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As the Head of Partnerships and Customer Acquisition at Connectd, I am dedicated to helping business owners in their journeys to scale their businesses.

With extensive experience working with companies across a range of industries, I have a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that come with growing a venture.

At Connectd, we pride ourselves on our ability to connect business owners with relevant fractional individuals to help them achieve their goals. Our track record speaks for itself – we have helped to grow companies across a wide range of startups across a multitude of sectors, including Electric Miles, Joyn, CatchApp, SafeToNet, My Bespoke Room, Purlos, Moblox, Monspire, Greenr, Pragusa One and many others.

If you're ready to take your  business to the next level, feel free to book a free 30-minute consultation with me to assess your suitability for the Connectd network here - https://meetings.hubspot.com/alex-r2 - or email me at alex.r@connectd.co

Head of Partnerships & Customer Acquisition

Joined the senior management team, taking responsibility for the strategic direction and expansion of the Business Growth division.

Spearheaded Connectd’s US market entry, launching and scaling business growth operations overseas.

Drove new product launches in both the UK and US markets, strengthening Connectd’s value proposition for founders and investors.

Collaborated with cross-functional leaders to align commercial strategy with product, marketing, and community engagement initiatives.

Head of Startup Acquisition (Senior Management Team)

Took on leadership responsibilities for the Business Growth team, managing strategic accounts and supporting complex founder journeys.

Designed and executed tailored growth strategies for scale-ups, aligning advisory boards, investor engagement, and reporting.

Mentored junior team members, instilling best practices in portfolio growth, founder relations, and Team building.

Elevated Connectd’s reputation as a partner of choice for startups by driving measurable outcomes in founder-advisor connections.

Senior Business Growth Manager

Connectd empowers the early-stage ecosystem to make and manage meaningful connections. Through our proprietary reporting suite, portfolio management system and smart-match technology, we remove the friction hindering founders' growth.

If you're a founder looking to accelerate your startup's growth, then let’s talk. Our platform provides support in the following areas:

• Smart matching technology pairs your startup with investors
• End-to-end collateral development (pitch deck, financial model and company valuation)
• Legal documentation access through ConnectdLegal
• Four masterclass sessions across the 12-month period inc. fundraising, tech, marketing and sales
• Investor-ready pitch day to a select group of investors
• Portfolio reporting tools to keep shareholders in the loop
• Build your Advisory Board with pro-bono advisors


Connectd have facilitated investment in the following startups:

Electric Miles, Joyn, CatchApp, SafeToNet, My Bespoke Room, Purlos, Tlero, MNTS, WhatBook, ASAP Water, Food Stuff, PSYT, Zeta Media, Atom Universe, ZWINGS, A3, CMT, tripAbrood, Multiview Media, Lawbite, YoungPlanet, HelpMeStop, Football Fan, LoveTheSales, QVBio, Renude, IDWard, Conigital, Amo, Ace & Freak, JustFix, So Syncd, Tickets4Good, Babbu, Raindrop, RWRD, Card Medic, Stratiphy, Fethr, Little Bridge, Scribe, Sendit.Money, Podcast Radio, C.Me, Equitas, Vizzy, Revolancer, Nuw, WASE, MyNestBox, PTB, Zedosh, Pikl, Sprive, Moblox, Monspire, Greenr, Pragusa One, Limitless Travel and many others


Want to learn more, head to Connectd.co

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My journey into the world of Entrepreneurialism started whilst at University College London, I found myself at one of the world's leading institutions educating myself on Macroeconomic Markets; But I was eager to focus on the people who make the world tick, who innovate, who grow, who create employment, who drive innovation, and it led me to Connectd; 

Fast forward 3 years, and I now run our founder network across the UK and the US, working with over 3000 founders, 1200 investors, and 2500 portfolio professionals!

I now advise early-stage companies on the best practices to grow and scale, and am always open to meeting with new people and hearing new ideas, if you want some support, you can always drop me a message.

Here are some of Connectd's achievements since I joined back in 2021:

👋🏼 Connections made: 26,000+
🚅 Fastest $1.5m+ fundraise through platform: 6 days
😍 Biggest raise through Connectd: $3.7m
🎓 Advisors placed: 650+
💲 Funding rounds: 1200+
↗️ Connectd team: 70+
⬆️ $4.8m ARR within 3 years of launch
🚀 Connectd Seed Funding: $8.1m

Alexander Rose

We're thrilled to partner with HubSpot For Startups to bring HubSpot For Startups members in the UK, Ireland and the US access to free founder support. 
You'll get matched with a curated Advisory Board of three expert advisors who work pro bono for six months, helping you tackle your biggest go-to-market challenges.

