Quick introduction to me, Manoj Ranaweera

A quick introduction whilst I am here.

I have been building tech companies and support businesses since 2004 with my fair share of failures. My 17 efforts are listed https://manojranaweera.me/who-is-manoj-ranaweera

When I turned 50 about 5 years ago, I promised myself that I will build 5 businesses over the next 20 years.

Here’s where I am today

1. Community (know how): https://techcelerate.ventures - I speak about Techcelerate Way often these days. Building tech companies in a sustainable manner without chasing investors from the beginning. Get traction before investment.

2. Intelligence (UK only though): https://deallite.uk and it’s assets - dedicated to tracking the UK’s tech investment landscape. Both venture backed tech companies and investors who back them

3. Talent https://skilledup.life - we now have 31,000+ strong free talent pool from 112 countries. This backs Techcelerate Way. Be in a stronger position before asking external capital

4. Reporting - Got the code base from CrowdCube over 2 years ago, but not yet managed to fully launch. Building Leaderboard to go with this. Hoping to assemble a free talent team from (3) to run this. And as it gains traction, will then give the best SkilledUp Lifers jobs.

5. Fund - not had an exit since 2015, so all my money is invested in above. Had to park after initial trialling with a micro fund.

Happy to help where I can, especially through above.