Sam Simpson

FounderCatalyst

FounderCatalyst is an exciting and disruptive play into the UK legal tech sector, underpinned by our superb technology platform. 

Our mission is to create all of your funding legal paperwork quickly and professionally, with no compromise on quality, at a fixed low price.  

Our aim is to make your fundraising legal journey as simple as possible, whilst managing investor engagement, putting you back in control.

My role in FounderCatalyst is to ensure that our platform and customer service is exemplary, to build industry partnerships and to own and execute our service roadmap.

Founder

Forge Technologies Ltd

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.

Co-Founder and CCO

University of Bristol

Quantum Technology Enterprise Centre (QTEC) is a world-leading incubator for quantum-based technology innovators, its vision is to educate and create the quantum entrepreneurs of the future. I'm mentoring two fantastic entrepreneurs as they develop their businesses.

Visiting Fellow and Mentor

Various Companies

Providing ongoing advice and support to the founders of incredible investees

Angel Investor and Board Advisor

Roc Technologies

I co-founded the business and successfully established the project and professional services delivery functions along with all back-office functions. This included finance, HR, IT, legal and corporate governance & compliance and vendor partnerships & accreditations.

Roc was recognised by the Financial Times as the 17th fastest growing company in Europe in 2017, and was the fastest growing IT Services business in the UK in 2016 according to the Sunday Times Tech Track.

Following a strategic review, I led a corporate finance process which resulted in a leveraged MBO and the acquisition of an IT Services business. At the time Roc had more than 200 people and run rate revenues of £25m. I subsequently exited my shareholding and Directorship as a part of this process.  The exit process was recognised by Business Magazine Thames Valley as Mid-Range Deal of the Year at the Annual Thames Valley Deals Awards 2018, held at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on the 19th April 2018 and subsequently as Tech Deal of the Year 2018 at the Thames Valley Tech Awards.

Founding Director

Daisy Group PLC

During my short period of employment at Daisy I was responsible for stabilising the Professional Services elements of the business following the acquisition of 2e2's managed services business. I also developed a repeatable process for integrating acquisitions.

Director of Project Services

Consolidated five disparate Project Services team into a single consistent directorate. Responsible for more than 150 staff across multiple disciplines and a portfolio of 500+ projects with a value in excess of £200m.
I also supported the sale of the company’s business units and assets to Daisy and O2.

Accountable for all delivery operations including management of a team of 90 technical engineers, consultants, project managers and PMO staff. My team delivered in excess of £110 million of customer solutions per annum.

Operations Director, Unified Communications Business Unit

Delivery of the company’s largest and most complex programme for a high security UK government client. Recruited and led a team of more than 60 technical and project management professionals. Successfully delivered the programme to time and budget.

Technical & Delivery Director

Prime Business Solutions

Management of pre-sales technical support and post sales delivery for IT infrastructure solutions based on Microsoft and Citrix.

Server and Client Line of Business Director

Evotree Limited

Evotree was an early cloud computing and Microsoft/Citrix Integrator startup. I established and managed all technical and operational delivery capability. The company achieved revenues of £1m in the first 6 months and was subsequently integrated into Prime Business Solutions.

Co-Founder and COO

Technical development, management and support in the Education and Insurance sectors.

Various Network and IT Operations Management Roles

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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Sam

"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

Packamama

Packamama is the climate tech packaging provider, spun off from Garçon Wines, supplying our multi award-winning eco-flat bottles to other businesses.

To learn more, visit us now at www.packamama.com

CEO & Founder

Delivering Happiness Limited

UK private limited company for Packamama and Garçon Wines

Executive Chairman & PSC

Delivering Happiness International Pty Ltd

Australian proprietary limited company for Packamama in Australia

Executive Director

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)

The mission of the RSA is to enrich society through ideas and action, seeking to address the world’s challenges by unleashing the creative potential in every individual.

Fellow

Garçon Wines

Garçon Wines is a sustainable wine wholesaler, supplying branded wines in our consumer-pleasing eco-flat bottles to other businesses.

To learn more, visit us now at www.garconwines.com

Travel Innovations Limited

UK private limited company for Nightly.travel

Non-Executive Chairman

Nightly.travel

Formerly a novel online traveltech UK start-up servicing a worldwide customer base; closed in 2020. The world’s first hotel switching online travel agency, powered by a bespoke, powerful algorithm, that allowed travellers to split their stay across two hotels in one city destination, saving as much as 70% versus a single hotel stay, enjoying higher quality hotels for less, and experiencing more of the cities they were visiting.

Co-Founder

MasQMenos Franchise

Group of family-run Spanish jamón & tapas eateries located across London.

Head of UK Marketing

Vinopic Wines

Formerly an innovative, online wine retailing start-up in the UK; closed in 2014. World’s first wine retailer to use scientific analyses to assess and score wines for quality.

Lead Co-Founder & CEO

Wine Ventures Ltd

UK private limited company for Vinopic Wines.

"I think, Santiago, that you are a really impressive entrepreneur" 
- Ryan Howsam, Fix or Fail on 5Select, Feb 2023

"One of the most energetic and thoughtful innovators on this side of the Atlantic has been Santiago Navarro... He has designed an almost flat wine bottle that...is much lighter, considerably more space-saving and less fragile than the traditional glass bottle."
- Jancis Robinson OBE MW, Financial Times, Jan 2021

"The entrepreneur ready to change the world of wine forever"
- David Prosser, Forbes, Dec 2019

"Santiago Navarro is a man not short on ambition"
- Kiltie DeCleyn, Euronews, Nov 2019

"The maker of a flat, plastic rival to the usual glass cylinder has big ambitions... Santiago Navarro has invented a plastic  wine bottle... a product fit for the modern era demanded by those taking action to save the planet"
- James Hurley, The Times, Sep 2019

"Navarro's previous media career has given him the skills; the oratory, the reassurance, the ease - all vital to any successful e-retailer. The man's quite clearly a pro… The qualities that successful entrepreneurs seem to share are clearly present in Navarro; hard work, dedication, intuition (to name but a few)."
- Alice Kahrmann, The Good Web Guide, May 2012

"Santiago is very impressive in person and clearly an intelligent and thoughtful businessman who has carefully defined many of the issues in wine retailing today"
- Tom Lewis, The Cambridge Wine Blogger, Nov 2011

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