Raja Skogland is an exited founder and angel investor with more than 100 investments in startups, syndicates, accelerators, investment companies and venture funds. She has coached thousands of founders, was previously CEO of the Norwegian startup accelerator TheFactory, and has been named among the 100 most influential women in the European venture capital and startup ecosystem. She is a board member of NorBAN and lead expert for its Board Effectiveness initiative.
She is founder and CEO of The Visionary Board (The Visionary Company, Board & VC). It runs step-by-step programmes that help companies fundraise and scale internationally, and board training and networking for current and future board members, with trainers from IMD, BCG X, McKinsey, KPMG, EY, L’Occitane Group and Pictet Group. She also invests in scale-up founders.
In NorBAN’s angel investor course she teaches Picking the right startups and founders: where good deal flow comes from, what due diligence should uncover, the red flags that stop an investment, and the responsibility investors carry at board level. She works in Norwegian and English.
Advises on
- Board composition, roles and value-creating board work in early-stage companies
- Building a professional board as investors come on board
- Fundraising strategy and the process of raising a round
- Scaling internationally
- How investors screen startups, and the red flags that stop an investment
- Getting ready for due diligence: cap table, financials, customer validation and traction
- Governance and investor relations after the round
- Introductions to angel investors and board professionals in NorBAN’s and The Visionary Board’s networks
Prices
| Package | Price (NOK, ex. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Introductory session | 8,000 |
| Pitch deck evaluation | 16,000 |
| Pitch coaching | 24,000 |
| Investor readiness review | 40,000 |
| Financial model and valuation review | 40,000 |
| Fundraising strategy and process | 96,000 |
| Business strategy workshop | 32,000 |
| Advisory sparring, 3 months | 72,000 |
| Investor matchmaking | 48,000 |
| Custom work | 4,000 per hour |