# Henrik Hagemann FRSC FIOMMM

> Founder of Puraffinity | Forbes 30 under 30

I trained full-time with Shaolin monks before I started my first venture-backed company. The discipline is the same: pay attention, eat bitter, stay longer than feels reasonable. 

I built Puraffinity from a student competition to a deep tech leader over ten years: $30m+ raised, 40+ scientists and engineers, world-leading product & patent portfolio, and full-scale PFAS removal with 20x better performance than existing solutions. More in this video by Veritasium (30m views) or Fifty Years.

I've advised over 30 startups and raised funding from 8 VC funds.

Am I a great operator? I’m not sure. Gun to my head? I'd probably say “maybe.” Time will tell, I guess.

But there's one thing I've been doing for over a decade (mostly as a hobby) which I can comfortably say I'm in the top 1%: I get startups funded - grant or VC funding.

I have raised early stage startup funding of $30M from leading investors, including Octopus Ventures (£1.5bn AUM), BGF (£4.5bn AUM), Kindred Capital, Verve Ventures, Acequia Capital, Ian Hogart, Matt Clifford.

Things I can advise on:

✔️ How the obscure world of VC “really” works
✔️ How to structure your deck to make it harder for a VC to pass 
✔️ How to run an effective fundraising process
✔️ How to turn fear into greed (getting a term sheet)
✔️ & more

I’m grateful for the mentors, lessons, and experiences I’ve had in my career. I look forward to sharing what I’ve learned to help you!

I've been on podcasts covering deep tech ventures, inclusion in the engineering sector, chemical pollution like PFAS and startup CEO transition. 

I am active in the engineering biology community, having done iGEM with Imperial College and been a board member of the Engineering Biology Advisory Committee (BIA) for 5+ years. I'm technically grounded as a Fellow at the RSC and the institute of materials, IOMMM.

To deepen inclusivity in the STEM sector, I was a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Industry Leadership Group for 3 years.

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