Money is a commodity. The partner who brings it is not.
Capital is everywhere. The real question is choosing the right partner, raising the right amount, at the right time. The investor you bring on today will sit on your board for the next five to seven years, through every season of the business, all the way to a joint exit. We help you raise strategically and choose a partner who will respect you, support you, and stay aligned with your vision until the day you sell together.
The right capital, raised at the right moment, from the right partner.
A funding round is a multi-year commitment, not a transaction. The size of the round, its timing, and the partner you choose will shape the business for years. Here are the situations where we add the most value.
Series B/C Growth Capital
You have proven Product-Market Fit and strong metrics. To accelerate the next stage of growth, you need a partner who understands the journey ahead, has done it before, and will still be there for follow-on rounds when conditions tighten.
Growth Equity & Partial Cash-out
One co-founder wants to step back, the other wants to keep scaling. This requires a Private Equity partner who understands the human dynamics, buys out the departing shareholder cleanly, and aligns with the operator who is staying for the next chapter.
Buy-and-Build & Acquisition Financing
You have a clear acquisition pipeline and need capital to execute it. We bring in partners who have backed buy-and-build platforms before, understand the operational complexity of integration, and will fund follow-on acquisitions as the thesis plays out.
Valuation & Partner Validation
You received a term sheet directly from a global VC. Before you sign, you need an independent view: Is this the right partner for the next five years? Is the valuation fair? Are there better-aligned funds we should test against this offer first?
300,000 investors in the database. Maybe 20 of them are right for you.
Capital looks the same on a wire transfer. The partner behind it does not. We dig into what each fund actually knows: the industries they have invested in, the business models they understand at a deep level, the playbooks they have already run with similar companies. A fund that has backed three SaaS businesses at your stage will add ten times the value of one that has not, even if the check is the same size. That matching is the work.
How we go from 300,000 to your shortlist
We don’t optimize for the highest valuation on a slide. We optimize for the partner who will still be the right partner three years from now, when the business looks different from today.
Sector & portfolio mapping
We map each fund’s portfolio in detail: the industries they have invested in, the business models they understand, the stages where they typically lead. We start with funds that already speak your language.
Operational fit & references
We cross-reference recent fund closings and reach out to founders in their portfolio. How does this fund actually show up at the board table? What expertise do they bring beyond capital? References from operators who know them matter most.
Long-term fit scoring
We score each fund on alignment: exit horizon, follow-on capacity, governance style, sector expertise, and cultural fit. The shortlist is small on purpose.
Sequenced, confidential outreach
We approach the shortlist in a sequence that protects your reputation in the market and gives you a real choice between partners, not just a race to sign the first term sheet.
Tier-1 Venture Capital
Funds that bring more than money: networks, recruiting help, customer introductions, and the patience to support you through every stage of scaling. We map them by who they actually are at the board level, not just their brand.
- Fund vintage and follow-on capacity for future rounds
- Partner reputation among current and former portfolio CEOs
- Board behavior through every stage of the business cycle
Private Equity & Growth Funds
Institutional partners for mature, profitable platforms. The key question is alignment: does their fund life match your timeline, and will they back your strategy or arrive with a fixed playbook of their own?
- Hold period and exit horizon alignment with your plans
- Operating model: hands-on partner versus passive capital
- Governance style and respect for founder autonomy
Our process: prepare carefully, raise strategically, choose the right partner.
A capital raise is not a sprint to the highest number. It is a structured process designed to give you a real choice between well-aligned partners. We handle the preparation, the outreach, and the negotiation. You stay focused on running the business.
Strategy & Equity Story
Before we touch the market, we agree on what you actually need: how much capital, on what timeline, and from what kind of partner. We then build the Investment Memorandum and financial model around that strategy, not the other way around.
Targeted Roadshow
We don’t blast your deck out to the whole market. We approach a curated shortlist of well-matched funds in a sequence designed to give you genuine optionality. The goal is two or three offers from partners you would actually want, not ten from funds you would not.
Management Presentations
Meeting partners is also your chance to interview them. We prepare your team to answer hard questions confidently, and we coach you on what to ask back. By the end of these meetings, you should know who you want to work with for the next five years.
