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success stories

The business came to Connectd seeking a commercially minded expert with experience in brand development and strategic partnerships, ideally within the events, health, or wellness sectors. The advisor Connectd sourced, played a key role in shaping the company’s growth strategy, driving customer acquisition, and identifying aligned brand and partnership opportunities to scale both the festival and the broader wellness offering for Wellnergy's business. They helped grow the business into a leading wellness brand with meaningful impact across multiple sectors.

Wellnergy

Bamboo Nest and Connected collaborated to help the organisation explore options for a CTO position, with deep expertise in AI and app development. Our teams collaborated with Rob (non-technical founder) in sourcing candidates that could help guide tech stack decisions, and lead the development team to ensure they delivered on key company milestones over the next 6-9 months.

Charlie Wilson Managing Director

Beat The Odds approached Connectd in May of 2025, looking for a Gaming and Gambling Industry Advisor. The aim of this role was to help add much-needed credibility and insight into regulatory strategy, compliance, and strategic alignment within the broader sports betting ecosystem for the organisation. Given the tightly regulated and rapidly evolving space, we needed to work together closely to find a board advisor that had hands-on industry experience. The matching process was a success, with the role fulfilled within just 14 days.

Nehal Shankar CEO

Wise Humanity utilised the Connectd platform to seek a Sales Advisor who could bring structure and expertise to B2B selling to drive growth and revenue for the existing business and then further support sales frameworks that will optimise and prepare the business for their platform launch. Connectd was able to provide an array of fractional talent, including sales advisor with experience selling enterprise or Series B+ tech companies. With over 10 initial interviews captured as a result of activity on Connectd, and hired from this list within a further 3 weeks.

Akira Sato Director

Mobility tech organisation Karr company, connected with Connectd looking for an advisor who brings deep sector knowledge. The founder, Estelle Agyeman filtered their search for someone who understands how to get traction in transportation. Karr were able to hire a candidate who fitted the bill who was ex Expedia Group and TL International.

Estelle Agyeman Owner

This fast-scaling media-tech startup approached Connectd after entering its next phase of growth following high-profile campaigns with brands like Spotify and Apple. As the business builds toward international deployment and new partnerships, it was seeking a Business Strategy Advisor to support big-picture planning, pitch deck development, and entry into new verticals. Founder, Michelangelo Castaldo was able to hire within 14 days from the 8 interviews generated through candidates on the Connectd platform.

Michelangelo Castaldo Founder

Station Ops an early-stage SaaS venture, utilised Connectd's AI-powered search to find a board advisor with significant sales experience. They were able to source a candidate with significant contributions as a sales leader, and a new business development specialist to work fractionally on a 9-month pro bono agreement.

Conor Culliton Founder

Bodacious Club, an early startup established in 2024 were looking for a fractional executive to execute a high-impact user acquisition strategy across both UK and US markets, with a focus on product-led growth, community engagement, and mobile-first performance marketing. They sourced an ex-ZS Chief of Staff who has already helped Bodacious Club with complex problems across a wide range of business domains.

Victor Firmino Founder