Laurent Grill
Laurent GrillVerified

VC, Angel Investor, Founder & Advisor

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Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor, Board Member, Advisor, and former founder/operator. Partner at JLL Spark, a fund dedicated to transforming the real estate industry through technology-based innovation (focused on Seed through Series B investments). Venture Partner / Co-Founder at Luma Launch, an early-stage fund with an Accelerator Program aimed at surfacing the most notable startups and entrepreneurial minds across all industries. 📈I have investments in 85+ companies mostly at the earliest stages to Series A. Notable ones include: Intro (this app), TapCart, Boulevard, Community, OpenSpace, Elise.ai, CandidCo, Trust & Will & many more. Previously founded, expanded and managed multiple start-ups ranging from a music education technology platform, Miso Media (featured on 🦈Shark Tank), to the leader in the health and wellness space space, Zeel. My experience working and investing in startups allows me to understand the needs of founders in the infancies of their companies, while asking the difficult questions to position you for success. Strengths: ✔️ Fundraising from VCs ✔️ Feedback / workshop your pitch ✔️Company Culture ✔️ Go-to-market strategies ✔️ Real estate tech investing ✔️ Software-as-a-Service products (SaaS) ✔️Expanding geographic operations ✔️Building meaningful biz relationships I am very passionate about sharing all of my learnings with others on similar journeys. Excited to connect!

What to expect

15 minute session

  • - ask three or more questions
  • - tips on how to build a successful company
  • - direct feedback on viability & narrative

How it works

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Find an expert

Discover and choose from our list of the world's most in-demand experts

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Book a video call

Select a time that works for both you and your expert's schedule

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Virtual consultation

Join the 1-on-1 video call, ask questions, and get expert advice

Common questions

Browse our marketplace of the world's most in-demand experts. After choosing the right expert for you, book a 1:1 video call with them. At the time of the appointment, join the live 1:1 video call, ask the expert your questions, and get personalized high-quality advice!

Most of our experts offer 1:1 video consultations ranging between 15 - 60 minutes. During the booking the process, you will be able to select the duration that makes sense for you.

Generally speaking, most of our customers have been delighted with how much they achieved during their live 1:1 video consultations. We have over 5,000 five-star reviews and a high percentage of our customers rebook the same expert or additional experts because their experience exceeded their expectations. Our most popular sessions are 30 minutes long, but you can still get a lot done during a 15 minute session.

Yes. In fact, many of our customers book the same expert or a group of experts on a regular basis. There are no limits.

Many of them have shared their desire for Intro's mission — to give everyone access to anyone, empowering each other to build a better world. They also love paying it forward and helping others advance in their journey. With Intro, they now have an easy-to-use platform that makes it simple to connect with like-mind folks like yourself, while also being compensated fairly for their time. In some cases, our experts are also donating a portion or all of their proceeds to the charity of their choice.

All of the times presented on our website, marketplace, and mobile app are local to your time. For example, if you're based in New York, the times will be presented in ET.

Yes! People from all over the world will have access to the most in-demand experts. We currently accept all major credit cards in USD.

Many of our experts sell out quickly. You can wait until they unlock more sessions or if they've enabled our Request a Booking feature, you can request a booking by sending them times that work for you at least seven days out. This feature is free to use and you'll only get charged when they confirm the booking (a credit card pre-auth is required).

It depends on the specific expert. Some experts add sessions weekly and others add sessions monthly. We recommend booking as soon as possible to not miss out.

Yes. You can reschedule calls at least 48 hours before the session. For any cancellations, or reschedules within 48 hours of the session, we do charge a fee to compensate the expert for the last minute change. All cancellations or reschedules must happen in our mobile app.

Yes! We're confident that you'll love your first session, but in the rare case that it did not meet your expectations, let us know and we'll make things right.

$249 • Session