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Fundraising Support
When you need capital, we help you raise it on better terms and with less wasted time.
- Investor targeting and pipeline
- Deck and narrative
- Data room and diligence prep
- Term sheet review
Advisory for founders and operators
Echel works alongside founders at the moments that make or break a company: raising capital, winning non-dilutive funding, running the business better, and closing a chapter the right way.
Echel comes from échelle, French for ladder. Every engagement is about the next rung.
Services
Four ways we work with founders, from first check to final chapter. Each engagement is scoped to your company, not pulled from a package.
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When you need capital, we help you raise it on better terms and with less wasted time.
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Non-dilutive funding and the right programs, pursued with a plan. We submit early, not at the deadline.
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Hands-on operating support. We work alongside your team, not from a slide deck.
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When it is time to sell or close, we help you do it in an orderly way that protects you and your stakeholders.
Selected work
Client names are kept confidential unless shared with permission.
Fundraising Support
Strategic advisory and raise support for the CEO, including investor targeting and profiles of priority venture funds.
Wind-Down Advisory
Exclusive sale and wind-down advisory, managing the transaction process and an orderly path to close.
Operational Advisory
Board seat and interim finance leadership: monthly operating expense reviews, org design, and hiring.
Grant & Accelerator Applications
Accelerator application strategy alongside product and team advisory for the founder.
Why Echel
Experience raising, building, sitting on boards, and closing companies, not just advising on them.
One advisor from first raise to final chapter, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.
Scope, timeline, and fees built around your company and stage.
Deep ties across the Caribbean and its diaspora. We work in English, French, and Haitian Creole.
Capital raised, funding won, operations improved, clean exits.
250+
deals sourced in venture investing
11
venture investments made
4
company and nonprofit boards served
3
working languages
How it works
A short conversation about where the company is and what needs to happen next.
A clear written scope with deliverables, timeline, and fees.
Hands-on work alongside your team, with regular check-ins.
You keep the materials, systems, and relationships we build together.
About
Jerry has spent his career on both sides of the table: building and selling with operators, advising leadership teams, and investing in early-stage founders.
His operating and advisory background spans E&J Gallo, Breakthru Beverage, Accenture Strategy, and The Bridgespan Group. In venture, he sourced more than 250 deals and made 11 investments at Pronghorn, where he was named Closer of the Year. He serves on the boards of Eventnoire and ReKlame Health, and previously served on the boards of ST. CRE and Community Roots Charter School.
Jerry is Haitian-American and based in Brooklyn, with work experience in Zambia and long-standing ties across the Caribbean. He holds an MBA from Cornell's Johnson School and a BBA in Finance and International Business from Temple University's Fox School.
Tell us where your company is and what you are working toward. We will reply within one business day.