Completed Deals
$11.2M raised
Thunder was my secret weapon while fundraising. They supported me with key analysis to help close my debt financing. They gave great guidance on fundraising. The team goes above and beyond and delivers on what they say they are going to do.

$7.1M raised
Thunder's responsiveness & willingness to help allowed us to close our pre-seed and seed stage investments quickly. We're thrilled to have Jason as a part of the team and strongly recommend founders to work with him!

$2.5M raised
From the very beginning, Jason was incredibly helpful. Throughout the process, Jason made everything run smoothly and professionally. His expertise and personalized approach exceeded our expectations.

$23.6M raised
Thunder has been like fairy dust for me. It has been great putting together a pitch deck and seeing investors respond to it so positively. Dealing with Thunder has made me so much more optimistic about my business.

$7M raised
We would be nowhere without Thunder! Thunder has helped introduce us to investors and survive & thrive in what has been a very tough investor market these past 5 years.

$11.1M Raised
My investors brought in Thunder to sell us to get their money back. But when I met with Jason & Oliver, they saw the real potential in my business was still to come and suggested a Growth Buyout Strategy. Their insights and guidance in communicating this to my board to keep me as CEO and continue growing were invaluable.

$1.2M+ Raised
Working with Oliver has given us clarity on our strategic options at a critical point of whether we raise or sell or stay profitable. They positioned our engineering analytics platform effectively, and Thunder's advisory has been instrumental in our decision-making process to continue to bootstrap in preparation for a larger exit in the coming year.

$7.5M raised
I'm incredibly grateful for Jason. I knew I needed growth capital, but I had no idea how to get it. Jason made it so easy. I plan to use Thunder for all our capital needs in the future.
$10M raised
Thunder's recommended capital strategy provided exactly the clarity we needed to drive our business forward. Their understanding of the healthcare technology landscape and ability to identify our optimal funding path has been crucial as we focus on gaining customer traction and preparing for our next round.

$30M raised
Coming out of our raise I am more indebted to Jason & his team for all of their advice, guidance, and leaderships than anyone else. That's a big achievement given our scale.

$2M+ Raised
Thunder's financial modeling and strategic guidance were game-changing for us. They understood our opportunity to become a market leader and structured our pre-seed round effectively to help us close $2M and prepare us for our $10M seed round for Tier 1 investors. We couldn't have navigated this complex fundraising landscape without them.

Finding the right debt structure for our unique business model was challenging until we worked with Thunder. They immediately grasped how our AR cycles work and crafted a financing solution that actually accelerates our growth. Now we can onboard new clients without cash flow constraints.

$12M raised
After years of bootstrapping through crowdfunding, we needed partners who could tell our story to serious investors. Thunder took our engineering innovation and made it compelling to investors. The traction we're seeing in the market speaks volumes about their approach.

$376M Raised
We've been profitable for 7 years without external capital, so choosing the right growth partner was critical. Thunder helped us articulate why now is the perfect time to scale and connected us with investors who truly understand our vision for European SME financing.

$1.5M Raised
Thunder transformed our fundraising journey. In less than 45 days, they helped us close 3 investors for $1.5M.

$150k Disclosed
Thunder helped us find strategic acquirers who recognized our business potential beyond traditional VC metrics. In 6 months we received 4 competitive term sheets.

$30M Raised
Thunder's platform connected us with dozens of investors specifically interested in consumer health products. This targeted matching created competitive interest that strengthened our position and helped us secure $30m in capital.

$3M Raised
Thunder's strategic guidance helped us optimize our capital strategy and identify the right investors for our healthy meal delivery platform. Their understanding of the foodtech space and ability to balance our expansion plans with sustainable growth has been crucial to securing our $3M Series A.

$1.2M Raised
Finding the right investors and ensuring all strategic and operational elements were aligned was a challenge for us. Thunder's platform achieved exactly that for our CPG business when traditional approaches failed.

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Jason Kirby
Jason Kirby is a serial founder with 4 exits in the bag. He lends his expertise to guiding startups through acquisitions and capital raises where has been involved in $145M in transactions.

Oliver Low
Oliver is a Partner at Thunder. He is an experienced founder who has built and sold startups, initiated roll-ups, an IPO, and been part of a holding company.

Matt Sisco
Matt is a full-stack Data Scientist responsible for the Thunder platform development. Matt studied at Princeton and Columbia earning his PhD and specializes in advance statistics, machine learning, and large language models.
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Ritu Khanna
Ritu brings 20 years of experience spanning JPM, Goldman, and Brookfield to power Thunder's investor relations.

Deep Gada
With over 9 years expertise in financial and valuation advisory, private equity, investment banking, and M&A Advisory, Deep's experience makes him a great financial advisor to the Thunder community.
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Manoj Kumar
Manoj is a seasoned investment banking professional with 14 years of experience in deal support, competitive intelligence, relative valuation, industry/sector research, whitespace analysis, and end-to-end project management.
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Ruth Nyakio
Ruth brings 5+ years of experience in venture capital to drive operational efficiency and strategic growth at Thunder.

Jason Lai
Jason brings his skills from strategy consulting, content creation, and being a founder/operator to fuel Thunder's growth.
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Payal Talwar
Payal is a financial analyst with 3 years in valuations and industry research. She is Thunder's resident expert on financial modeling.
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