Become a Djassi Venture Advisor.
Join the Djassi Venture Advisor Network — a curated and invitation-only community of accomplished founders, operators, executives, investors and subject-matter experts contributing their experience to founders building alongside Djassi Ventures.
What is Djassi Ventures?
A venture builder backing bold, ambitious founders.
Djassi Ventures is a London-based Venture Builder working alongside bold and ambitious founders to build scalable, commercially sustainable and investment-ready startups.
Many of the founders we support are building outside traditional venture networks, in underestimated markets or across industries where access to capital, expertise and opportunity remains limited.
Unlike traditional accelerators, mentoring programmes or consultancies, we work alongside a select group of founders over the long term — combining venture building expertise, strategic advisory, proven execution frameworks and access to a global ecosystem spanning 4 continents, 35+ countries and 30+ industries. Our track record reflects that commitment:
- 600+
- Startups supported through venture building
- $11M+
- Resources deployed through venture building
- $30M+
- Capital raised by accelerated startups
- 35+
- Countries represented
- 30+
- Industries covered
- 60%
- Women founders
Why we created the network
Exceptional founders deserve access to exceptional people.
Great startups are rarely built by founders alone.
Behind them are experienced people who challenge assumptions, share hard-earned lessons, open doors and help founders navigate critical decisions.
Yet access to that expertise is not equally distributed.
At Djassi Ventures, we work with ambitious founders who are often building outside traditional venture networks, in underestimated markets or across industries where access to capital, expertise and opportunity remains limited.
The Venture Advisor Network brings exceptional people closer to those founders.
The right expertise. The right founder. At the right moment.
The role
What does a Venture Advisor do?
Venture Advisors are trusted members of the Djassi Ventures ecosystem who contribute their expertise, experience and networks on a pro bono basis.
This is not traditional mentorship. We engage Venture Advisors where their specific expertise can make a meaningful difference to a founder’s thinking, decisions or execution.
Advise a Founder
Join a focused 1:1 session around a specific product, commercial or strategic challenge.
Challenge the Thinking
Review a strategy, experiment or key decision and bring an experienced outside perspective.
Share Your Expertise
Lead an expert session, office hour or masterclass in your specialist area.
Open the Right Door
Make a strategic introduction when you believe it can genuinely accelerate a founder’s journey.
Help Founders Execute
Bring practical, real-world experience to challenges across product, GTM, sales, growth, fundraising and scale.
Champion the Ecosystem
Amplify founder stories, represent Djassi Ventures in your network and help grow the community of builders.
Expertise
Where our Venture Advisors contribute
Product & Technology
GTM & Commercial
Marketing & Growth
Customers & Markets
Business & Operations
Investment & Scale
Why become a Venture Advisor?
Your experience & expertise can change a founder’s trajectory.
Help exceptional founders succeed
Work alongside ambitious entrepreneurs at pivotal moments in their journey and help them make better product, commercial and strategic decisions.
Multiply the impact of your experience
Apply lessons accumulated through years of building, leading or investing to help founders avoid costly mistakes and accelerate their progress.
Build your advisory portfolio
Deepen your exposure to high-growth startups, strengthen your investment thesis and create a track record of advisory work alongside emerging companies.
Engage with ventures early
Gain early visibility into innovative startups, technologies and business models as they validate, grow and prepare for their next stage.
Join a curated network of builders
Become part of an invitation-only community of accomplished founders, executives, investors and experts who believe great companies are built through collaboration.
Expand your network
Build meaningful relationships with founders, fellow Venture Advisors, investors and strategic partners across the Djassi Ventures ecosystem.
Contribute to a different model of venture building
Support founders through structured execution, evidence-based validation and long-term company building — not simply mentorship or short-term acceleration.
Be recognised for your contribution
Be featured as a Djassi Ventures Venture Advisor across our website and selected channels, and participate in relevant founder and ecosystem activities.
The commitment
High impact. Designed around your time.
We know the people we invite to become Venture Advisors already have significant responsibilities. That’s why the model is intentionally flexible.
There is no expectation of continuous availability. It’s not about maximising hours. It’s about maximising the value of the moments that matter.
Let’s build the future together.
If we’ve invited you to become a Venture Advisor, it’s because we hold you and your work in the highest regard.
We believe your experience, perspective and expertise can bring something unique to the Djassi ecosystem and make a meaningful difference to the founders building alongside us.
We’re intentionally bringing together exceptional people who have built, led, challenged convention and learned along the way. People willing to bring those experiences to the table and help the next generation of founders go further and create real impact. People who share our Djassi values.
We would be honoured to have you build with us.