Yorkseed Passport Series: Valuing AI and SaaS Startups — Expert Q&A
This event is part of Yorkseed Passport Series: Web Summit Lisbon 2025 Edition
🌍 Beyond Valuation: Finding Signal in the AI & SaaS Investment Boom
Yorkseed Passport Series: Web Summit Lisbon 2025 Edition
💬 Location
In the Make 1 Room of the Portugal Tech Week Palace. (R. Gomes Freire 98, 1150-179 Lisboa) https://maps.app.goo.gl/pCZd5wwhuBsVEzKLA
Join Yorkseed and a panel of seasoned investors including Mike Blake, CEO of High Score Strategies, Munjal Subodh, Founder & CEO of EdgeCraft Group, Aleksey Denysyuk, Co-Founder, VanOnGo.com, 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.
💬 Details
In a world flooded with AI hype and SaaS multiples, how do serious investors separate signal from noise?
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.
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)
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