Advisors
The people we call first
A small company building financial infrastructure cannot afford to learn everything the expensive way. We work with advisors who have already made the mistakes we are trying to avoid.
Andreas Sanden
Advisor, Fundraising & Finance · Malta
Andreas advises EikaAI on fundraising and finances. His remit covers the questions a technical founding team is least equipped to answer alone: what a round should look like, what it should cost, and what the company needs to have in order before asking anyone for money.
He works with us from Malta, which in practice means the finance conversation happens on a different rhythm to the build. That separation is useful. Fundraising decisions made in the same room as a product deadline tend to be worse decisions.
Away from the spreadsheets he is a committed student of good wine, and is usually the one choosing the bottle when a milestone is worth marking.
Where he helps
Fundraising strategy
How much to raise and when, which investors are worth the time, and what has to be true about the product before a round is worth opening.
Financial planning
The forecasting and runway work behind a company building regulated infrastructure, where spend is committed long before revenue is possible.
Investor readiness
Making sure the numbers, structure and reporting hold up under scrutiny before a term sheet is on the table rather than after.