Valuing AI and SaaS Startups — Expert Q&A (Yorkseed Passport Series) ONLINE
🌍 Beyond Valuation: Finding Signal in the AI & SaaS ONLINE
Join Yorkseed and a panel of seasoned investors including Munjal Subodh, Founder & CEO of EdgeCraft Group, Ashley Martis - Founder & CEO of Startup Fuel, Aleksey Denysyuk, Co-Founder, VanOnGo.com, Mike Blake, CEO of High Score Strategies, and Jessica Sophia Wong, Founder of Yorkseed for a Q&A that goes beyond surface-level metrics to explore what truly drives company value today.
💬 About the Session
With AI hype at an all-time high and SaaS multiples shifting across global markets, how do serious investors separate real innovation from noise?
This conversation dives deeper than surface-level metrics to explore how capital allocators evaluate defensibility, execution, positioning, and founder quality in 2025 and beyond.
💬 What We’ll Cover
How investors are defining value in AI and SaaS
What actually drives valuations today
Distinguishing true innovation from hype
Translating technical complexity into compelling investor narratives
Global signals shaping cross-border deal flow heading into 2026
💬 Who Should Attend
Founders, investors, and operators building or backing AI or SaaS companies — especially those navigating valuation, fundraising, or market positioning.
Led by Yorkseeders
This session unpacks how capital allocators and founders are rethinking valuation, defensibility, and growth in a market defined by rapid innovation and changing investor psychology.
💬 Topics We’ll Explore
How investors are defining value
What drives valuation today
How to spot real innovation versus hype i
The art of storytelling — how to translate tech talk
Global investment signals shaping cross-border deal flow heading into 2026
💬 Who It’s For
Founders, investors, and operators building or backing SaaS and AI companies especially those navigating fundraising, M&A, or market positioning. Founders, investors, and operators building or backing AI and SaaS companies navigating valuation, fundraising, or exit readiness.
Led By Yorkseeders:
Mike Blake – Partner & CEO, High Score Strategies
He has over two decades of experience in tech valuation, and help AI and SaaS companies translate innovation into measurable enterprise value. He’s known for bridging the gap between code and capital—turning complex IP, data, and software assets into defensible financial insight.
Munjal Subodh - Founder & CEO, EdgeCraft Group
He is an investor and current founder and CIO of a hedge fund. He has managed his family office for over two decades, refining a disciplined investment approach focused on simplicity, pattern recognition, and resilience. His career spans founding and leading technology ventures and trading complex derivatives, ultimately leading to the creation of EdgeCraft Group to extend his investment strategy.
Ashley (Rahul) Martis - Founder & CEO, Startup Fuel
He is a venture advisor and seven-time founder who has built a global reputation for transforming how venture capital allocators evaluate and trust innovation. As Founder and CEO of StartupFuel, he has created an AI-driven platform for due diligence to facilitate data-driven, transparent decisions.
Aleksey Denysyuk - Co-Founder, VanOnGo.com
He is originally from Ukraine, and now lives in Barcelona and is a cofounder of VanOnGo.com, a SaaS solution for last mile delivery. They have already raised more than a 1 million euros and now he wants to help other early stage startups to prepare themselves for capital raising.
Cordelia Blake – Partner & CMO, High Score Strategies (Moderator)