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.

385 London-based Family Offices, actively deploying.

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

752 family offices from the world's most stable financial hubs.

Switzerland. Singapore. Luxembourg.

When markets get messy, knowing where capital actually sits matters more than knowing who to pitch.

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694 Middle Eastern LPs and asset managers actively deploying capital.

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241 US-based tech investors looking for Series A, B and C deals.

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I'm in a unique position at Fundraisr.

We've helped funds raise capital.

We've helped startups raise capital.

And now we're raising capital ourselves.

That puts me on both sides of the table, and helped me understand that:

You can bring the perfect investor to the perfect deal with the perfect setup - and it still won't close if the founder doesn't want it badly enough.

Same as sales.

Some deals close themselves.

Others require the closer to chase down, push through objections, and refuse to  let the lead go cold.

Capital raising isn't a passive process: it's very much a sales game at the end of the day.

368 US-based corporate VCs writing Series A+ cheques.

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Maybe I shouldn't talk about this since I raise capital for a living...

but Cal AI just got acquired for $100M+. Bootstrapped.

This isn't a one-off, and it's an important market shift.

AI has made it trivial to build products that used to require teams of 20 engineers.

Social platforms have made it trivial to distribute them without spending a dollar on ads.

Which means the traditional moats - funding, tech complexity, first-mover advantage - matter less and less.

You can raise a Series A, hire 30 people, and build cutting-edge infrastructure.

And someone can replicate your core product in 6 months with 3 people working in their mum's basement.

The only moat that's harder to replicate now is brand.

If people know you, trust you, and associate you with the problem you solve - you're defensible.

If they don't, you're just another feature someone can copy and ship faster.

Fundraising early doesn't protect you anymore.

Tech sophistication doesn't protect you anymore.

Brand does.

Build it first. Build it fast.

Everything else is replaceable.

Personalised outreach is a guaranteed way to generate more investor replies.

But if you've tried it, you know how time consuming it is.

To make your life easier, I'm sharing the actual prompt we use inside the Fundraisr backend to personalise cold emails at scale.

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2. Comment "prompt". 

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It costs $200k to employ a 2-person investor relations team in the US for a year.

That's: $60k salary × 2 people × 1.15 (payroll taxes + benefits) = $138k

Then add CRMs, PitchBook, misc. subscriptions... $15k/quarter.

It'll take 4 - 6 months before they even know what they're doing.

At which point you hire a senior at $85k to manage them.

You're now looking at multi 6 figures/year just to hit the ground - before any performance.

Most funds, IBs, placement firms and let's not even mention startups - could put that money to use elsewhere.

That's why Fundraisr exists.

You get a full fundraising suite which can make your current team 3x more productive.

COMPLETELY automated and personalised investor outreach - in 34s

1. Select investor targeting - 12s
2. Set up campaign - 5s
3. Choose & refine type of pitch - 17s

Fundraisr has the data, the outreach infrastructure, and the AI capabilities.

No need to use any other tools for raising capital anymore.

It really is an A-Z fundraising suite.

You can reject feedback from friends/family - and even your team even.

But never from the market.

After speaking with hundreds of companies raising capital this year, we learned something important:

Some things in our industry can't be changed - and shouldn't be.

We initially saw Fundraisr as a way to replace warm introductions and investor relations entirely.

We were wrong.

Warm intros and IR teams will always be valuable: but that doesn't make Fundraisr irrelevant.

It just means we've been solving the wrong problem.

But the real insight: cold outreach works. We've proven it at scale.

The issue is that most IR teams, funds, IBs, and placement agencies don't 
believe it does - so they don't do it systematically.

Fundraisr doesn't replace warm intros - it amplifies them.

Your IR team keeps building relationships and expanding networks.

But now they can also pitch directly - at scale, with precision, without burning 
their reputation on bad targeting.

For funds, cold LP outreach has always been difficult.

For IBs and placement agencies, same problem.

Fundraisr solves it.

We're not replacing the human element.

We're removing the excuse not to go direct.

LinkedIn X Fundraisr connection.

You can now:

1. Sync your LinkedIn account directly with Fundraisr;

2. Instantly scour your connections to see best-fit investors for your raise;

3. Use our advanced filters to get more granular with your targeting;

4. Darft a personalised outeach angle in seconds.

Interested in seeing how Fundraisr may be a fit for your investor relations team?

DM me to book a call today.

Raising capital is a pay to play game.

If you don't pay with a dollar amount, you'll pay with time.

And the downside of paying with time may be that you actually never raise at all.

When you look at it through these lens, paying $15k, $50k - even $150k for a large raise...

is irrelevant.

If the firm, platform or team you're putting in place has a high chance of getting you closer to your fundraising goal, it's a no brainer.

