About us.
Powered by a network of 300+ leading VCs who’ve all experienced the pains of early stage fundraising, Onstage is simplifying the fundraising journey for startups, providing them with a black book of high quality stakeholders, from investors, to first hires, to customers.
By creating a focal point around which every early stage startup, VC and angel investor interacts, we aim to be the first port of call for early stage fundraising globally. Through this hub, we drive an efficient exchange of information between the very best founders and funders, thereby accelerating the fundraising process and delivering better results. We operate strongly on the following principles:
Efficient
We aim to cut every ounce of fat from the company-building process
Meritocratic
We provide an equal playing field for all founders and funders, and have deeply embedded mechanisms to surface the top 1%
Transparent
We seek to provide perfect information to all stakeholders, discarding the old corridors of power
Collaborative
We believe the startup ecosystem thrives when stakeholders collaborate, not compete
A bit of backstory…
Onstage was founded by Taos (partner at dmg ventures) and Hector (GP at Episode 1) in 2020 as a passion project outside of work. Needless to say, their side hustle grew arms and legs. Onstage now operates one of the world’s biggest and best startup Demo Days.
These days, Taos and Hector are joined by Issie (CoS), Joel (Investment Lead), Olwyn (Growth Associate), and Sophie (Content + Community Lead). We’re still a teeny team - but Taos and Hector cannot believe that there are now FOUR full-time employees on a mission to make Onstage a household name.
2025 is gonna be huge for us. As well as our Summer and Winter Demo Days, we’re expanding our media arm, building out our investment arm, matchmaking LPs and GPs, powering up our SPVs, and putting on shedloads of events. Not bad, eh?
Now come meet the team!
