
Post-Investment.
ESG Specialists leading strategy and investment to power innovation at the micro-level of start-ups to solve critical societal and ecological threats.
Growth: We offer Advisory Board services, partnership and growth strategy to post-investment companies.
“Notice the difference straight away”
Testimonial
“Working with Pollenise has helped me to bring a clear narrative in the financials and to connect these more clearly with the strategy in the pitch deck. It can be quite challenging in fundraising times + having to run the day to day business as well to take the step back at the right time and see what is needed to get that edge in the story and financial plan. Juliette's and Cedric's feedback was always very candid and helpful, and they were able to fathom quickly what the core of our business entails. And whilst they have a clear vision how to best communicate this in investor materials, it never was a strict format that everything needs to fit in to. I thoroughly enjoyed our discussions, these also helped me to shape my vision and conviction about where we are headed with HelloElla and why. The next level pitch and financials are increasing our traction and interest with investors already, it is great to notice the difference straight away!”
—Valborg Kortals Altes, CEO HelloElla
