Roei Samuel

Connectd

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

CEO & Founder

PEF Community

PEF is the biggest community of Post Exit Founders with a global network of world class builders with exits

Member

Various

Angel Investor

ETA Technologies

Board Advisor

Forbes Business Council

NEC Trust

I sit on the board of trustees for the NEC Trust, investing in CleanTech, poverty alleviation; and AgriTech projects in the third world.

Trustee

Barclays

On the Independent Advisory Board for the UK Government's Digital Growth Grant, being overseen by Barclays

Independent Advisory Board

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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.

LSE Accelerator Mentor

London & Partners

Business Mentor

Virgin StartUp

Mentor

Exited Founder | Angel Investor | Host of Big Risk Energy Podcast | BBC Million by 30

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)

Ricky Patel, PhD

Point Science Analytics

Point Science Analytics enables family offices and UHNWs to diversify in the bio/deep tech investment space. We provide expertise with technical due diligence for bio/deep tech deals, along with pre-vetted deals.

How we work:

1) Hourly rate - £1200/hr - Ad-hoc due diligence review/expertise
2) Deal-By-Deal Due Diligence - £5,000 - 3 invoice points dependent on deal processing through - Family Offices like this one!) 
3) Month Retainer - Bespoke - for longer term projects, multiple companies, varying timelines.

To enable the next steps, book a free discovery call with Ricky Patel, PhD via DM.

Founder

Single Family-Office

Board Advisor to mulitple Single Family Offices (SFOs) worldwide. We lead the technical due diligence for biotechnology deals which fit the SFOs thesis for investment. I oversee the due diligence process & provide expert input from initial founder screening calls, to report generation & sign off, and more. Advisory to the IC/board. 

Any deals which the SFO decide to proceed with i open up to my personal network of FOs/UHNWs for co-investment purposes. A comprehensive due diligence process is undertaken and presented to those in my network interested in co-investing on select deals.

Beyond Earth Technologies

Investing in early stage space & deep tech companies ran by visionary founders enabling human civilisation to move forwards 🚀

Venture Partner

The World Network Group

Providing technical scientific expertise and advising on bio/deep tech deals for investor viewing on WNG platform of UHNWIs, Family offices, VCs...
 
I work closely with the WNG CEO to pre-vet all bio/deep tech deals and present high quality deal flow to UHNWs present within the group. I am the first point of contact for all bio/deep tech deals conducting early stage due diligence on potential new deals for the investor platform and communicating the scientific value of deals.
 
I bridging the gap between the technical founding bio/deep tech team and those investors interested in the deal to communicate, translate, and facilitate a smooth investment process for capital deployment into pre-vetted founders.
 
If you're a bio/deep tech founder raising funds with a clear deck, team, and strategy - DM me for next steps.
 
Note: Deals are evaluated on a deal-by-deal basis. Not all deals are accepted onto the platform (1 year fee of 5,000 euros).

Advisor

AcademicME

AcademicME provides provides 1-1 mentoring calls for PhDs or those in the world of life science. So if you're looking to leave academia and see whats out there or step into entrepreneurship - we can help! 

We also offer guidance on how to best hardness LinkedIn to attract those jobs to you! 

1st call of 15-20mins - FREE! - DM to book

1 off call 30 mins - £150 DM to book 

4x 30 min calls per month £400 - DM to book

Microsoft for Startups

Founders Hub

King's College London

Co managing a large scale rodent drug trial in collaboration with a biotech company for pre-clinical drug compound assessment.

Research Assistant

Research in molecular neuroscience using inducible cell lines to assess the molecular mechanisms involved in FUS mutations in ALS.

Founder & CEO @ Point Science Analytics | Bullet Point Reports on Biotechs 🧬 | Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub | Founder @ AcademicME | The PhD Pack📜

What we do:

At Point Science Analytics we lead the technical due diligence for family offices investing in biotechnology, deep tech, AI. 

We provide PhD level scientific expertise, along with a vast understanding of commercial private markets.

Coupled together, we evaluate the scientific risk of investments and identify ultra-high, high, medium risk investments on the technical science provided and publicly available. 

Who we work with:

As a family office, you would have experienced friends and family who have suffered from disease. As a result, you have a deep passion to invest and create impact in the space of biotechnology. A further desire to move human civilisation forwards has also driven you to be in this field and eye up deep tech deals.

You become stuck when internally you do not possess the expertise to correctly vet these deals and move them forwards. You have a strict financial due diligence process like many but fall apart when it comes to understanding the science and having the right expertise at hand to assist you through the deal process to closing.

Why family office's choose us:

Family offices lean on our expertise and empathic approach to this complex field as they wish to create impact and continue driving human civilisation forwards. As a family office you will have a passion for biotechnology, deep tech, AI. Wanting to invest into this niche space and drive forwards innovation along with co-syndicating your latest exciting deal with your family network. You’re here to create a family office legacy.

Lean on Point Science Analytics to support you through this process so you can celebrate the closing of a truly impactful deal and not stress.

How we work:
-	Hourly rate – Support calls/weekly also available (4x 15min)
-	Deal-by-deal investment (3 invoice points as deal progresses) 
-	Retainer(s) – 2 different ones offered (screening/advisory or deep technical due diligence)

Email: info@pointscienceanalytics.com so we can perfectly assess your needs and suggest the best option for driving impact. 

We also run SPVs for exclusive deals (enquire via email).

Founder & CEO

Point Science Analytics looks to make science to the point, providing investors, VCs, & family offices, with the early technical neuroscience/neurotech/AI due diligence & biotech deal flow. 

Advisory retainers for investor relations, outreach strategy, and scientific advisory for incubator/accelerator funds. 

Services include:

1) Adhoc neuroscience consulting 
2) Due diligence & Deal Flow retainers
3) Advisory retainers

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