Innovation and Leadership Team Lead | Strategically connecting Corporates and their Leaders with Startups I Connectd

Connectd works with individuals looking to build fractional careers through board advisor, non-executive director and fractional c-suite roles with startups.

Through the Connectd platform, we help both active and aspiring fractionals access networking and fractional opportunities, CPD-accredited training and mentoring.

If you’d like to explore opportunities, feel free to email me at: will.s@connectd.co

William Smith

Connectd

Customer Success Team Leader

Senior Customer Success Manager 

Customer Success Manager

Connectd is the leading platform connecting pre-seed, seed, series A startups and scaling businesses to investors and advisors. 

If you're a highly qualified NED or advisory board member, looking to discover and work with some of the UK’s leading startups, send me a message to explore more about Connectd.
In my role at Connectd, I am responsible for assisting professionals within the community looking to transition into a portfolio career.

Connectd platform provides:
- Exclusive advisory opportunities with some of the most exciting startups in the UK
- NED & Advisory specific training modules
- Monthly networking events
- Smart matching technology pairs you with leading startups

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As a Customer Success Team Leader at Connectd, I help startups, investors, and advisors find each other. We've identified the difficulties within these processes and developed a platform that will make it easier for each of these verticals to find each other. We are specifically assisting in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds for early-stage businesses that are actively looking for relevant angel investors in the UK. 

Alternatively, we also work with Series A businesses that are looking for institutional VCs, family offices and compelling traction cases.

This role ties in with my passion of supporting entrepreneurs and democratising the access to funding for those founders that are passionate about their business.

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Jon Teale

To be recognised for what you believe in hits differently 🔥 

Connectd is ranked 27th in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in the UK for 2025, and I couldn’t be prouder to be part of this journey.

It’s proof that the world is starting to see what we’ve believed all along - that the future of work isn’t about titles or full-time roles, but about people, connection, and building careers with purpose.

Every day, I get to work alongside a team that’s challenging what’s possible and rethinking how we work, lead, and grow together.

Here’s to what’s next 
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Customer Success Team Leader at Connectd - Supporting founders and advisors within the Connectd community.

I feel like we’ve been talking about the future of work for years, but it isn't ahead of us anymore. It’s here!!

At Connectd, we're watching a new world of work take shape, one where people embrace portfolio careers and startups scale smarter with fractional talent.

Our team just released a new whitepaper exploring what this shift really means.

If you’ve been curious about where work is heading (and how it’s already changing), it’s worth a read.

A fractional future: The revolution reshaping modern careers 

https://lnkd.in/e59qUzZY

Throughout my time at Connectd, I keep hearing the same thing from founders:
Once they bring the right advisor on board, something shifts.

Sometimes the impact is obvious. Their pitch tightens up, the story finally lands and investor meetings feel completely different. Other times it is more subtle, but you can sense it. They show up with more clarity and direction, and investors pick up on that straight away.

If you’re getting ready for a round, we’re running a session on 26 November at 2PM GMT / 9AM EST about how advisors can help founders raise with more confidence.
Save your spot → https://lnkd.in/eUN57Ah8

The future is fractional 

Check out the Connectd report released today!

CEO @ Connectd | $14M ARR | #5 LinkedIn Top Startup UK | Ex-RealSport Founder (acquired)

Some pretty exciting news from the Connectd team today…

Our newest report has revealed a 181% year-on-year INCREASE in professionals choosing fractional careers over full-time positions.

That’s just the headline. Here are the details:

- Startups hiring fractional talent has doubled year-on-year

- Google search volumes for ‘fractional CFO’ and ‘fractional CTO’ roles hit all-time highs in July 2025 (showing SERIOUS mainstream adoption)

- 60% of global fractional talent is US-based (with the UK close behind), setting up wider global adoption

- Startups save over a third on costs by choosing fractional executives over full-time hires

- Technology companies account for 30% of all fractional placements

I say it in the press release, but I’ll say it again: 

We’ve been told that the ‘future of work’ is just around the corner for too long now. 

At Connectd, we’ve always known that fractional careers will be the thing to get us there, and already helped 6,000 members across the US and UK make the switch.

Glad to see the rest of the world is finally cottoning on. 

The full report - which includes an analysis of fractional work trends and practical guides for any professionals considering portfolio careers - is linked below!

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