Christian Tooley

Christian Tooley

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Advisor & Investor | Entrepreneur & Investor in Residence at LSE | Venture Scout at EWOR | Ex-Bain Venture

I specialize in

VC & Angel Advice
Fundraising 101
Founder Advice
Fundraising strategy
Pitch deck
Positioning
Story & narrative
GTM Strategy

Background & Highlights

Venture Scout ~ $500,000 investment per founder. Selecting and investing in the top 0.1% of founder. Top #5 for # founders scouted. 7+ years scouting for VCs.

EWOR

2025 – Present

EWOR

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor-in-Residence for global founders. Advising from early idea validation, fundraising strategy, growth, & systems thinking.

LSE

2025 – Present

LSE

Venture Lead across EMEA: building smart & scalable companies from scribbles to seed rounds, designing venture funds, scouting 100s of startups for VCs & CVCs.

Bain & Company

2022 – 2026

Bain & Company

About me

Senior Advisor to Founders & Funds | Venture Scout at EWOR | Angel Investing | Entrepreneur-in-Residence at LSE | Founder at i³ investing | Ex-Bain Venture Hey! I'm Christian — I've been advising startups for 10-15 years as an investor and builder, from London and Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco, to Bangalore and Athens. Most founders are smart superstars, but often overwhelmed, and burn out. They can drown in operational noise, struggle to articulate their 'why' to investors, users, and their team, lack someone to challenge them, scale too fast or too messy. I work on both sides of the table, with founders and funds across strategy, fundraising, venture building, and storytelling. Through Hubble, you can book a 1:1 session with me for: ✅ Angel & VC Investing ✅ Fundraising Strategy & Investor Readiness ✅ Validating Startup Ideas & Pitch Deck Reviews ✅ Founder Coaching & Advisory (from PMF to GTM Strategy) ✅ Positioning, Narrative & Storytelling Background & Track Record: 🔹 Angel investor in 12+ startups — across Health, Climate, Consumer, DeepTech, & Fintech 🔹 7+ years Venture Scouting, now with EWOR (500K per founder) — previously Backed VC and Ada Ventures 🔹 Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Investor-in-Residence at London School of Economics (LSE) — advising 100+ founders globally 🔹 Ex-Bain Venture Lead (EMEA) — building scalable companies (seed to scale), scouting 100s of startups for VCs, designing funds ($150M ClimateTech) Speaking & Founding 🔹 Keynote Speaker — from SXSW, Web Summit, LBS, and Google, with work featured across Sky News and at Davos during WEF 🔹 Founder of i³ investing — UK and Europe's largest LGBTQ+ founder & funder group (partnering with Google, HSBC, and Crunchbase) 🙌🏼 If you're a founder anywhere on your journey — exploring, validating, building, or scaling — I bring strategy, clarity, honesty, and a bit of contradiction to help you build and fundraise with more intention and conviction. I can't wait to chat!

You'll get advice on

  • Angel & VC Investing
  • Fundraising Strategy & Investor Readiness
  • Validating Startup Ideas & Pitch Deck Reviews
  • Founder Coaching & Strategic Advisory
  • Public Speaking, Narrative & Storytelling

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