Capital advisory and capital raising firm for growth-stage startups, enterprises, and funds

Niclas Schlopsna, Managing Partner at spectup

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Feb'26

Raise capital

Secure the right lead and full round

Investor relations

Turn meetings into lasting capital

End-to-end

From strategy to close, covered

Capital advisory and capital raising firm for growth-stage startups, enterprises, and funds

Niclas Schlopsna, Managing Partner at spectup

2 slots open

Feb'26

Raise capital

Secure the right lead and full round

Investor relations

Turn meetings into lasting capital

End-to-end

From strategy to close, covered

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Capital Raising: Advisory and Execution

Capital Raising Services from spectup

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How we structure, run & close capital raises

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Capital Raising Services from spectup

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How we structure, run & close capital raises

Accepting new clients

Capital Raising Services from spectup

Watch our Video Now

How we structure, run & close capital raises

Accepting new clients

Growth stalls when you can’t reach the right investors. spectup’s capital raising services combine capital advisory, investor outreach, and deal support to help startups, funds, and corporates secure the capital they need.

We simplify fundraising with focused processes and a network of investors who actually deploy capital.

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4.7

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57+ Happy clients

You?

4.7

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57+ Happy clients

You?

4.7

/ 5

57+ Happy clients

Who this is for

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Startups

Growth‑stage startups preparing Seed, Series A–C, or bridge rounds that need structured capital raising services, not ad‑hoc outreach.

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Startups

Growth‑stage startups preparing Seed, Series A–C, or bridge rounds that need structured capital raising services, not ad‑hoc outreach.

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Startups

We build a funding strategy that fits your runway, market, and ambition. As your fundraising consultant, we define round size, timing, target investor types, and milestones.

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Scale-Ups

Post‑product‑market‑fit companies looking to professionalize capital raising and investor outreach so they can secure larger institutional checks.

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Scale-Ups

Post‑product‑market‑fit companies looking to professionalize capital raising and investor outreach so they can secure larger institutional checks.

2/3

Scale-Ups

Post‑product‑market‑fit companies looking to professionalize capital raising and investor outreach so they can secure larger institutional checks.

3/3

Enterprise & Funds

Enterprises and investment funds planning private placements or strategic raises that require specialist capital advisory and execution support.

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Enterprise & Funds

Enterprises and investment funds planning private placements or strategic raises that require specialist capital advisory and execution support.

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Enterprise & Funds

Enterprises and investment funds planning private placements or strategic raises that require specialist capital advisory and execution support.

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Our Services

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Our Services

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Our Services

What we do through our capital raising service

One mandate covers both advice and execution. spectup helps you define the raise, get investor‑ready, and run a structured capital raising process from first outreach to close.

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[What we do]

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Capital Strategy

We act as your capital advisory, clarifying how much to raise, from whom, and on what terms so the process follows a clear plan rather than guesswork.

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Capital Strategy

We act as your capital advisory, clarifying how much to raise, from whom, and on what terms so the process follows a clear plan rather than guesswork.

"spectup probably saved our company."

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Capital Strategy

We act as your capital advisory, clarifying how much to raise, from whom, and on what terms so the process follows a clear plan rather than guesswork.

"spectup probably saved our company."

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Investor Readiness

We create the core materials for your round: pitch deck, financial model, and key documents, so investors can quickly understand and compare your deal.

Linked Services

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Investor Readiness

We create the core materials for your round: pitch deck, financial model, and key documents, so investors can quickly understand and compare your deal.

Linked Services

Investor Readiness
Paula from Klayd.jpeg

"Their feedback at every stage made the whole fundraising process less stressful and far more productive."

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Investor Readiness

We create the core materials for your round: pitch deck, financial model, and key documents, so investors can quickly understand and compare your deal.

Linked Services

Investor Readiness
Paula from Klayd.jpeg

"Their feedback at every stage made the whole fundraising process less stressful and far more productive."

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Investor Outreach & Dealflow

We run targeted investor outreach, combining our network with structured outbound so the right VCs, family offices, and LPs actually see your round.

Linked Services

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Investor Outreach & Dealflow

We run targeted investor outreach, combining our network with structured outbound so the right VCs, family offices, and LPs actually see your round.

Linked Services

"The amount of investor calls was impressive. We even spoke to Google Ventures & Seqouia."

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Investor Outreach & Dealflow

We run targeted investor outreach, combining our network with structured outbound so the right VCs, family offices, and LPs actually see your round.

Linked Services

"The amount of investor calls was impressive. We even spoke to Google Ventures & Seqouia."

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Closing Support

We stay involved throughout the mandate: preparing you for investor meetings, managing follow‑ups, and supporting you in negotiations until the deal is closed.

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Closing Support

We stay involved throughout the mandate: preparing you for investor meetings, managing follow‑ups, and supporting you in negotiations until the deal is closed.

Capital Closing

"Thanks to spectup we could close our $2.5M seed round in record time."

