Bernardo Mendes Almeida

Growth Consulting For 100+ Businesses | Private Capital Advisory For Early/Mid Market Funds | CEO & Founder at Avalanche Capital

As an entrepreneur within the growth consulting and private capital advisory verticals, I have a passion for helping businesses scale and innovate in the digital economy. I have founded and still lead two successful ventures: Avalanche Consulting and Avalanche Capital.

Avalanche Consulting is a growth consulting firm that helps established service-based businesses to grow consistently and predictably by implementing infallible client acquisition infrastructures. We have partnered with over 100 businesses across various niches and geographies, delivering guaranteed results and exceptional value.

Avalanche Capital is a private capital advisory firm that offers a new and innovative fundraising methodology that minimises time commitment and costs, expedites fund allocation process, and builds an investor pool that aligns with the vision of early and mid-market funds. We leverage our marketing expertise, proprietary technology and vast network of investors to create a new type of investment vehicle that expands beyond the confines of traditional fundraising methodologies.

I have a strong educational background in business administration and management, with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Warwick Business School and a Fintech and Blockchain Programme from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. I also have a keen interest in emerging technologies, markets, and trends, and I enjoy learning and sharing my insights with others.

Founder & Managing Partner

Avalanche Capital offers a new and innovative fundraising methodology that minimises time commitment and costs, expedites fund allocation process and builds an investor pool that aligns with your vision.

As part of the Fundraisr launch today, we've added a new batch of investors:

- Family Offices;
- Angels/HNWIs;
- VCs.

Sector agnostic, and global.

So if you're raising, there's definitely something in there for you.

If you'd like to see a list fully tailored to your raise:

1. Comment "Fundraisr";
2. DM me.

I’ll send you a link to a €1 trial of Fundraisr (not available anywhere else).

On a mission to make fundraising smarter, faster and fairer | Founder & CEO @Fundraisr

Too many founders fail because they can’t get funded.

But that doesn’t have to be the case anymore.

For years, I’ve watched early and mid-market founders/fund managers grind through fundraising, either:

Manually researching investors, finding their contacts, writing personalised introductions;

Spending egregious amounts on middlemen that have little to no results to show for;

- Spamming their networks begging for a warm introduction.
- That is not the way to do it anymore.
- So we built Fundraisr.

A platform that allows founders and fund managers to manage their raises from strategy, to introductions, to pipeline management - all under one intuitive tool.

No gatekeepers, no predatory fees, no guesswork.

Fundraisr truly levels the playing field, and success now depends on execution, not connections.

If you’d like access to Fundraisr for €1:

1. Repost the trailer;
2. DM me.

I’ll send you a link to a trial of Fundraisr (not available anywhere else).

Raising capital should NOT be contingent on who you know.

Early and mid-market founders don’t lose because they lack relationships.

Stop optimising for coffee chats.

Run a real fundraising process.

The industry has been an "old boy's club" but that's all they are now. Old boys.

You can't expect to win in 2026 with 1986 processes.

“Your network is your net worth” is the industry’s biggest lie.

Networking-based fundraising in general is a lie.

That might be true if you’re Sam Altman.

But for early/mid-market funds and startups, networking is mostly a tax on your time.

“Let me introduce you to someone who might introduce you to someone else.”

It’s a bottleneck disguised as a strategy.

Late-stage companies can announce a raise and have investors line up.

But to get there, every company went through the phase where fundraising was manual, uncomfortable, and unforgiving.

The mistake is thinking networking is the shortcut.

It isn’t.

Last year my team and I spoke with 1,157 founders and fund managers looking to raise capital.

And their problems were almost always the same.

- They’ve exhausted their networks for introductions - with little to show for it.
- They’ve tried using middlemen - and weren’t happy with the results.
- They’ve attempted to raise in-house - and couldn’t get meaningful traction.

When you hear the same three problems more than a thousand times, you know for a fact your industry is seriously flawed.

Fundraising hasn’t failed because founders aren’t capable.

It failed because the process itself was never designed for early and mid-market companies.

And once you see that clearly, the solution isn’t more networking, better intros, or another intermediary.

It’s a different system altogether - one that gives founders direct access to investors, structured outreach, and full visibility over their raise.

Which - shameless plug - is precisely what we’ve developed at Fundraisr

Added a new batch of investors with dry powder to deploy in Q1 to the platform.

Called my CMO and asked for more demo calls this week.

Less than 24 hours later, my calendar is full and I can’t get any work done.

Thanks, Bruno.

How do you guarantee you'll secure investment in an unstable environment?

My team spent +100h answering this:

Over the last year, we’ve been embedded across $2B+ in active raises spanning 32 mandates - startups, funds, and everything in between.

That vantage point gives you a very different view of where capital is actually moving next.

