# Cyril Grislain

> 22 Exits (5 unicorns), Saved 8 Companies from Bankruptcy | 2x Founder | Youngest-Ever McKinsey Partner

I help Founders, Boards and CEOs become more bankable, transform, and sometimes get out of a really bad spot.

Three strings to my bow:

📈 Bet on 50 startups out of 10k+
Outlier track-record of making it to the Finish Line 🏁
- 22 Exits so far = already 3x the industry’s rate
- 18 still scaling up, including 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄
- Top-5% cash returns
- 90% of the Founders I accelerated became millionaires, in their bank accounts. Half considered non-VC bankable.
- LP in top funds such as Sequoia.

🛟 Saved 8 companies from bankruptcy
- Most recent: $2B revenue neobank under central bank ultimatum to recapitalize, frozen by an open war between Founders and Funds.
- From Series A to $30B revenue listed company. Tech and non-Tech. Bias towards Consumer.
- co-Founded and co-led McKinsey’s Transformations & Turnaround services (now a $3B+ business
- Even turned around the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games candidacy

🃏Operated in multiple industries, on 4 continents, in 6 languages:
- 2x Founder-CEO (EdTech and MedTech)
- Very hands-on - some fingers on the wheel - on the side of several Founders I backed, from reshaping the vision, roadmap, product, GTM, story, funding, … , down to finding and negotiating a great Exit.
- Acting as Chief Transformation Officer in mid-large ‘real economics´ companies

I say it straight, the way I see it.

Anti fake it until you make it.

Full refund if I end up investing in your current round.

Already offset my family’s lifetime carbon footprint.

**Rating:** 5/5 (9 reviews)

## Offerings

- Video call (15 min): $350.00

## Example Questions

- Can you give honest and actionable feedback on my fundraising deck? On my new startup?
- We are having a hard time raising our A, but don’t quite understand why?
- Can you be my safe sparring partner on this hard decision I need to make? Eg:hire/fire, M&A, funding
- Only 6 months runway left: what should I do?
- Help me solve a lingering conflict with - my VC, my cofounder, my biggest client

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