founder support
Venture beyond capital
Capital is a commodity. Every VC has a network. What sets us apart is time. Focused support and patient capital that helps gets the fundamentals right now – so you’re ready for serious, sustainable growth.
Capital is a commodity. Every VC has a network. What sets us apart is time. Focused support and patient capital that helps gets the fundamentals right now – so you’re ready for serious, sustainable growth.
They want to scale, but they don’t know exactly how. We help them fine-tune their growth engine.
We address the blindspots that are holding them (and potential investors) back, multiplying their future backability.
They’ve got a vanishing runway and very little time. We set them on a strategic course for Series A success.
“Partnering with Skalata was critical. The ways in which we improved our business are too long to list. I firmly believe we wouldn’t be where we are today if it were not for Skalata.”
We’re pushing all of our resources, know-how and connections into the ring. So what does that look like?
We make initial investments up to $300k, and can then follow-on in multiple rounds. Having us on hand for future rounds means you can work on your business rather than working the room.
We have more people (and expertise on tap) than any other seed-focused VC. So we can give founders a lot of our time (strategy sessions, check-ins, actually replying to texts…), as well as the time to find their feet. No undue pressure and no countdown clock to the next funding round.
Get ongoing strategic and tactical advice for whatever problem you’re facing. Need help with cashflow forecasting? Go-to market? Pricing strategy? Hiring? Done.
Our edge is understanding seed better than anyone – and faster. Because it can be a series of shocks. Whiplash-inducing pivots, complete model overhauls, failed MVPs, hard-to-hear feedback. Few successful companies manifest as the original roadmap - every founder has to iterate before hitting PMF. Seed is by far the toughest stage - one that few get past. But we know how to navigate it, inside out.
We get the core engines of business firing stably in the short term, so you can move faster in the medium term. We’ll never thrust the weight of “fund returner” on your shoulders before you’re even generating revenue. We want to help you build a scalable, sustainable business – not simply inflate your valuation.
It's not just about “support”. Cheerleaders are supportive. It's about validating your ideas (“this is worth doing”) and dispelling your fears (“you can make the jump”). It's about giving you actual direction, considered connections, and sometimes brutal honesty. You need experts by your side. Not to be abandoned with a pile of cash, absent advisors, and unanswered emails piling up in the sent box.
There’s a lot of hype and hustle in the VC world, but we want to get back to substance. It's all the necessary, unsexy stuff you’ll thank us for later – financial forecasting, good governance, honing your business model, hiring the right people... There’s a reason later-stage investors love Skalata companies. It’s because they get the fundamentals right.
Having us on hand for future rounds means you can work on your business rather than working the room. We are your medium-term funding plan - one less major timesuck to worry about. We then go in to bat for you with Series A investors - capitalising on our connections and repping your company as if it were our own.
Our edge is understanding seed better than anyone – and faster. Because it can be a series of shocks. Whiplash-inducing pivots, complete model overhauls, failed MVPs, hard-to-hear feedback. Few successful companies manifest as the original roadmap - every founder has to iterate before hitting PMF. Seed is by far the toughest stage - one that few get past. But we know how to navigate it, inside out.
We get the core engines of business firing stably in the short term, so you can move faster in the medium term. We’ll never thrust the weight of “fund returner” on your shoulders before you’re even generating revenue. We want to help you build a scalable, sustainable business – not simply inflate your valuation.
It's not just about “support”. Cheerleaders are supportive. It's about validating your ideas (“this is worth doing”) and dispelling your fears (“you can make the jump”). It's about giving you actual direction, considered connections, and sometimes brutal honesty. You need experts by your side. Not to be abandoned with a pile of cash, absent advisors, and unanswered emails piling up in the sent box.
There’s a lot of hype and hustle in the VC world, but we want to get back to substance. It's all the necessary, unsexy stuff you’ll thank us for later – financial forecasting, good governance, honing your business model, hiring the right people... There’s a reason later-stage investors love Skalata companies. It’s because they get the fundamentals right.
From GTM strategy and product development to company culture and tech infrastructure, we’ll offer advice we can actually help implement. Always frank, always constructive, always based on experience. Here's some quick examples of things Skalata can help you with.
You know your market and we know seed-stage company development. We'll offer sensible, tailored advice, and then help you actually implement it. Day in. Day out.
Generally speaking, we won't work in your business, only on it. This is how we add the most value, both short-term and long-term. Teach a founder to fish...
Skalata’s value is our people, and their experience building seed-stage companies. It’s hard to put a dollar value on having that one-on-one, immediate feedback loop.
Being a founder is rough. You sign up for late nights, but there are things no one can prepare you for. We want to help you sleep better, not just work better. Skalata is a shoulder to lean on, and the first number you call when things don't go quite to plan. We work through challenges and cheer the little victories together. In other words, you don’t have to do this alone anymore.
We show founders the problem areas they’re too close to the business to see. We knew Choovie needed to pivot to B2B. We knew Explorate needed to change its revenue model. We knew Preezie needed to make its product a hell of a lot more defensible. It starts with starting at the beginning. Placing an obsessive focus on product, going back to the customer, and questioning every assumption.
