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Matt Knopp
Senior Consultant
Expertise
Helping businesses develop their operations, plan for growth and develop strong fundraising strategies. Specialist business development and plan writing skills.
Passions @ work
Working with world class management teams and entrepreneurs to realise their visions, creating robust businesses that make a positive contribution to society.
Client highlights
Current: My current focus is on developing strong investment and fundraising strategies for high growth, early stage environmental business. We are setting up a green early stage investor network. I am also currently in the fundraising stage for 2 distinctive, exciting and original ventures.
Historic: Having advised over 300 entrepreneurs on operations in the last five years and developing a business incubator.
Anytime a client has a successful fundraise. I have re-developed a number of business strategies from the ground up that have gone on to successfully deliver. Such as Eager Drinks, Pronus and Acorn House.
Previous experience
- Senior Consultant, Eastside Consultant 2006 -
- Independent business adviser, LDA, LSC, DTI, Prevista 2002-2006
- Head of Commercial Business Development, The Innovatory 1999-2002
- Founding Associate, Digilog UK Ltd 1998-1999
- Founding Associate, Compuhire 1995-1998
- Researcher, First Information Group 1994-1995
Education
BA Hons Media and Communication, De Montfort University, Leicester 1989-92
Nationality
British
Languages
English (mother tongue)
French
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