We are Fuel for Founders
We’re passionate, we’re ambitious, and we know what it takes to get startups off the ground.
Meet our Founder
Tom Salvat
Tom is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, led, and grown 6 start-ups/scale-ups globally. These ventures span B2B, B2C, and D2C within Media, AI, SaaS, Consulting, and Wellness.
Tom has experience in the full cycle of formation to exit, including Ideation, Go-To-Market, Funding, Scaling, International Expansion, M&A, and more.
He is a Top Voice on LinkedIn, writes for Forbes, and has received multiple global awards, including Start-up AI CEO of the year by CIO, Top Leader by Inc., Press Association Impact on Profit Award, and Rising Star by the Financial Times.
With his extensive experience, network and almost 20k LinkedIn followers, Tom founded KO-PYLOT to increase founders' chances of success by providing experienced support to their teams.
9/10 Startups Fail. Let's Beat the Odds Together
As an 5-time founder himself, our Managing Consultant, Tom Salvat has been through countless funding rounds and scaled businesses to success.
There were no consultants out there supporting startups to raise funding, market themselves, and achieve profitability, who’d actually been through the cycle themselves.
Those are the people who can help founders defy the odds.
So KO-PYLOT was founded on one idea: bringing together the best expertise to deliver the support that startup founders need to attract the right investors and start thriving.
Meet the Management Team
We are a passionate, ambitious and experienced group that are motivated by helping startups go from ZERO to ONE.
Founder & Managing Partner
Tom Salvat
Tom is a serial entrepreneur having founded, led, and grown several start-ups.
Tom specialises in fundraising, sales, content, and advanced technologies (AI). He boasts a pretty special network of founders and investors globally.
Senior Support Partner
Katie Hirst FCCA
Katie specialises in all aspects of accounting for start-ups and SME's.
Katie loves start-ups and is on hand to provide financial start-up advice alongside management reporting, payroll, taxation, accounting and financial modelling.
Fundraising Partner
Sarah Palmer
Sarah has spent almost a decade supporting start-ups' growth efforts.
Sarah specialises in Outreach, Client Success, Investor Relations, and Operations.
Growth Partner
Emma Williams
Emma is a conversion copywriter and brand strategist.
Emma specialises in helping start-ups find their voice with high-converting websites, sales funnels, and other marketing assets.
Growth Partner
Alex Kiely
Alex is an experienced advertising consultant with decades of experience working with enterprise firms, startups, and SMEs across multiple channels and hundreds of different media outlets.
Alex knows what works for businesses. He challenges strategies, unlocks opportunities, and analyzes data to outperform norms.
Psychoherapy Partner
Mike Ward
Mike Ward is a specialist in psychotherapy for founders. Mike has extensive experience in executive coaching, NLP, anxiety, stress, confidence building and more.
Mike provides our Founder Therapy as part of KO-PYLOT's mission to support founders.
Plus our Network
We are priveleged to have developed an extensive network of exceptional people that can help support founders. This includes VC's. $Billion exited founders, M&A advisors, Tax Specialists, Accountants, Lawyers, Therapists, and much more.We have built a strong network of experienced individuals, including VCs, successful entrepreneurs, M&A advisors, tax specialists, accountants, lawyers, therapists, and more, to support founders.