Andrew White and co-founder Andrew B. had the vision for Otterkin, a fine art commissioning platform, but as non-technical founders, needed expert guidance to ship it. Connectd matched them with fractional CTO Julie McFadden, whose technical structure and sprint cadence gave Andrew the space to focus on growth.
Kelvin Voen is the co-founder of NewKroo, a social platform helping people rebuild their friendship circle at any stage of life. A recommendation led him to Connectd, where advisors didn't just fill the gaps he knew about — they identified ones he hadn't even considered, and the growth since has been unlike anything he can fully put into words.
Lisa Stroud, founder of True Beauty Lashes and inventor of Lash Lovr, discovered Connectd during San Francisco Tech Week and found exactly the support system she needed as a solo founder of her growing beauty brand. Through Connectd, she was matched with three advisors spanning finance, marketing, and product development - each bringing expertise that has proven invaluable as she prepares for investor conversations and scales her business.
Sam Marshall has spent 18 months building Snippit Media, a platform delivering guaranteed attention in an advertising world overrun with noise. After a failed go-to-market strategy left the business with a significantly reduced screen network and a mounting burn rate, Sam came to Connectd feeling like a wounded animal. Through the platform, he was matched with Grant — and what followed was a complete commercial rebuild that has left Snippit Media in a stronger position than ever before.
Nappr is solving a problem every exhausted traveller knows too well: having nowhere to rest when you need it most. Founded by Jared Lerner after years of red-eye flights and caffeine-fuelled burnout, the platform connects tired travellers with hotel rooms available for daytime stays. A few months into their Connectd journey, the team has already built a three-person advisory board spanning payments, finance, and go-to-market strategy, and they’re already looking to grow it further.
Gavin Rowe is a third-generation Navy veteran who built TaskForce VA not as a business, but as a product to help himself — before realising it could help every veteran navigate the VA claims process with clarity, confidence, and the technology to back them up. Through Connectd, he assembled a team of all-stars spanning cybersecurity, AI, cloud infrastructure, CFO services, and go-to-market strategy — and what would have taken a year, they achieved in months.