That said, use Fundraisr.ai

Mohan ‎Muthoo 💬 🇬🇧 🌍

Founder @ Spring Drive | Driving Growth for B2B SaaS/AI | Multi-Award Nominated | 4th Ever Official UK Clay Expert | 👉 springdrive.co

Hey there 👋 I'm the Founder at Spring Drive - we drive growth with GTM Engineering, AI & Outbound for B2B SaaS and AI companies.

This means:

- Running Scaled Outbound Campaigns (Email + LinkedIn) with GTM Engineered data
- PLG Self-Serve Motions to drive signs that turn to paying users
- Cold calling with GTM Engineered Signals and Intelligence

🛠️We've worked with B2B across industries, Y-Combinator backed startups, globally recognized SaaS brands featured in Forbes and the Apple Store, B2B ecommerce companies, and everything in between.

We have a ton of case studies and accolades, having been nominated twice for our work (Finalist in the Standout Use of AI category at the UK Digital Excellence Awards, and for the GTM10 Awards), plus been recognized as Official Expert Partners by numerous top companies in GTM and Outbound.

Head to 👉 springdrive.co ORDM me, I will reply 💬

Founder

Mohan ‎Muthoo 🇬🇧

Booking $13 billion company Grammarly for a client at Spring Drive.

Cold outbound.


We spend most of our time with clients on competitive differentiation, not automation (we do that too, its just not the point lol).

That's why we *resonate* for them with prospects, rather than saying the same thing as everyone else.

And actually generate meaningful pipeline.

Not...

"Just saw your got funded, here at Generic .ai we're flipping the script on..."


Only Becc Holland can flip the script (she is brilliant btw check her stuff out).


For everyone else there's Spring Drive.

Actually there's a few other great agencies too, not just us.

But if you do want to work with us, you can apply for a pilot at springdrive.co.


Or don't, do whatever you wanna do.

Mohan Muthoo

Founder @ Spring Drive | Driving B2B Sales Pipeline with Outbound & GTM Engineering | 4th Ever Official UK Clay Expert | Multi-Award Finalist 👉 springdrive.co

Most of our best clients at Spring Drive still book through strong email creative variants.


I can't tell you how many companies have spoken to us and said they've tried different AI SDRs and signal tools but that it's not generating anything.

The reason is fundamentally that GTM is a competitive sport, so tools that democratize outreach end up being used by everyone hence making certain messaging too common and thereby less effective.

You have to actually *think* (shocker I know) creatively about where your competitive edge is.

AI is now without question a fundamental layer in our system - no doubt.

But most teams are relying on it to produce quality rather than using it to assist in their strategy.

For pure automation this can be fine, but GTM is fundamentally competitive.

its not about automation or efficiency - thats just for us. its about differentiation and saying something interesting.

As a broad metaphor Clay talk about finding your GTM Alpha - taking that inch ahead of your competition creatively and strategically.

Using tools to *execute* is brilliant, you should.

But too many companies want to use tools to do the thinking for them and these companies are struggling as a result.


Here's a screenshot of us flooding our client with sales opps with clever outreach.

If you want to work with Spring Drive, Apply for a Pilot here:
https://tally.so/r/7R26PA

Getting replies like this reminds us that we're putting out strong positions for our clients at Spring Drive.


Especially knowing the end stats add up too (getting 20-30 leads a day for this client).

But again, its a reminder that most saturation is around messaging not channels.

Before you move on to another channel, ask someone who works on your channel for a living what they think of your campaign.

8/10 times, mistakes are being made that, if corrected, would well actually start reaping success.


Cold email is just another channel and everyone reads their emails.

Don't forget it.

Something I've been noticing more and more lately - the teams that are crushing outbound aren't necessarily better at writing emails or picking better leads.

They're just better at operating.

They've figured out how to monitor campaigns, swap what's not working, keep mailboxes healthy, and follow up at the right time, without it eating their entire day.

That's partly why what Smartlead just released with SmartAgents caught my attention.

I've been playing around with it and there are a few things that stood out:

1. There's a campaign optimizer agent that monitors all my active campaigns every 6 hours. If reply rates dip below 4% after enough sends, it swaps out underperforming mailboxes, and shifts send times.

2. A mailbox health agent that tracks domain health, figures out when I need new ones, buys them from SmartSender, and sets up warmup. 

3. A meeting booking agent that catches intent in replies, books through Calendly, drops prep notes into HubSpot, and pings me on Slack. That whole flow used to be 4-5 manual steps.

What I like is how you build them too. no code, no complex workflow builders. You describe what you want the agent to do in plain language and it deploys. That matters for teams that don't have a technical ops person.

You still need to review, tweak, and make the actual decisions. But the repetitive operational stuff that eats up a few hours a day? That's where these are useful.

Worth looking at if you're running any kind of volume:

https://lnkd.in/ern_wwSJ

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