Billion $ Story

Founder

SPRYNT

Sold workshops led by professionals from Amazon, IBM and Google to corporate clients and startups.

Co-Founder

June Fund

$100M VC firm headed by Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler

Principal

Heilemann Ventures

Investment Team

iZettle

Operations & Business Development

Deloitte

Made pretty slide decks and spreadsheets very few people ever looked at.

Consulting

I help startup founders raise $1-10 million from VCs with a Billion $ Story | ex-VC at $100M firm by Google board member

Fundraising can be brutal.

After talking to 4,000+ founders over the last 10 years,

I’ve discovered three core problems most of them face (and how to solve them):

1/ You can’t book enough investor meetings
2/ Investors don’t see the potential of your business
3/ They pass on you with bullsh*t feedback or ghost you

Each of them alone could end your run.

If these sound familiar it’s likely because you’ve taken fundraising advice from the wrong people.

And that has resulted in an absolute grind of a fundraise.

Something you don’t care to repeat.

I get it because I’ve been there.

And it’s not your fault.

The internet is a noisy place, and those with no experience often speak the loudest.

Why should you listen to me then?

Because I’ve experienced fundraising from all angles:

→ I was a VC
→ I’ve raised money myself
→ I’ve helped 100+ founders raise $1-10 million rounds

And I can tell you why it’s been a grind for you…

Because venture capital isn’t like most markets.

It’s top-heavy.

It’s feast or famine.

I was a VC for a $100M firm led by one of the most powerful men in tech

…and I’ve seen the reality:

A few outliers get more money than they could ever spend. The rest fight for table scraps.

Because VCs only look for one thing:

Future billion $ companies.

Outliers.

They want founders who can bend reality to their will.

Ordinary pitch advice, generic deck templates, and cookie-cutter narratives won’t cut it.

If you follow the ordinary path, will that make you look extraordinary?

Never.

You’ll drown in a sea of sameness with 90% of pitches.

To create something unique you need an intense approach.

That’s why my help is tailor-made for founders:

1/ I’ll show you how to get 80-100 warm investor connections and book meetings

2/ Together we’ll craft your unique Billion $ Story that will make investors chase you

3/ You’ll learn how to apply my tactics and investor psychology to create conviction and FOMO and close your round

Does it work?

Here’s what my client Frank Gu - currently building his second billion $ business - says:

"Uli is an amazing storyteller, period.

If you're anything like me and tend to overthink things with that extra critical and logical voice in your head, do yourself a favor and book a session with Uli immediately.

He will make your story shine, you won't regret it!"

Interested?

Just DM me “billion$story” and let’s have a chat

Uli Kuenzel

Behrad Mirafshar

Founder & Creative Director

Bonanza Studios | Digital Transformation

As one of Germany’s Premier Product Innovation Studio, we have developed a unique process founded on lean UX and agile methodologies, operating through weekly design sprints and monthly delivery sprints to realize EPIC initiatives for our partners and clients.

By partnering with us, you gain access to an experienced team with a proven track record, eliminating the need to spend months assembling and training your own. Our range of expertise ensures that for every step of an innovation project—be it research, strategy, design, or development—we have the right people in place.

By seamlessly merging research-driven product strategy, user-centric design, and our AI-powered development framework, we create bespoke, enterprise-ready AI-native products. Our services

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Your path to become a UX designer starts and ends with ongoing training and mastery of your craft.

We offer a 4-week UX training program for designers aiming to solidify their skills and enter the competitive UX design market.

Additionally, we offer group and one-on-one mentorships for UX designers seeking guidance from design leaders who have experienced and conquered various challenges.

For more information, visit https://www.uxgym.pro/ or join our free taster workshops at https://www.meetup.com/ux-gym/.

Collaborated with multiple clients as a freelancer, laying the foundation for launching Bonanza Design GmbH.

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Grover

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Founding Team - Product & UX

Behrad Mirafshar left Iran in pursuit of freedom and opportunity, forging his path as a self-made entrepreneur in Europe’s startup scene. Over the past 15 years, he has established himself as a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and product innovator—being part of the founding teams at Grover.com (now a unicorn) and Kenjo (a leading SaaS HR platform). He also invests in and advises pre-seed startups on their product strategies.

Today, he is the CEO of Bonanza Studios—Germany’s premier product innovation studio. In just five years, the studio has evolved from helping early-stage startups scale to guiding global enterprises through digital and AI transformations. Central to its philosophy is a commitment to deep, enduring collaborations: clients are “partners,” and the Bonanza team integrates into their operations as venture builders. Armed with design thinking, agile methodologies, and swift execution, they ensure every partnership drives breakthrough impact.

Founder & Creative Lead

Bonanza Design is an innovation boutique specialized in designing fintech & productivity apps. Turn around your business and get to exponential growth using

1. Lean Innovation Sprint: A factory line approach to innovation. Tackle the risks of developing new businesses upfront by validating your core hypotheses using throwaway MVPs and rapid experimentation through a continuous 3-week cycle of Learn-Prototype-Test.

2. UX Design & Research: Bonanza Design’s Lean UX Sprint boosts your product discovery efforts by maximizing your learnings through a continuous 3-week cycle of Learn-Prototype-Test.

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