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Closing Support

We stay involved throughout the mandate: preparing you for investor meetings, managing follow‑ups, and supporting you in negotiations until the deal is closed.

Capital Closing

"Thanks to spectup we could close our $2.5M seed round in record time."

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Projects

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Projects

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Projects

Results from recent capital advisory mandates

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2022 - 2025

Below are snapshots of recent capital raising mandates we’ve led. They show how we help startups, enterprises, and funds secure growth capital from VCs, family offices, and institutional LPs.

Full-Stack Fundraising Service for VoteClash

For VoteClash, we refined the narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and opened doors to highly selective funds; one of these investors led their €2.5M seed round.

Client

VoteClash

Industry

SaaS

$2.5M

Raised in Seed Round

58

Investor Meetings Schedulded

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Investor Relations for PopMeals

We ran an investor outreach mandate for PopMeals that generated 87+ VC meetings, expanding their investor pipeline and accelerating their fundraising conversations.

Client

PopMeals

Industry

FoodTech

$18M

Raised in Series B

106

Investor Meetings Generated

PopMeals Location

Investor Relations & Series A Roadshow for Artly AI

Bringing advanced robotics from the lab into the real world. And putting Artly on every top fund’s radar.

Client

Artly AI

Industry

Robotics

$12M

Raising in Series A

67

Investor Meetings booked, including Seqouia, Google Ventures, Samsung

Coffee machine brewing coffee

Full-Stack Fundraising Service for VoteClash

For VoteClash, we refined the narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and opened doors to highly selective funds; one of these investors led their €2.5M seed round.

Client

VoteClash

Industry

SaaS

$2.5M

Raised in Seed Round

58

Investor Meetings Schedulded

VoteClash Thumbnail

Investor Relations for PopMeals

We ran an investor outreach mandate for PopMeals that generated 87+ VC meetings, expanding their investor pipeline and accelerating their fundraising conversations.

Client

PopMeals

Industry

FoodTech

$18M

Raised in Series B

106

Investor Meetings Generated

PopMeals Location

Investor Relations & Series A Roadshow for Artly AI

Bringing advanced robotics from the lab into the real world. And putting Artly on every top fund’s radar.

Client

Artly AI

Industry

Robotics

$12M

Raising in Series A

67

Investor Meetings booked, including Seqouia, Google Ventures, Samsung

Coffee machine brewing coffee

Full-Stack Fundraising Service for VoteClash

For VoteClash, we refined the narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and opened doors to highly selective funds; one of these investors led their €2.5M seed round.

Client

VoteClash

Industry

SaaS

$2.5M

Raised in Seed Round

58

Investor Meetings Schedulded

VoteClash Thumbnail

Investor Relations for PopMeals

We ran an investor outreach mandate for PopMeals that generated 87+ VC meetings, expanding their investor pipeline and accelerating their fundraising conversations.

Client

PopMeals

Industry

FoodTech

$18M

Raised in Series B

106

Investor Meetings Generated

PopMeals Location

Investor Relations & Series A Roadshow for Artly AI

Bringing advanced robotics from the lab into the real world. And putting Artly on every top fund’s radar.

Client

Artly AI

Industry

Robotics

$12M

Raising in Series A

67

Investor Meetings booked, including Seqouia, Google Ventures, Samsung

Coffee machine brewing coffee

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What founders and leaders say about working with spectup

These people worked with spectup on their capital raising projects. Their words and results show what our approach can deliver.

Tim - CreatorIQ
spectup Client - equity raising and private capital advisory

Tim Sovay

Chief BD & Partnerships Officer

CreatorIQ

Oliver Strauss

Co-Founder & CEO

VoteClash

Jonathan Weins

Co-Founder & CEO

PopMeals

The collaboration with spectup on our Series D was seamless. Niclass team listened closely, sharpened our story, and delivered materials that set us apart in the market, contributing to a $40M raise and positioning us well for the next round.

With spectup’s support, we clarified our narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and accessed top‑tier, highly selective funds. One of those investors led our $2.5M seed round.

Spectup made our fundraising process far more efficient and connected us with investors we would never have reached alone. The outreach generated 87+ VC meetings and saved me countless hours of unqualified calls.

$40M

Raised in their Series D

$2.5M

Raising in their seed round

87+

VC Meetings Generated

Tim - CreatorIQ
spectup Client - equity raising and private capital advisory

Tim Sovay

Chief BD & Partnerships Officer

CreatorIQ

Oliver Strauss

Co-Founder & CEO

VoteClash

Jonathan Weins

Co-Founder & CEO

PopMeals

The collaboration with spectup on our Series D was seamless. Niclass team listened closely, sharpened our story, and delivered materials that set us apart in the market, contributing to a $40M raise and positioning us well for the next round.

With spectup’s support, we clarified our narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and accessed top‑tier, highly selective funds. One of those investors led our $2.5M seed round.

Spectup made our fundraising process far more efficient and connected us with investors we would never have reached alone. The outreach generated 87+ VC meetings and saved me countless hours of unqualified calls.

