​Ask Me Anything: Bhuva Shakti

​​Product, Operations, Fundraising Advisor

​​📍 Session #15 of the Startup Growth Playbook

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​​Startup Growth Playbook: Securing Angel Investment - Raise Your First Round

​​Most founders understand loans and grants. Few know how angel investing really works, or how to stand out to private investors.

​In this interactive session, we’ll walk through a step-by-step roadmap to raising your first angel round, from outreach to follow-up, without the jargon or guesswork.

​You’ll learn how to:

​✅ Understand the angel investing lifecycle: from outreach → pitch → diligence → close

​✅ Find and connect with investors aligned to your stage and sector

​✅ Build a compelling story and deck that resonate with funders

​✅ Prepare your legal, financial, and operational basics before fundraising

​✅ Plan your next 30–60 days of investor outreach with clarity

​And if you’d like tailored feedback on your investor readiness or pitch materials:

​📩 Send me your business challenge and I’ll offer a free strategy session → https://www.bhuvas-impact.global/bhuva/

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​​About Bhuva Shakti:

​​​Bhuva Shakti (she/her) is the futuristic founder and CEO driving sustainable innovation at Wallet Max, a global community of corporate executives, policy leaders, and venture capital investors expanding fundraising access for high-growth impact startups. With an MBA from Columbia University in New York and as a senior executive director on Wall Street for three decades, Bhuva has managed diverse financial portfolios and launched several digital transformation products for investment banks, capital markets, and payment networks.

​​Bhuva’s leadership and risk governance oversight, during the global financial crisis and the pandemic, was pivotal for the success of regulatory compliance and mergers acquisitions at the world's top banks and credit rating institutions. Bhuva is a board director and C-Suite advisor for people and planet friendly businesses, without compromising profits, and a keynote and TEDx speaker advancing economic inclusion and climate-fintech partnerships.

​​Bhuva is the USA country director for World Business Angels Investment Forum and the Chief Ethics & Culture Officer for Women in AI worldwide. She leads fundraising strategy and product operations for market expansion and manages investor relations from diligence to investment. Bhuva is the founder of Bhuva’s Impact Global, offering board and enterprise risk advisory services for public and private corporations.