We raise capital for companies and for funds
spectup helps you define the raise, get investor-ready, and run a structured capital raising process from first outreach to close.
Discuss a raise
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Raised, placed and advised
Private capital advisory Access to private capital.
spectup is a capital advisory firm running capital raising services, fund placement and M&A for companies, enterprises and funds.
4.9 / 5 Top Capital Market Consulting Company 202617 verified Clutch reviews
Companies and funds we have represented
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spectup’s track record
Raised, placed and advisedacross every mandate since 2022$760M+
Capital raisingraised for companies and funds$120M+
M&A advisoryadvised on buy and sell-side$150M+
Investors and LPsmet for mandates2,500+
Reference transactions
Pre-IPO · Energy · UK£100M
Series D · SaaS · US$40M
Series B · Restaurant · Asia$18M
Sustainable hardware · Qatar$5M
Society Brands acquired Crunchi$12M
Motion Agency acquired New NorthBuy-side
I have worked with two other capital advisors. You produced the best results by a very wide margin.
20strategic and acquirer meetings booked for them
MastercardProvidence Equity PartnersCrowe GlobalDailyPayOptimal BlueKochavaHealthWare SystemsMiCamp Solutions
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How a capital raising process runs through our capital advisory
Niclas Schlopsna · Managing Partner
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Private capital advisory: capital raising and M&A
Three capital raising mandates and three on the M&A side. One side of the transaction, sourced and led to close.
We advise buyers and sellers through to close
Mandate, valuation and positioning first, then a direct approach to the counterparty and diligence run through to signing.
Discuss a transactionThree things we own that a traditional advisor rents. The network, the technology, and the audience.
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The relationships behind our capital advisory
Ring I · personal
40+
Inner circle
Investors we know personally and meet regularly. Introductions happen at the relationship level.
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Two systems behind our capital raising services
Other advisors license third-party tools. We built our own platform and our own signal engine, and run both in-house.
System one
Valicon.ai
Our own investor platform. Clients run their data room on it and share it with their investors.
Investor activitythis week
Growth fund, US88
Family office, EU71
Pension, US54
SWF, Middle East32
Engagement score per investor, from what they actually open
Primary dataFrom closed transactions
Behaviour dataWhat each investor opens
System two
Signal engine
Built in-house, separate from Valicon. It watches for the moment an investor's capital is ready to move.
Signal feed
live
Signals watched80+
Meetings on this mandate0
The two together
74
investor meetings generated on a single mandate
Primary data plus signal timing. Neither alone gets there./ 06
The audience our capital advisory reaches
Our own audience of financial decision makers. A mandate we take is placed in front of them directly, so the right investors arrive already warm.
B2B financial decision makers on the letter2,000
LinkedIn followers15,000+
Podcast listeners a month8,000+
Impressions across our channels1,000,000+
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We represent one side, and bring the other to the table.
Either side. A company or fund raising capital, or a fund and acquirer hunting the right opportunity.
Fund manager
Institutional LP
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Capital advisory compared to a traditional advisor
What private capital advisory looks like with an investor network, a platform and an audience behind it, against a firm renting all three.
Traditional advisor
- Licenses a third-party databaseThe same records everyone buys
- Cold outreachSent on a schedule
- A name in the marketNo audience of its own
- A list of contactsInherited, rarely refreshed
- Handed to juniorsThe partner appears at the pitch
spectup
- Owns primary investor dataFrom closed transactions, never bought
- 80+ signalsApproaches when the capital is ready
- 2,000 readersB2B financial decision makers, every two weeks
- 2,500+ investors met440+ direct relationships
- A partner on every mandateSame team, kickoff to wire
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Selected capital raising and M&A transactions
Three capital raising and M&A transactions we can name. The rest stay closed. 150+ mandates since 2022.
Capital advisor
$40M
CreatorIQ
Series D. Growth round for a creator marketing platform.
Capital advisor
$18M
PopMeals
Series B. Expansion capital for a food technology operator.
M&A advisor
~$12M
Society Brands acquired Crunchi
Buy-side mandate, sourced and led through to close.
Confidential
$00M
Dual-track · Healthtech
Active mandate. Details withheld under NDA.
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Where we work
Established businesses with real revenue. Our capital advisory work concentrates in sectors most advisors are not set up to cover.
- 01AIFoundation models, tooling, applied
- 02FintechPayments, lending, capital markets
- 03HealthtechDevices, diagnostics, care delivery
- 04InfrastructureEnergy, grid, transport and utilities
- 05Deep techPhotonics, materials, advanced compute
- 06B2B SaaSVertical software with real contract value
- 07RoboticsAutomation, logistics, industrial systems
- 08IndustrialPrecision production and supply
- 09Real estateCommercial development and asset portfolios
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What clients say about our capital advisory
"The outreach generated 44 investor meetings and saved me countless hours of unqualified calls."
Jonathan WeinsFounder & CEOPopMealsFood technology
17 verified Clutch reviews
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Fund manager
Institutional LP
Institutional LP
Discuss your mandate
We map your process, the counterparties and the timeline. If it is not a fit we say so on the call.
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30-minute call on fit
Niclas Schlopsna · Managing Partner
- No retainer to talk
- The same partner start to finish
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