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Dave Bailey

The Founder Coach® | I help founders become High-Impact CEOs faster | 3X VC-backed Founder

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • CEO & Founder

    2022

    The mission of Founder Coach® is to shape the next generation of great CEOs. We use assessments, training and world-class coaching to get you up to CEO Best Practice™ and drive measurable results that improve your company's chance of success. Our clients are ambitious CEOs backed by Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Atomico and other VC funds. Most stay with us for years. Interested in levelling up? Get in touch via FounderCoach.com.

  • CEO Coach

    2017

    I work with a handful of elite late-stage tech CEOs building iconic companies to support them in advancing their CEO craft. My clients are backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, SoftBank and General Catalyst, and represent some of the best minds in entrepreneurship. If you're interested in working together, please get in touch.

2020 - 2024

  • Investor

    2020 - 2024

    The Fund is a first-of-its-kind venture fund, fueled by a community of brilliant founders & operators. We invest in mission-driven, technology-enabled companies at the earliest stages.

2019 - 2022

  • CEO Mentor

    2019 - 2022

2017 - 2019

  • Lead Mentor for Google Launchpad

    2017 - 2019

    Launchpad Accelerator empowers founders by supporting their startups through mentorship and equity-free support. The Accelerator leverages all that Google has to offer, to help participating tech startups reach their true potential.

2017 - 2018

  • Technology Columnist

    2017 - 2018

2016 - 2017

  • Venture Partner

    2016 - 2017

    Investing in exciting new UK tech ventures with London’s most active seed stage VC. Advising portfolio CEOs on product strategy, metrics and business model.

2013 - 2016

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    2013 - 2016

    Fundraised $0.5M in seed capital for a mobile app for experience discovery (B2C). Hired and managed a high-performing team of 10 engineers and content producers. Achieved best-in-class engagement KPIs using usability testing and funnel optimisation. Built data analytics panels in PostgreSQL.

2012 - 2013

  • Co-Director for Rio de Janeiro

    2012 - 2013

    Set up first Brazilian Chapter of Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program.

2011 - 2012

  • Co-Founder & Brazil CEO

    2011 - 2012

    Founded Brazil HQ of this online food-ordering marketplace (B2C). Built Operations, Sales and Marketing teams from scratch. Closed high-level marketing partnerships with top 10 Brazilian websites. Created business cases for other Latin American markets.