Testimonials

Founders, on the record.

120+ founders across five markets have used the first 500 days playbook. Here's what they said when we asked what worked, what didn't, and what they'd do again.

120+
Founders supported end-to-end
$40M+
Capital enabled by our founders
4.9/5
Avg. founder-satisfaction score
18
Countries where founders have shipped
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Expansion
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"They moved our entity to the UAE in six weeks and helped us close seed in London the next month. It felt like having a co-founder who'd done it eleven times."
AK
Aditi Krishnan
Founder, HelioBio
UAE
Founder Visa
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"UK Innovator endorsement in 11 weeks. The document pack alone was worth the fee โ€” every question the endorser asked was already answered in it."
RP
Rohan Patel
Founder, Ledgerly
UK
Fundraising
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"They rewrote our deck three times, coached us through eight investor meetings, and did not once make us feel like a project. $2.4M closed in nine weeks."
SN
Sara Ng
CEO, Kompas AI
Singapore
Consulting
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"The 30-day discovery sprint saved us from building the wrong thing for a year. We killed two features and shipped the one that mattered."
MD
Marco De Luca
Founder, Baseline
UAE
Expansion
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"GCC entry in 90 days, licensing, banking, first three enterprise pilots โ€” done without me having to fly out more than twice. This is how it should work."
PM
Priya Menon
CTO, Northstream
India
Founder Visa
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"I had been circling the UK Innovator route for months. They gave me a timeline on day one and hit every date on it. I'm now living in London."
JW
James Whitmore
Founder, Fold
UK
Consulting
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"They pushed back on my growth assumptions in a way my board never had. Six months later our unit economics are actually workable."
AR
Ananya Roy
Founder, Meadow
India
Expansion
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"We opened Bangalore and Singapore in the same quarter. They handled the entity work; we focused on hiring. Cleanest expansion I've done."
DC
Daniel Cortez
Founder, Tidepool
USA
Fundraising
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"They built our data room the way an investor actually reads one. Two of the four intros they made turned into term sheets."
FA
Farah Al-Amin
Founder, Curio
UAE
By the numbers

Outcomes we can't unsee โ€” and neither can they.

96%
Founders would work with us again โ€” measured 12 months after engagement close.
11wk
Average time to visa endorsement across UK Innovator, UAE Golden, Singapore Tech.Pass.
$40M
Capital raised by founders in the twelve months following engagement.
18
Countries where founders we support have entities, hires, or paying customers.
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