The combination is powerful: HubSpot's AI-Powered Customer Platform (up to 90% off through HubSpot for Startups) paired with Connectd's network of operators means you get the tools, talent, and expertise to scale with confidence.

Read more and apply through the link in the comments

Head of Partnerships & Customer Acquisition @Connectd | Helping Companies Grow and Scale| London & Miami

🚀 Exciting things happening at Connectd over the next few weeks!

We’re wrapping up the year with a fantastic lineup of events bringing together founders, investors, and advisors from across the ecosystem 👇

📅 Nov 25th – GTM Labs Event with PLUGGED
 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVMRtCes

🌴 Dec 8th – Miami: South Florida AI Pitch Battle with Startup Grind - Details to come

🎉 Dec 9th – Connectd Member Xmas Mixer - Details to come!
If you’re interested in joining any of these, drop me a DM! 💬

Let’s finish 2025 strong 💪✨

 #Startups #Investors #Advisors #Networking #Connectd #StartupCommunity

🚀 The world of work is evolving — and a fractional future is already here.

Explore our new guide from Connectd on how senior professionals are redefining success by blending flexibility, influence, and purpose. 

Discover what’s driving the shift to fractional roles — and why now is the time to embrace expertise, collaboration & opportunity. 

👉 Read the full guide - https://lnkd.in/evx3VRp9

💡 If you’re a seasoned leader looking for freedom and fulfilment — or a business seeking agile talent — this is for you.

#FutureOfWork #FractionalLeadership #TalentStrategy #Connectd

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🎉 Excited to share that we'll be at the Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale “Techsgiving” Holiday Party — and you should be too!

📅 Nov 24
 📍 Batch New Southern Kitchen & Tap, Fort Lauderdale
 🎯 For: Founders, tech professionals, creators & investors

🔗 Why join?

Connect with founders, innovators, and investors in a relaxed, festive setting
Build meaningful relationships before the new year
Share your journey and discover new opportunities

💡 From the Connectd side:

 Events like this are where the best conversations happen. If you’re a founder or investor looking to grow your network or learn about advisor matching through Connectd, let’s talk.

✅ Register, bring your 30-second story, and come ready to connect.
 Drop a comment if you’re attending — happy to link up there.

Link to register in the comments!


#Startups #Tech #Networking #HolidayParty #StartupCommunity #FortLauderdale #Investors #Founders

Throughout my time at Connectd, I keep hearing the same thing from founders:
Once they bring the right advisor on board, something shifts.Sometimes the impact is obvious. 

Their pitch tightens up, the story finally lands and investor meetings feel completely different. Other times it is more subtle, but you can sense it. 

They show up with more clarity and direction, and investors pick up on that straight away.

If you’re getting ready for a round, we’re running a session on 26 November at 2PM GMT / 9AM EST about how advisors can help founders raise with more confidence.

Save your spot 

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🚀 Founders: Want to land your first 100 customers?

Excited to share that Connectd is partnering with Plugged on a practical GTM workshop evening built for early-stage teams ready to create real traction.

📅 November 2025
 📍 Shoreditch Exchange, London
 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVMRtCes

This is a hands-on, no-fluff event with two focused workshops:

🛠 Workshop 1

Audience Clarity & Value Proposition — Get precise on who you serve and why you win.

🛠 Workshop 2

Lead Magnet & Landing Page Design — Build something usable immediately to convert interest into pipeline.

Expect actionable frameworks, founder community, plus food, drinks, and meaningful conversations.

Perfect for:

 ✔ Pre-seed/seed founders
 ✔ MVP-ready startups seeking early traction

You’ll leave with clearer positioning, a lead magnet concept, a tighter landing page, and new founder connections.

Looking forward to collaborating with Plugged and meeting founders building momentum.

#startups #founders #GTM #growth #Connectd #Plugged #traction

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🚀 New Whitepaper: How Fractional Leaders Can Accelerate Startup Growth

As a founder (or investor), you know the power of ambition—but rapid growth also brings complexity, competing priorities, and capacity constraints. That’s where fractional leadership comes in.

We’ve just published a deep-dive whitepaper that explores:

- Why fractional executives are becoming the go-to for startups navigating constrained time and capital. 
- The three core impact areas: Go‑to‑market; Scaling & Operations; Product & Technology. 
- How to identify which capability gaps in your business are best filled by fractional leaders vs. advisors. 
- Real-world outcomes: how fractional CMOs, COOs, CTOs and more are helping startups professionalise, scale, and execute. 
- Why building a hybrid team — fractional execs + experienced board advisors can be a powerful strategy. 

