The Unlock with Oliver Bruce · 2026-06-12 · 57 min
If you are a founder preparing to raise capital, this episode is a practical guide to getting investor-ready before you ever walk into the room. Oliver Bruce sits down with Connor Wells, founder of Caplia. Connor spent eight years inside one of the world's largest beauty businesses, moved into engineering-led innovation at Dyson, then ran PrimeTime as MD before building Caplia to fix the problem that nearly broke him: fundraising. The venture ecosystem is more fragmented than ever. Capital is flooding in. Founder numbers have tripled since the nineties. Yet rounds are still run like it is 1995, investors are drowning in noise, and great deals get missed because signal is buried inside manual pitch deck reviews. Connor's answer is capital readiness. Caplia turns your pitch deck into a Cap Passport in 60 seconds, giving investors decision-ready signal at their fingertips with your data room one click away. Its agentic AI, Iris, acts as a fundraising mentor that learns your process and deploys it. The goal is simple. Put every founder on the front foot from day one. Connor also gets honest about the human cost of raising. The 50 percent of your time it consumes.
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