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Startup Investment & Business Consulting

Startup Investment & Business ConsultingStartup Investment & Business ConsultingStartup Investment & Business Consulting

About Upstart Project

 

We provide Early Stage Startup Investment and Business Consultancy for companies across Asia Pacific to help them reach their full potential.

With over 20 years' experience, Michael Drysdale is the leading consultant of Upstart Project.

He's an entrepreneurial investor and consultant with global expertise and passion in Strategy and Leadership for high growth technology startups. He's founded, advised, invested and held board positions in numerous companies over the last two decades.

What We Do

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Startup Investment

We keep your runway clear and risk free so you can focus on building your business.

  • Angel & Early Stage Startup Investment
  • Pitch Deck Development
  • Due Diligence Support and Negotiation of Terms​

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Traction

Products don’t sell themselves, traction takes hard work and experience and evolves as your company grows.

  • Go to Market Strategies
  • Market Segmentation & Targeting 
  • Pricing, Packaging & Positioning

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Business Strategy

We help work with you to define the base foundation of the company and keep it focused and on target for its vision.

  • Strategic Business planning
  • Business Models & Monetisation Strategies
  • Operational Performance Monitoring & Metrics
  • Global Expansion and Scaling

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Product

We can speed up the process, decrease mistakes and help you create amazing customer experiences. 

  • Product Market Fit
  • Lean Development and MVPs
  • Customer Lead Design

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Finance & Legal

Sleep easier at night knowing that your back is covered. Keep your funds in your pocket using our cost-effective solutions and networks for specialist services.

  • Financial Management and Modelling
  • Board Governance and Compliance
  • Terms Sheets, Company Structures and Equity Arrangements
  • Patent and Grant Assistance 

Testimonials

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"Michael has been advising me for close to a year as I continue to shape what began as a hobby into an investment ready tech start up. He is always ready to share his knowledge, and does so in a supportive and constructive manner. He has helped me understand which areas I need to focus on, and the types of goals I need to set and achieve in order to succeed. I am now more confident than ever that my company will hit revenue targets that I could only dream of a few years ago. Thank you Michael!"


Jon Chalk- Founder

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'I didn't know what I didn't know about operations until I got the opportunity to work with Michael. He joined Biteable as an investor-turned-interim COO to help us through one of our growth phases. Michael's experience let him set up processes several steps ahead of our trajectory. They helped our teams grow and function smoothly while protecting the treasured company culture. As a new manager, I also benefited from Michael's mentorship in growing and sustaining a team. His concise observations and pointers to topics for follow-up have anticipated new situations I've encountered, and I continue to reference his guidance as we go through successive phases of growth."


Samuel Wan - Head of UX

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"Michael was an active investor and business strategy consultant for Forcite Helmet Systems for approximately two years. In this time he assisted in lean software development, negotiations with manufacturers and overall financial strategy for the business. These strategies assisted us in closing our seed investment round and growing from 3 to 10 people."

Alfred Boyadgis - CEO/Co-founder 

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Australia: +61 401 729 460 Singapore: +65 9186 9285

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