We help you find your golden nugget.

About

Gold Nugget Ventures

From founding to financing, we pave the way for startups to success – internationally!
We bring international expertise and a deep understanding of the startup landscape. Our track record makes us trustworthy advisors who have walked in your shoes:
  • Proven Serial Entrepreneurs
  • Successful Funding in several, International Rounds
  • Successful Pitches in UK | Western-, Central- & Eastern-Europe | Silicon Valley
  • Graduated Accelerators in Austria & Silicon Valley
  • Startup Conferences: Slush | EU Startup Summit | Wolves Summit | DLD Conference | Startup Summit Kitzbühel

    Verticals

    Experienced in the following verticals

    Artificial Intelligence (AI)        Digital Health        E-Commerce        Health Tech        Life Sciences        Pet Tech        Software as a Service (SaaS)        Technology, Media and Telecommunications        Wearables        App-Development

    Services

    Idea Validation

    Is my idea worth going further?

    Fundraising and Capital

    Funding Strategies

    The Art of Bootstrapping: Funding your Startup internally
    Angel Investors: How to find them and how to win them
    Financial Planning for the Early-Stage Startup
    Mastering the Art of Negotiation with Investors
    Accelerator or Incubator?
    Am I ready for VCs?

    Pitching and Outreach

    Crafting a compelling Pitch Deck
    • How to build a winning Pitch Deck
    • Visual Storytelling: Making your Deck stand out
    The perfect Elevator Pitch
    • Magical 30-Second: The Art of Elevator Pitches
    • Pitch Training: Body Language, Tone, and Beyond
    • Refining Your Pitch: Feedback and Iteration

    Positioning, Competition and Branding

    • Finding the right Business Model – not as easy as you thought!
    • How to build a memorable Startup Brand
    • Positioning your Startup in a competitive Marketplace
    • Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

    Product Market Fit

    • Minimum Viable Product (MVP) – how much is enough to start?
    • The Art of Pricing
    • Measuring and Achieving Product-Market Fit
    • Knowing When and How to Pivot
    • Beta Testing: Effective User Trials

    Partner Network

    We have a hand-picked network of trustworthy partners for all tasks:
    • Tax Consultants
    • Lawyers
    • Notaries
    • UI/UX Designers
    • Software Agencies
    • Social Media Marketing Specialists
    • Funding Advisors
    • Advertising Agencies
    • M&A Advisors
    • Internationalization Experts (e.g. USA)
    • and much more!

    Pricing and Packages

    Tailored to your Startup’s needs

    Select your desired topic from our service range – or bring up what worries you the most!

    Affordable pricing

    We know how tight money is at a startup! We see ourselves as your partners, therefore we offer different coaching packages – starting from €99,-!

    Flexible packaging

    As Startup founders, we know that every week can be different and therefore needs to vary. You can choose individual topics that currently interest you and also change them on the run.

    Team

    Christoph Härtel

    Serial Entrepreneur

    Co-Founder & CEO – Gold Nugget Ventures
    Co-Founder & CEO – PetAid GmbH
    Finance & Product Development Specialist
    Employer experience from small companies to corporates like RedBull and P&G

    Jennifer Gradwohl-Härtel

    Passionate Female Founder

    Co-Founder & Startup Mentor – Gold Nugget Ventures
    Co-Founder & CSO – PetAid GmbH
    Keynote Speaker & Pitch Trainer
    Former Head of Business Development for Online Media

    Recommendations

    “I had the opportunity to work with Jennifer and Christoph. They came with the right mindset and deeply understood and honed in on specific unmet needs of their target group. They were customer-centric in their approach and while they have a clear big-picture vision,they demonstrated business agility by iterating and pivoting on their concept. They took a 360 view of not only the opportunity but also had an operator-centric mindset to understand the nuances of going to market and making changes as needed to build a product that can potentially scale.

    Dutta Satadip

    Chief Customer Officer, Active Campaign.
    Former Google and Pinterest
    Advisor at Berkeley Skydeck

    “I’m the CEO of Founders Space. I worked with both Jennifer and Christoph as a part of the Advantage Austria startup program in SanFrancisco. I can tell you that they are fantastic. Both of them are smart, dedicated, and creative. I believe they have what it takes to succeed.”

     

    Steven Hoffman

    Chairman & CEO of FoundersSpace

    “I had the opportunity to work with Jennifer and Christoph several times in the last few months. I noticed their very strong determination and involvement in their project and I am confident they are on a journey to success. On a more personal note, they have both very good communication skills and very likable personalities.”

     

    Jeff Cabili

    Stanford Continuing Studies Instructor
    Former Director of Business Development Stanford Graduate School of Business

    “PetAid was chosen in a highly competitive selection process as one of 10 Austrian Startups to be part of the Go USA – Silicon Valley Startup Landing Zone program. Christoph and Jennifer have impressed both our mentors and coaches and continously made great leaps in growth in a very short period of time throughout the program. We are proud to have been part of PetAid’s path and believe they have immense potential for success.”

     

    Daniel Zawarczynski

    Director at Open Austria | San Francisco

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