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Most founders don't need a deck. They need to know where they actually are.

RSVP Business Angel is Elena Suciu's fundraising practice for climate tech, food tech and agritech founders. This page tells you plainly how it works to be on a mandate — and the guide below will place you on the journey and name your single next step.

What working with Elena looks like

01

The diagnostic

An honest read on whether you are investable right now. Where the story, the numbers and the evidence break. If it is too early, you are told so — and told what to fix first.

02

The Pre-IC brief

Your company rewritten the way an investment committee reads: problem, solution versus incumbents, model, traction, team, deal size and instrument, why now, exit pathways — with the data room behind it.

03

Named, warm outreach

No blast lists. Investors are approached one at a time against your mandate, each with a private brief link, and every question they ask is logged against the deal.

04

The board room

A private cockpit: pipeline, investor questions, KPI updates and proposal status — plus a simulator to rehearse against a sceptical angel, an analytical VC and a strategic operator before the real meeting.

A good fit
  • Climate tech, food tech, agritech — hardware, biology or software.
  • Pre-seed to Series A, typically raising £250k–£3m.
  • A founder who will be told the truth and act on it.
  • Evidence you can put in front of a committee, or the willingness to build it.
Not what this is
  • An idea with no team and no proof, hoping a deck fixes it.
  • A blast list of 500 investors sent tomorrow.
  • A guarantee of funding, or a promised close date.
  • Anonymity — every investor conversation is named and tracked.
Q&A

Where do you start?

Answer a few questions and the guide will tell you which stage you are at, what is missing, and whether a mandate makes sense yet. It will say "too early" if that is the honest answer.

AI-generated guidance based on how Elena works. It is not financial, legal or investment advice, and it never quotes fees or investors — those are discussed with Elena directly.

Where do I start?
6 of 6 questions left

Six questions. At the end you get a written readiness snapshot — your stage, your gaps, and your next step. Tell me where you are, or pick the closest.

When you know your next step, take it.