We’ve distilled those patterns into a 17-page 2026 Private Capital Outlook, covering:

- Where LP attention is concentrating (and where it’s quietly pulling back)
how allocation behaviour is shifting post-2024

- Which sectors are building momentum before it becomes obvious
what early and mid-market managers need to adapt to in 2026

This isn’t commentary.

It’s pattern recognition from live mandates, and we’re sharing it for a short window.

If you want access:

1.Comment “Outlook”
2. Send me a connection request

I’ll send it directly.

Fundraising is always an uphill battle for first-time founders.

Especially if you don’t come from an impressive network.

For decades, this left founders with two real options.

Option one: hire middlemen - placement agencies, advisors, investment banks…

- High retainers;
- Predatory fees;
- Little transparency;
- Subpar results.

Option two: try to do it yourself.

- Endless investor research;
- Manual outreach;
- Chasing replies;

Fundraising slowly takes over your calendar - and your focus drifts away from the business.

Neither option really works for early/mid market.

So to show you what the better alternative is, I recorded this video below, and how Fundraisr solves the problem.

And for the last time I'm offering access to Fundraisr for €1:

1. Comment "Fundraisr";
2. DM me.

I'll send you the signup link.

We partner with coaching businesses to generate more impact & revenue using ‘relationship first’ sales & marketing systems to 'create your clients' | 8 Years Of Coaching Online

I’m building a business that serves my life and family - not the other way around.

I’m the Founder & CEO of Eriscale, where we build predictable growth systems for the new economy: systems that create freedom through structure.

We combine AI, strategy, and human-first communication to make growth calm, consistent, and personal again.

Because in the new economy, leverage replaces hustle, and relationships scale. 

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What We Do:

We install predictable client acquisition systems that reflect how modern work actually works: remote, independent, and relational.
Every system is built to give you clarity, momentum, and control: without sacrificing your energy or integrity.

Our clients are:
	•	Brilliant at delivery, but lacking a predictable engine to generate new business
	•	Fractional executives, consultancies, and boutique founders
	•	Tired of being pitched “more leads” that go nowhere
	•	Done compromising peace of mind for growth

They don’t want gimmicks.
They want leverage.

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Recent Client Wins:
	•	Growth Consultancy scaled from $20k → $42k/month in 7 weeks using our 4A Sales Process
	•	Founder & father of four cut his work hours by 40% while growing revenue
	•	Product Advisory Firm closed a £14k/month retainer 3 weeks in
	•	Fractional Co-Founder 5×’d his investment in 4 months
	•	People & Talent Exec signed a $80k contract

These aren’t just revenue wins - they’re also freedom metrics.

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What We Deliver:
	•	A predictable flow of right-fit conversations
	•	Relationship-first messaging that mirrors your voice and values
	•	A simple CRM + sales system to close predictably with no wasted time or effort

We build systems that respect your energy and amplify your presence - and guarantees significant ROI. 

Everyone we work with have full ownership & control - to earn more, work less, and lead a business that feels aligned.

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Why I Do This:

I’m a founder, husband, and father of two little humans (and counting).
I’m not building a company just to win, I’m building it to live.

To carry my kids up mountains on Tuesday mornings.
To sit at dinner without my mind spinning in six tabs.
To build something my family is proud of, and inspired by.

Business shouldn’t be a tradeoff for freedom: it should be the vehicle for it.

When you balance tech with human connection, that freedom becomes predictable.

We’re already living in the new economy - where independence, trust, and systems drive growth.

Eriscale exists to build that predictability: so freedom and growth scale together.

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Interested to learn more? Send me a DM or use the link in my bio!

David I Eriksson

Here’s a very common mistake even great founders make with client acquisition:

👉 They don’t have a system.
👉 Nothing predictable.
👉 No clear way of knowing where the next client is coming from.

Instead they rely on referrals and networking, and to be clear, those can work.

You can get pretty far with them.
But they’re still outside of your control.

A real baseline for a scalable business is systemising client acquisition.

Knowing every step it takes to move someone from complete stranger to cash in the bank.

When that path is clear and repeatable, growth stops being hopeful and starts being intentional.

David Eriksson

We Build Predictable Client Acquisition Systems | Freedom Scales with Clarity | Founder & CEO @ Eriscale

“If I only had 30 minutes a week to do business development…”

Here’s exactly what I’d do 👇

I’d automate everything I could. Outreach, follow-ups, reminders so things run smoothly and efficiently.

But I’d also create selective, strategic checkpoints where I personally step in.

That’s the key.

Those small, intentional moments where someone shows interest. A reply, a click, a signal that’s your window of opportunity.

Spend one minute to respond manually.

Show you noticed. Show you care. 🤝

That small human touch creates massive leverage, because no automation can replicate genuine attention.

So yes, you can absolutely move your business forward in 30 minutes a week if you’re smart about it.

Automate the noise.
Show up manually where it matters most.

Efficiency isn’t about doing everything faster - it’s about knowing exactly when to slow down.

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