Jessica Liew: She Raised $1M Pre-Seed in Berlin

Founder, IntriqWith host Niclas SchlopsnaSeason 1, episode 131 min

Key points: Said at the table.

Jessica Liew
The guest

Jessica Liew

Founder, Intriq

  • ▲A pre-seed round in Berlin
Season 1, episode 131 min with Niclas Schlopsna8 Jan 2026

Show notes.

$1M+ pre-seed raised. Zero investor cold outreach mistakes.

Jessica Liew built Intriq to solve a problem she lived every day as a consultant: hours spent asking, "Can you send me that spreadsheet?” instead of doing actual strategy work.

Her platform automates up to 87% of manual consulting work.

  • Document analysis
  • Data extraction
  • Report drafting
  • All handled so consultants can focus on impact instead of grunt work.

In Episode 1 of Deal Makers (& Fakers), we dig into how she raised pre-seed capital, approached investor outreach without burning her network, and what actually changes when you’re fundraising in Europe vs the US.

What will you learn with Jessica?

  • How Jessica built momentum for a $1M+ pre-seed round and approached investor outreach strategically
  • US vs Europe: investor expectations, speed, timelines, and storytelling that actually lands
  • What it’s like fundraising as a female founder and what should change in this game
  • What Intriq does: from document analysis to report drafting. The real product behind the hype.
  • Why consultants are the fastest path to PMF for an AI company

ABOUT JESSICA + INTRIQ

Jessica Liew, CEO & Founder, built Intriq to transform how advisory teams and consultants work with data. Her insight: the bottleneck isn’t thinking.

It’s the 87% of time spent on manual data collection, analysis, and formatting.

Intriq positions itself as an AI-powered toolkit for corporate finance advisors and consultants.

  • Research faster
  • Extract insights faster
  • Draft reports faster
  • Focus on what actually matters.

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