Term Sheet & Partnership Negotiation
The headline valuation is one variable among many. We negotiate the terms that quietly govern the marriage: liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board composition, founder vesting, exit triggers. The goal is a structure that works whether the next three years go well or poorly.
Due Diligence & Closing
We run the data room with discipline, act as the buffer between your team and the auditors, and stay engaged through legal closing. The relationship you have during diligence is a preview of the relationship you will have on the board. We pay attention.
Discuss your funding strategy
Share where you are and where you want to go. We will give you an honest read on the market, what realistic terms look like, and, just as importantly, whether now is actually the right time to raise.
Schedule a Discovery CallChoosing an investor is closer to a marriage than a transaction
The investor you bring on now will share your board table through every major decision until the joint exit, five, seven, sometimes ten years from today. Our job is to make sure that, when you sign, you are choosing a partner who will still be the right partner when the business looks nothing like it does today.
Marcin Majewski
Founder, Managing Partner
Filip Drazdou
M&A Director
“Founders ask us how to maximize valuation. We ask them who they want sitting next to them when the market shifts, when a major customer comes up for renewal, when an acquisition offer arrives. Get that answer right and the valuation tends to take care of itself.”
Marcin Majewski, Founder
Right amount, right timing
Raising too much dilutes you unnecessarily and pushes the team to deploy capital faster than the business can absorb. Raising too early leaves valuation upside on the table. We help you size and time the round to match the real trajectory of the business, not a fundraising calendar.
Partners, not just capital
Money is a commodity. What differs is who is on the other end of the wire: their network, their patience, their behavior when results are softer than the plan, their willingness to back you in the next round. We pick the shortlist based on these traits, not just fund size.
Terms that hold up through every cycle
Most term sheets are negotiated assuming things go to plan. We negotiate them assuming the plan will change. Liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board control, exit triggers: all of these matter most when conditions shift, and we structure them to keep the partnership intact when they do.
Aligned to your exit, not the next round
An advisor whose only goal is to close this round will close any round. We work backwards from your eventual exit (who buys you, at what multiple, on what timeline) and bring in partners whose own exit horizon supports that path, rather than pulling against it.
Trusted by scale-ups driving industry transformation
“Aventis supported us in finding an investor for our business. We are very impressed with the effectiveness of the Aventis Capital team in raising funding.”
The questions we ask before we talk about valuation
Capital is the easy part. The harder questions are the ones that shape the next five years of your life. We ask them upfront, because the answers determine whether the round is a success long after the money lands.
Who do you want sitting at your board table?
Board members vote on key hires, M&A, the next round, and ultimately the exit. We help you think clearly about the kind of person you want in that seat for the next five years, then we go find them.
How much do you actually need to raise?
“As much as we can get” is rarely the right answer. We model how much capital your strategic plan actually requires, then build a round around that number rather than around what’s easy to raise.
Is now actually the right time?
If waiting two or three quarters allows your ARR to cross a threshold that materially repositions the business, we will tell you to wait. Raising a few months too early shows up later as permanent dilution, worth being patient for.
What does a successful joint exit look like?
The right partner is one whose definition of “winning” matches yours. We map both your timeline and theirs (fund life, hold period, target multiples) so the partnership is aligned from day one to the day you sell together.
Deep specialization in technology & IT
We focus exclusively on the technology ecosystem because matching the right investor to the right business requires real depth in the sector, not generic finance. We know which funds genuinely understand SaaS economics, which ones know how to support an MSP through a buy-and-build, and which ones do not.
Software & SaaS
SaaS founders need partners who understand ARR, NRR, CAC payback, and churn at a deep level, and who know how to support a business through the awkward middle between Series B and exit. We match founders to funds who have done it before.
IT Services & MSPs
IT services scale-ups need a different kind of partner: one who understands utilization, retention, and EBITDA margins, and who can help execute a buy-and-build while keeping the operator in the driver’s seat. We bring you the PE funds that get this right.
Questions we actually get asked
Ready to raise with the right partner, at the right time?
A first conversation costs you nothing and will tell you a lot. We will give you an honest view of where the business stands, what the right round size and timing actually look like, and what kind of partner is most likely to be the right fit for the next stage. No obligation, full confidentiality.
Book a Confidential ConsultationWe take on a limited number of capital raising mandates per year. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you that too.
