We watched great founders lose their raise to six disconnected tools.
Capstack started with a pattern we kept seeing from both sides of the table. Good companies, strong founders, and a fundraising process held together with exports, spreadsheets and memory.
THE GENESIS
The problem was never the founders.
Jamal spent 12+ years in PwC's M&A practice. Saad is a 3x founder and Founder in Residence at Antler. Between us, we've sat on both sides of hundreds of capital conversations, and we kept seeing the same raise:
Six tools that don't talk to each other, and the founder holding it all together.
WHAT BROKE
Investor lists ignored thesis, stage and cheque sizeNo one knew which deck version an investor had seenFollow-ups relied on memory, so warm leads went coldDiligence started late, and from zeroFounders raising across the US and GCC had nothing built for both
So we built Capstack: the whole raise in one place, with one record per investor from first match to term sheet, and our team working inside it with you.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAPITAL
Co-founders
Institutional rigour meets operator experience: a team assembled to close, not just advise.
Ex-PwC M&A consultant with 12+ years inside PwC's M&A practice, working alongside Forbes 40 Under 40 entrepreneurs. Built rounds, ran deal processes and shipped institutional materials. Bridges the gap between how investors underwrite and how founders pitch.
PwC M&ACapital MarketsDue Diligence
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Saad Raja
Co-Founder & KSA PartnerRIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA · FOUNDER EXECUTION
Founder in Residence at Antler and 3x founder with successful execution across three markets, alongside Rocket Internet and Bank of China. Saad helps founders move faster and get things done by combining hands-on founder instinct with deep access to capital and the ecosystem.
Antler FiR3x FounderRocket InternetBank of China
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