💡 Why this matters:

- Fractional leaders bring senior-level experience without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. 
- They help shift your business from reactive problem-solving to strategic, scalable execution. 
- This model gives you the flexibility to bring in high-impact leadership exactly when and where you need it. 

📚 Whether you’re raising your next round, preparing for scale, or building your go-to-market playbook — this guide offers actionable insights for optimising leadership at every stage.

👉 Read it now: https://lnkd.in/enuMmw5u

 📞 And if you want to explore how Connectd can help you build your board-level team, let’s talk.

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Whether you need a fractional CMO to refine your go-to-market strategy, a fractional COO to build scalable systems, or a fractional CTO to shape your product roadmap, these leaders bring targeted expertise precisely when and where you need it most. Where fractional leaders deliver the greatest impact At Connectd, we most frequently see startups and scaleups seek fractional support in three key domains: go-to-market, scaling and operations, and product and technology. A fractional CMO, Head of Growth or Commercial Lead can leverage their expertise to help a startup move beyond experimentation to build a repeatable, data-driven sales and marketing engine. Beyond strategy, fractional marketing leaders implement robust measurement frameworks and team structures that ensure performance can be tracked, iterated and scaled. With disciplined product management and continuous feedback loops, fractional tech leaders transform innovation into an operational advantage. Fractional executives vs advisors: choosing the right model Both advisors and fractional leaders are valuable, but their roles differ in scope and engagement. The challenge lies squarely in Product and Technology, and the most effective solution may come from building a complementary team that combines fractional leadership, governance and strategic guidance. Alongside them, one or two board advisors with deep expertise in areas such as UX, architecture or product strategy could help shape direction at a strategic level. Working together, this blend of fractional executives, board advisors and a NED creates a balanced leadership structure — one that unites strategic vision with practical delivery. When you’re on the pitch playing the game, they’re your coaches, helping you see the bigger picture and make smarter moves.” Casey Stabile, founder The Evergreen Exchange How Connectd can help you find the right talent At Connectd, we specialise in identifying and matching exceptional fractional talent and expert advisors with the startups and scaleups that need them most.

How Fractional Leadership Can Accelerate Startup Growth

Really enjoyed this! Thank you Mike Harris!

Helping The Good Guys To Scale Their Business | Business Growth: Planning, Strategy, Coaching | 40 years of Success in the Construction Industry | Rock Star Podcast Host

The Biggest Challenges Business Leaders Are Facing in 2025

As we approach the conclusion of Season 3 of the #LeadersInStrategyPodcast, we are excited to present a series of special episodes filmed at the Festival of Entrepreneurs. In our first episode out now,, we posed a crucial question to some of the brightest minds in business: "What are the biggest challenges facing business leaders today?"

This episode features insights from a wide range of experts*. Listeners can expect candid discussions on a range of topics, including the common challenges hindering growth, financial constraints, and the risks associated with inaction.

Whether you are a first-time founder, a business owner, or hold a leadership position within a company, this episode offers valuable lessons from those who have navigated similar paths.

📺 Watch on our YouTube channel (see link in the comments below) or 🎧 listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Podbean & Podchaser.

Don't miss out! Subscribe to our weekly podcasts and engage in the conversation 🗣️👂.

* Richard Harpin, Sir Liam Fox, Dave Stubberfield, Alexander Rose, Jeannette Linfoot, Laura Burton, Megan Stachini, Will de Bolla, Daniel Broome, Mark Robinson, Chris Thurgood, Paul B., Mohsin Hassan, Jon Mowat, Hattie D'Souza, Rachael Jackson, Phillipa Nicholson, Graham Rowan
Alex Chisnall, James Ashwood, Benjamin Thomas, Tobi Wozniak, Sian Brennan-Todd #FestivalOfEntrepreneurs

#Leaders #Strategy #Podcast #BusinessGrowth #BusinessStrategy #StrategusConsulting

Big news we’re excited to share.

We’re thrilled to share that we’re partnering with Fuel Ventures 🚀 to support their portfolio of exceptional, fast-growing startups.

Fuel Ventures backs some of the UK’s most ambitious founders, and this collaboration will give their teams access to Connectd’s fractional executive network and pro-bono advisor programme - providing the specialist expertise, leadership and support that ambitious early-stage companies need at critical moments of growth.

Clement Bigot, our Head of Startups, summed it up well: 
“Our mission is to help ambitious founders succeed by giving them access to the right people at the right time. Partnering with Fuel Ventures is an incredible opportunity to bring even more value to a world-class portfolio and help accelerate their journeys.”

