Sam Simpson

You're seeking that all-important funding to catapult you to the next level.

YET despite how motivated you are and how good your business idea is, you may still struggle to…

▫️ Get funding because of the advance assurance needed
▫️ Afford the production of expensive legal paperwork
▫️ Know-how to find those elusive investors.

Simplifying and accelerating the early-stage investment legal journey, FounderCatalyst is the ONLY affordable fixed price method of funding round legals for start-ups.

WHO WE HELP
Pre-incorporation to start-ups in England & Wales that want expert AND affordable help with SEIS & EIS and the legal process and documentation required to complete their funding journey. 

3 WAYS WE HELP
1. Apply for SEIS & EIS advance assurance
2. Produce all legal funding round paperwork and manage investor engagement
3. Introduce start-ups to possible sources of funding.

Enjoy the relief all of the legal paperwork you need in as little as 30 minutes and your investor engagement managed through the process.  

PROOF WE HELP
✅  Complete fixed price service per funding round just £1,495 +vat
✅  99% success rate for advance assurance
✅  Legal paperwork produced in just 30 minutes.

YOUR NEXT STEP
Haven’t yet got your funding legals sorted and you’re determined to give your start-up the best and most affordable chance of success?

Book a chat at https://calendly.com/sam-fc/meet

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"Founders seeking to raise equity finance - use this service! It’s simple to use, reliable & secure, & provides unrivalled value for money. You're in complete control of your fundraising process & timescales." Jules & Charlie, Founders, The Nue Co

FREE RESOURCES
Because we’re here to help start-ups, we offer the following for free:

✅  SEIS/EIS advance assurance submission
✅  Customised Term Sheet
✅  Template Forecast Models
✅  Founder Collaboration Agreements

Visit: foundercatalyst.com to find out more and access the freebies.

SPECIALITIES: Start-up, Startup, Start Up Funding, Funding Round, Funding, Investment, Investor, Investor Engagement, Angel Investor, SEIS, EIS

Co-Founder and CCO

Forge Technologies is a digital IT services business focusing on three technology pillars; Future workplace, Cloud optimisation and Network transformation. Forge has no legacy infrastructure that it needs to deliver returns against; no costly office space, external investors or banking covenants and unencumbered from legacy working practices that have to be turned on their head to adapt to new working practices.

Within Forge Technologies, I am responsible for all aspects of commercial and back office services.

I am a founding partner at Carbon13, a European venture builder and early-stage investor focused on climate mitigation and systemic resilience.

Over the past 5 years, I have helped create several hundred and back 100+ companies as their first institutional investor addressing the resilience of critical systems, including energy, materials, food supply chains, and the built environment.

Our model differs from traditional venture capital. We work with exceptional founders from day-zero, build teams, validate markets, and invest where we have genuine additionality rather than competing in priced seed rounds.

Prior to Carbon13, I cofounded and scaled Poq, a mobile commerce platform serving global retailers, and operated the business through rapid growth and international expansion. That experience shapes how I work with founders on governance, capital fundraising, and long-term value creation.

Michael Langguth

Our SEIS Fund IX is closing on the 12th March, for this tax year. But last week’s Berlin Showcase really reminded me of what makes this Fund so unique – it’s the same as what makes the Carbon13 Venture Builder so special.

And that’s the ecosystem. It’s strong. It’s wide. It’s deep. It’s focused.

Our Climate Innovation Showcases - Carbon13's version of a demo day, which are the ceremonial end of the programmes, exemplify this perfectly.

Last week was our Berlin Showcase, we brought together Berlin Cohort 4 and Cambridge Cohort 8 at Google’s Berlin headquarters — 9 teams, 2 cohorts, one shared mission: building ventures that move the needle on net zero.

Strength:
The calibre of the people pitching their ventures. The typical Carbon13 cohort has an average age of 37, a quarter hold PhDs, and half have done a venture before.

Width:
Our audience. With hundreds in the audience and watching via the livestream, our ecosystem’s expertise covers everything from energy to AI, chemicals to infrastructure, buildings to manufacturing processes, finance to data,

Depth:
This demo day is just one day in the Venture Builder. We’ve run 15 programmes since 2021, each lasting almost a year. Every Venture Builder evolves from the learnings of the previous one and ensure we can give even better support to our ventures. This Berlin Showcase was one of the best yet. There’s over 100 invested ventures by Carbon13 and many more are about to join them.

Focus:
Everyone in the ecosystem is united by the climate emergency and the need to change industrial systems on a global scale. No matter the background, the industry, the technology, everyone is in the same boat rowing towards the same goal.

It’s a powerful energy to be in the same room with.

There’s only a few days left to join this ecosystem and invest in our SEIS Fund IX for this tax year 2025-2026, you can download the IM via Syndicate Room’s platform here: https://lnkd.in/dwWWZZ8b

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more here https://lnkd.in/eqb_4ngH This financial promotion has been approved by Syndicate Room Ltd (FCA FRN 613021) on the 4th 2026

Founding Partner | Venture Builder & Early-Stage ClimateTech Investor | 100+ First Cheques

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