Consulting
Strategy, valuation, M&A, leaders and founders.
Work with me
Work with me
Advisory for leaders, founders, funds, and students. Companies → Ventures.
Book a call My ventures →Mentoring
Students and early-career operators. First call free.
Speaking
Guest lectures from $1,500. Topics →
When to work with me directly
Advisory is about me, not my companies. See Ventures for those.
Ideal clients
- Corporate and Fortune 500 leaders, strategy, M&A, and valuation under pressure
- Founders preparing for institutional capital or a pivotal GTM decision
- Fund managers and allocators pricing private portfolios or healthcare thesis
- MBA students and early-career operators finding a path into venture or corp-dev
Not a fit
- Full-time operating roles or generic “advisor” titles
- Unscoped requests without a defined decision or deliverable
- Pure software implementation without strategy or valuation context
- Media interview requests (use the Media page instead)
Formats
How engagements work
Discovery call
30–45 minutes to frame the problem, stakeholders, and timeline. No commitment.
Outcome: Clear next step, scoped sprint, retainer, or pass.
Focused sprint
1–2 weeks on one decision: IC memo support, valuation framework, diligence plan, or narrative for raise.
Deliverable: Written recommendation, model outline, or decision memo.
Ongoing advisory
Retainer for funds, corp-dev, or founders with recurring deal flow or portfolio needs.
Deliverable: Standing office hours + async review on live deals.
One-off diligence
Independent view on a target, round, or asset, healthcare or private-markets valuation.
Deliverable: Diligence memo and risk map for your IC or board.
Practice areas
What I help with
01
Private Markets Valuation
Fair value methodology, framework design, and independent assessment, from years inside corp-dev and building valuation infrastructure.
02
Healthcare Investment Strategy
Thesis development, diligence support, and operator-lens evaluation, how I underwrite complexity as an investor.
03
Corporate Development & M&A
Origination, buy-side diligence, valuation, and integration planning for teams without a full in-house bench.
04
Founder Strategy & Fundraising
Narrative, positioning, and investor strategy, especially for immigrant and non-traditional founders. Free founder tools: SAFE math, term sheets, equity splits.
05
AI & Infrastructure in Financial Services
Product strategy and GTM for teams building data and AI layers for funds and allocators.
Examples
Representative work
Private markets
Portfolio fair-value review
Problem: A fund manager needed IC-ready ranges across illiquid holdings with inconsistent internal models.
Judgment → deliverable: Rebuilt valuation framework aligned to institutional standards; memo and model template for recurring quarters.
Healthcare VC
Operator diligence on a seed round
Problem: An angel syndicate needed to stress-test operational claims in a complex care-delivery startup.
Judgment → deliverable: Diligence memo separating market story from executable operations; clear invest / pass recommendation.
Corp-dev
Acquisition pricing band
Problem: A corp-dev team evaluating a mid-stage asset lacked independent pricing discipline ahead of term sheet.
Judgment → deliverable: Pricing range with strategic rationale, integration risks, and negotiation guardrails for leadership.
Examples are representative of engagement types; client names withheld for confidentiality.
Starting point
Book a session
Paid expert sessions are the fastest way to get my judgment on a live decision. Lighter entry points exist too: a free 15-minute intro, a $250 founder brainstorm, and a $350 general session, all on the calendar. Sprints and retainers are scoped after a discovery call. For the companies I founded, see Ventures.
Advisory
Expert session
$500 USD
60–75 minutes with prep and a follow-up summary, for leaders, founders, funds, and students with a defined decision.
- Private markets, healthcare, M&A, or founder narrative
- Book via Cal.com (paid session)
No-risk guarantee: if in the first 10 minutes I'm not the right person for your decision, I'll end the call, refund you in full, and point you to who or what is.
Companies
Value Alpha & Sonnerie VC
Product access, fund relationships, and portfolio companies live on their own pages, not on this advisory page.
- Value Alpha, private-markets valuation platform
- Sonnerie VC, early-stage healthcare venture
Strategy sprints and fractional advisory are scoped per engagement, contact me with your timeline and deliverable. Guest lectures and workshops from $1,500 USD, see speaking.
Not ready to book? Start free: estimate your business value, grab the Private-Company Pricing Checklist, or if you are a founder raising, use the free founder and fundraising tools.
Why work with me
What backs the advice
No borrowed authority, the judgment is grounded in operating experience, companies built, and institutional method.
Operator track record
Fortune 500 corporate development and M&A, with billions in transaction experience, origination, valuation, diligence, and integration.
Founder, not just advisor
Founder of Value Alpha and Sonnerie VC. The operator diligence I run on live deals is the diligence you get.
Institutional method
Value Alpha's fair-value models were developed with Columbia and NYU faculty, that discipline applies directly to your decision.
In their words
What people say
Tomasz has a strong ability to step back and frame business challenges in clear strategic terms. He helped sharpen our messaging, refine our target customer focus, and bring greater structure to how we think about pricing. I would warmly recommend him to any team looking for a thoughtful, strategic partner.
He fostered an environment where people felt genuinely comfortable sharing ideas while keeping strong conviction about what was best for the product. His leadership balanced being receptive to feedback with clear direction. Any team would be lucky to work with him.
A great founder with strong leadership and a clear product vision. He shared his ideas, listened to feedback, trusted the team, and communicated effectively. The venture has a bright future under his leadership.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How do I work with Tomasz Felpel?
Start with a discovery call to frame the problem, stakeholders, and timeline. From there we scope a clear next step: a focused sprint, an ongoing retainer, or a one-off diligence engagement. Book your call via /book.
What does advisory cost?
The expert advisory session is $500 USD for 60 to 75 minutes with prep and a follow-up summary. Strategy sprints and fractional retainers are scoped per engagement. Guest lectures and workshops start from $1,500 USD.
Who is advisory a fit and not a fit for?
It fits corporate and Fortune 500 leaders, founders preparing for institutional capital or a pivotal GTM decision, fund managers and allocators pricing private portfolios, and MBA students and early-career operators finding a path into venture or corp-dev. It is not a fit for full-time operating roles, unscoped requests without a defined decision or deliverable, pure software implementation without strategy or valuation context, or media interview requests.
Limited capacity
Start with a discovery call
Tell me the decision you're facing. I'll tell you honestly if I'm the right person, or point you to Ventures if a company is the better front door.
Book a call Email an enquiry ↗Typical response within 48 hours. Paid sessions carry a full first-10-minutes refund if I'm not the right fit.