And as Christina L. from Fuel Ventures shared: 
“Our founders move quickly, so the support around them needs to move just as fast. Connectd’s network gives them access to the right people at the right moment. Practical, hands-on advisors who can make a real difference when it counts.”

A huge thank you to the Fuel Ventures team for trusting us to support your founders - we can’t wait to get started.

If you’re in the Fuel portfolio and want to understand how this support works, just drop us a message.

Roei Samuel

Launched Connectd.com in January 2022
Raised $16m funding ($14m equity, $2m debt)
Generating $11m ARR (July 2025)

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Mentor at the London School of Economics' socially conscious spin-out accelerator.

LSE Generate supports students and alumni to build a socially responsible start-up, in the UK and beyond. Our year-round programme is packed with funding competitions, events and networking opportunities.

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I'm on a mission to lower the barriers to entry for those who want to build and scale a business. 

After exiting my last business RealSport 101, I began investing and noticed a distinct lack of diversity and accessibility in growth opportunities for startups.

In 2019, I launched Connectd to fix this broken system, making opportunities more accessible and diverse  for startups by giving founders access to expert talent and investors.

Since then, we've made incredible progress:

🗣 Conversations between startups and fractional talent: 117% increase from Q1-Q4 2024

💰 Biggest raise through Connectd: $3m

💼 Fractional talent recruited by startups per month: 90+

⬆️ Connectd ARR: 4x YoY, 3 years in a row

🚀 Connectd Seed Funding: $14m+

We're also partnered with Google Cloud, Capchase, Pearson, Vestd, Barclays Eagle Labs and more—helping thousands of startups unlock growth.

Alongside this, I have been a Virgin Startup Mentor, sit on the Independent Advisory Board for Barclays Eagle Labs as well as being an expert on Intro.

Here’s how you can connect:

📧 Join 15,500+ amazing folks from the startup community and subscribe to my 'Founder' newsletter for insights on launching, scaling and leading a winning startup from day zero including lessons from my 12-year founder career.

🌐 Come and join our Connectd community alongside 6,000+ members at www.connectd.com

And if you’re not ready yet? Stick around—I talk about startup development, scaling, and the future of work.

Feel free to jump into my inbox if you want to chat 📩

#startups #fractionaltalent #angelinvesting #startupfunding

Launched Connectd.com in November 2020
Raised $9m seed funding
Generating $6.8m ARR (May 2024)

I’m in The Telegraph today….

The headline is about how other founders and I work really long hours - 12 hour days, 6 days a week.

Lots of comments praising us and many more thinking we’re from another planet hahah.

The thing is, in my mind this whole debate is still centred on old-fashioned sentiments relating to ‘hard work’ or ‘laziness’.

Like those who want a four-day week are lazy (ridiculous), or that us founders who work on the weekends are the pinnacle of productivity.

It’s a completely false dichotomy! 

The real thing we should be discussing:

> Does your work fulfil you in a way that means you WANT to work?

> Are you rewarded such that long nights and weekends don’t feel like an awful chore but a worthwhile opportunity?

Because I absolutely KNOW that so many of the founders in the article are like me:

They’re not working nights because they’re really hardcore or resilient. 

They simply love what they do and care. 

And more jobs - not just founder roles - should be like this.

Insanely motivating. 
Incredibly exciting. 
And properly rewarding - financially, spiritually and mentally.

CEO @ Connectd | $14M ARR | #5 LinkedIn Top Startup UK | Ex-RealSport Founder (acquired)

We just ranked #27 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50.

Insane. 

Started Connectd 4 years ago with the idea that people shouldn't be trapped in corporate.

Now we're one of the 50 fastest-growing tech companies in the country.

What makes this mean something isn't just the ranking - though it’s a real honour. It's WHY we're growing.

Every week someone tells us they quit their corporate job and now work 3 days instead of 5. Or they're making more fractionally than they ever did full-time.

That's the metric that matters.

The growth is just proof that people want options and freedom. They want to work on their terms.

Massive credit to the team who've made this happen. None of this exists without them.

Here's to everyone choosing a different game.

We've been talking about how the future is fractional and flexible for a while now. Exciting to see even more people catching on.

I spent two weeks in the US and I'm seeing so many people taking fractional work seriously. 

Startups want great talent. Smart people want ownership over how they work. 

Fractional is the best of both worlds.

Blessed to be invited onto CBS Austin to talk to Sierra Waggoner about the journey. 

Proud of the team who make all this happen and the people supporting us along the way 🙏

Full interview clip in the comments!

CEO @ Connectd | $13M ARR | #5 LinkedIn Top Startup UK | Ex-RealSport Founder (acquired)

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