A live Zoom session
Fundraising Assessment
Bring your deck and your questions. We’ll talk through your raise, how investors may see it, and what needs your attention first.
Book a fundraising assessment ↗Fundraising advisory
Your strategic
fundraising partner.
We help you prepare for investors, tell your story, and keep the raise moving.
15 years in fundraising30+ raises supported$100M+ raised
Sound familiar?
You’re doing the work.
The raise isn’t moving.
We look at where things stand, what’s getting in the way, and what needs to happen next.
- A good meeting. Then silence.
- A long investor list. No clear place to start.
- Another deck revision. Still no useful feedback.
- A company to run. Fundraising slips to next week.
How we work
Start with where you are.
A second opinion. Six weeks to prepare. Support through the raise.
Six weeks
Fundraising Preparation
We get your story, materials, and investor approach ready. Together, we agree what needs to be done in six weeks.
- Your narrative and fundraising materials
- Investor research and introduction paths
- Outreach, follow-ups, and tracking
- Weekly working sessions
During the raise
Ongoing Fundraising Advisory
We help you stay on track with weekly calls, progress tracking, and coordination of your fundraising campaign. Between meetings, we work through investor feedback and decide what comes next.
Working together
Make your fundraising
efforts count.
We help you see what needs to change, where to focus, and when to do more of what’s working.
What we take on
We shape the fundraising approach, prepare materials, research investors, and coordinate the campaign. Weekly calls and progress tracking keep the work moving.
Your part in the raise
You bring the knowledge of your business and lead the investor conversations. Together, we agree the next steps; you make time to follow through, with us alongside you.
The people behind VC Lens
Maria & Olga
Maria Poly
Strategic fundraising partner
15 years in fundraising, inside venture funds and alongside founders. Previously in investor relations at TMT Investments ($200M+ AUM), Blockchain Coinvestors ($350M+ AUM), and Pantera Capital ($1B+ AUM).
More about Maria ↗
Olga Sokol
Operations partner
Olga has worked alongside Maria on the operations side of fundraising preparation. Her background spans project management in research and technology teams.
Let’s talk
Where are you
with your raise?
Tell us about your company and where you could use help. If it looks like a fit, we’ll arrange a conversation.
Tell us about your raise ↗Still thinking it through? Read Maria’s notes on fundraising.