Patrick Prokesch
👋 Hi, I'm Patrick
Supporting founders and teams in
growing tech companies.
NEW
Corp Dev
Frameworks
Product-Led
Frameworks
How I work
I join Tech and SaaS companies on their journey to build global leaders in their space.
You’re working on your next big leap, growth round or want to build the right foundation for it early on?
Let’s talk.
In combining Tech M&A expertise with hands-on operational leadership experience, we can work on what really moves the needle.
We build story & vision from a founders’ perspective, identify drivers and together add growth levers to the great company you already built.
Let's chat
Experience
I helped build some of the biggest success stories in Product-Led SaaS in Europe.
Since the beginning of my career, my focus has always been on growing
Consumer Tech & Product-Led B2B SaaS companies and scaling them into global players.
In my latest full-time role, I served as Chief Commercial Officer at Meister, building out our Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing functions and scaling the company post a
USD 52M growth investment.
Early team member and later Senior Director at i5invest, we grew the company to one of the biggest Tech-focused M&A firms and company builders out of Europe with >100 team members and 6 offices in Europe and the Bay Area.
During my time at i5invest, I advised the founders of iTranslate on its sale to IAC (Tinder, Vimeo & HomeAdvisor) and remove.bg on its exit to global design SaaS leader Canva - "one of the biggest exits in Austrian startup history" - Techcrunch.
I love to work with great product visionaries and help bring their ideas to life.
📈 Hands-on Commercial & M&A Leader with 10+ years exp.
💼 prev. CCO at Meister and Senior Director at i5invest
🤝 Raised USD 50M+ in equity for Meister
🛠 Closed multiple EUR >100M exits and int’l M&A deals
🌱 Expert Collective and Scout at Seedcamp
💪 Spealized in Consumer Tech and Product-Led B2B SaaS
Let's connect
NEW
Corp Dev Frameworks
Engineering M&A. It makes all the difference between having loose chats and building recurring and lasting momentum that will lead from great Partnerships to M&A or funding rounds.
UPDATED
Product Led Frameworks
PLG is the ideal vehicle for efficient growth, that's table stakes. Find out how adding a Sales motion complements and accelerates your Product Led business. Dig in :)
Strategic Acquistion
"Simply said: If it wasn't for Patrick, Kaleido probably wouldn't had been acquired by Canva."
Alex Brix
COO
Growth Equity Round
"Patrick led our process end-to-end. He greatly supported us founders from the beginning to the heavy lifting and negotiations."
Till Vollmer
CFO, Co-Founder
Strategic Acquistion
"Patrick played a crucial part in scaling the iTranslate business as well as in the successful acquisition by IAC."
Alexander Marktl
CEO, Co-Founder
deals closed and worked on while at
Public Speaking
Would be happy to join your panel, podcast or in-company event
Topics include:
Startups, Company Building and Scaling
New Work and AI
Product-Led Growth
Product-Led Sales
RevenueOps
B2B SaaS
M&A and Growth Equity Rounds
