Clients & Testimonials
Your Program For Raising Investment Capital Is Life Changing!
“In my role here at IBM I am regularly asked to review business plans of companies. Here’s just a small list of what I come across consistently: poorly structured plans, no evidence of marketing/sales understanding, almost zero consideration for the financials of a business, little, if any, consideration of the investors idea of what makes for a good business opportunity, no, or little, understanding of what skills/management the founders need to take the business through rapidly growing commercial cycles that the investor community needs.
Fortunately, there is the Achaeus Program. Its format immerses entrepreneurs into the realities of raising capital. This all rolls together for offering companies to investors that are worthwhile. Needless to say I am a huge supporter of your program.”
John Hummelstad, Asia Pacific, Venture Development, IBM Venture Capital Group.
We Raised $1.19 To Expand My Business!
“Shortly after taking Gail Geronimos’ program we raised $245,000 in grant funding and a research and development start loan of $945,000.
We also raised significant private equity after 3 total offers from venture capital companies and 2 offers from private investors.”
Steve Cranitch, CEO, Easymail
I Am Confident We Will Succeed In Obtaining Investor Funds!
“I learnt pitching skills from Gail Geronimos two years ago but only just recently have I needed to start using them.
As part of a government sponsored session, I pitched in front of nine experienced investors. I heard back that I was one of the best they’d ever seen.
The next day I pitched at Founder’s Forum to 25 investors, which generated a lot of leads that I am now in the process of following up. I am confident we will succeed in obtaining investor funds. ”
Sonja Bernhardt, CEO, Thoughtware
We Raised $216,000 Within Two Months Of Undertaking The Program!
“We were fairly new as a company so we didn’t really know how to pitch to raise capital. The information was invaluable in teaching us what to focus on during our presentation because you have to be pretty concise.
Within two months we raised $216,000, which helped us undergo significant expansion. I believe we are now on the cusp of major growth. ”
Chris Winter, CEO, Redflow Pty Ltd
We raised significant capital to get into international markets!
“The program was ideal for us. It gave senior management a real insight into what drives the venture capital market, in turn, greatly assisting us with our successful capital raising. It helped us define our business to attract the capital that we needed for our international expansion. We now operate in 27 countries and we are a dominant player in the salon industry“
Jason Seed, CEO, Shortcuts Software
Gail knows her stuff
“Gail Geronimos is one of the few people teaching entrepreneurs how to pitch to venture capitalists who REALLY knows her stuff.
There’s a lot of people who think they know, but Gail’s got the runs on the board. Her clients have lots of success in securing funding from venture capitalists and business angels because they are very well prepared.”
Monte Huebsch, CEO, AussieWeb
Following the process I now have second meetings!“Thanks to everything I have learnt from Gail Geronimos I have confidence that my presentations to potential investors are short, sharp, punchy and contain exactly the information they want to hear. The results are in that each of my presentations achieve the intended outcomes.
Just last week I had feedback from a company that sees pitches all day long that mine was one of the best presentations they’d ever seen. Besides enthusiasm, I attribute this to techniques learned from Gail. On this new venture, I have obtained second meetings which is an achievement in itself so things are looking promising.”
Nathan Challen, Managing Director
We attracted lots of investors and raised $330,000!
“The program gave us the presentation skills we needed to develop a great story about our business and to understand how to sell that story to our investors. We had a much better idea of what they were interested in. And it wasn’t our wonderful technology. The result could not have been better. “
Geoff Fisher, BDM, Powerconnex