$40M

Raised in their Series D

$2.5M

Raising in their seed round

87+

VC Meetings Generated

Tim - CreatorIQ
spectup Client - equity raising and private capital advisory

Tim Sovay

Chief BD & Partnerships Officer

CreatorIQ

Oliver Strauss

Co-Founder & CEO

VoteClash

Jonathan Weins

Co-Founder & CEO

PopMeals

The collaboration with spectup on our Series D was seamless. Niclass team listened closely, sharpened our story, and delivered materials that set us apart in the market, contributing to a $40M raise and positioning us well for the next round.

With spectup’s support, we clarified our narrative, built investor‑ready materials, and accessed top‑tier, highly selective funds. One of those investors led our $2.5M seed round.

Spectup made our fundraising process far more efficient and connected us with investors we would never have reached alone. The outreach generated 87+ VC meetings and saved me countless hours of unqualified calls.

$40M

Raised in their Series D

$2.5M

Raising in their seed round

87+

VC Meetings Generated

spectup has been a genuine asset to our fundraising journey. Their support generated 56+ investor calls and 7 warm intros, and I’d recommend their capital advisory to any founder or leadership team looking for expert guidance.

56+

Investor Calls Generated

7

Warm Intros Provided

Kristian Wright

Chief Executive Officer

enhanced.io

spectup has been a genuine asset to our fundraising journey. Their support generated 56+ investor calls and 7 warm intros, and I’d recommend their capital advisory to any founder or leadership team looking for expert guidance.

56+

Investor Calls Generated

7

Warm Intros Provided

Kristian Wright

Chief Executive Officer

enhanced.io

spectup has been a genuine asset to our fundraising journey. Their support generated 56+ investor calls and 7 warm intros, and I’d recommend their capital advisory to any founder or leadership team looking for expert guidance.

56+

Investor Calls Generated

7

Warm Intros Provided

Kristian Wright

Chief Executive Officer

enhanced.io

I was very pleased with both the quantity and quality of meetings you set up. With 30 investor meetings and 13 warm introductions, I’m confident that if our situation had been stronger, we would have completed a successful raise.

30

Investor Meetings Schedulded

13

Warm Introductions Provided

Brad Gambill

CEO

LaneHealth

I was very pleased with both the quantity and quality of meetings you set up. With 30 investor meetings and 13 warm introductions, I’m confident that if our situation had been stronger, we would have completed a successful raise.

30

Investor Meetings Schedulded

13

Warm Introductions Provided

Brad Gambill

CEO

LaneHealth

I was very pleased with both the quantity and quality of meetings you set up. With 30 investor meetings and 13 warm introductions, I’m confident that if our situation had been stronger, we would have completed a successful raise.

30

Investor Meetings Schedulded

13

Warm Introductions Provided

Brad Gambill

CEO

LaneHealth

Niclas and his team built our funding deck alongside us, making sure the platform was represented clearly and concisely. They delivered 19 high‑quality slides backed by 31+ hours of market research. Quick, efficient, and on point.

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High-Quality Slides Created

31+

Hours Spend on Market Research

Alvaro Salazar

Senior Product Manager

Evenco

Niclas and his team built our funding deck alongside us, making sure the platform was represented clearly and concisely. They delivered 19 high‑quality slides backed by 31+ hours of market research. Quick, efficient, and on point.

19

High-Quality Slides Created

31+

Hours Spend on Market Research

Alvaro Salazar

Senior Product Manager

Evenco

Niclas and his team built our funding deck alongside us, making sure the platform was represented clearly and concisely. They delivered 19 high‑quality slides backed by 31+ hours of market research. Quick, efficient, and on point.

19

High-Quality Slides Created

31+

Hours Spend on Market Research

Alvaro Salazar

Senior Product Manager

Evenco

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spectup's USPs

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spectup's USPs

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spectup's USPs

Why choose spectup as your capital advisory partner?

Because we're the best capital raising partner out there.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

$M +

Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services

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Clients who work with our capital advisory raise 3x faster

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Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network

4.7 / 5

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Our clients are extremely happy with our capital raising services

capital advisory and capital raising services team

%

Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors

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2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

$M +

Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services

x

Clients who work with our capital advisory raise 3x faster

+

Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network

4.7 / 5

%

Our clients are extremely happy with our capital raising services

capital advisory and capital raising services team

%

Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors

Read Testimonials

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

$M +

Capital raised for clients through our fundraising consultant services

x

Clients who work with our capital advisory raise 3x faster

+

Family Offices, Venture Capital Funds, LPs in our Global Network

4.7 / 5

%

Our clients are extremely happy with our capital raising services

capital advisory and capital raising services team

%

Clients landed meetings with S-Tier investors

Read Testimonials

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2022 - 2025

Our Capital Advisory Network

We're more than networked, we're embedded. Our business capital raising services connect you with family offices, venture capital funds, pension funds, and institutional LPs who actually make investment decisions.

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