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Chris Donnelly

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom11 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Founded multiple successful startups.
  • Achieved 8-figure revenue in multiple ventures.
  • Recognized as a leading luxury agency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Digital Marketing expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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E-commerceLuxury Brand MarketingDigital StrategyDigital MarketingMobile ApplicationsBrand DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentStart-upsVenture Capital

About

Cofounder of Searchable: An Autonomous SEO & AEO Growth Engineer Analyse, fix, & scale your website to drive customers Sign up for the waitlist for our beta product: searchable.com The short life story I decided to skip the corporate job & start a digital marketing agency at 21. Here is the journey so far: Age 21: Bootstrapped Adjust Media at university making websites Age 22: Left Uni and rebranded to Verb Brands Age 27: Acquired DBD Media Ltd, their 20 staff & expanded to digital marketing Age 28: Won Bugatti & recognised as leading luxury agency Age 30: Sell entirety of Verb Brands to Croud & LDC in an 8-figure deal Age 31: Founded Lottie Org w/ Will Donnelly (Grow revenue rapidly, raise $35m & hire 100 people). Age 32: Launch my Media, Education and Investment business Age 33: Launched the Creator Accelerator and reached 8 figures in revenue Age 34: Co Founded Searchable It’s been a journey. Through Searchable.com I help founders and marketers to grow their organic traffic on auto pilot with our autonomous Seo and Aeo tool: searchable.com Through my investment company, we support and invest into Entrepreneurs running incredible businesses, and with our experience as operators, help them scale. If you are a founder of a profitable and growing company with approximately $1m+ EBITDA, and you want to see if you can grow faster, reach out. If you are not at that level yet, I produce resources to help you get there. I run a podcast called Wake Up, and produce content on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram for free. Commercial enquiries for speaking or brand deals: enquiries@chris-donnelly.co.uk

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Stealth startup

Founder

Jul 2025Present · 9 mos

Lovable

Fractional Growth

May 2025Jul 2025 · 2 mos

Wake up with chris donnelly

Podcast Host

Jan 2025Jul 2025 · 6 mos

  • My favourite thing is helping people achieve their potential. My second favourite thing is building businesses.
  • Each week, I sit down with some of the most inspiring leaders, creators, and innovators to uncover their strategies, struggles, and unfiltered truths. It’s not just about hearing incredible stories, it’s about taking those stories and turning them into real, actionable steps.

The creator accelerator by chris donnelly

Founder

Sep 2024Jul 2025 · 10 mos

  • Through a blend of curriculum, hands on live coaching calls, coach led clinic's and community, you will learn to scale your personal brand, connect with your ICP, develop your business and create outsized opportunities.
  • 8 figure revenue cohort business that trains entrepreneurs how to build highly effective lead generation and personal brands.

Verb brands

2 roles

Founder (Business Acquired by Croud)

Dec 2021May 2022 · 5 mos · London & New York

Founder & CEO

Oct 2013Dec 2021 · 8 yrs 2 mos · London & New York

  • The Leading Performance & Creative Marketing Agency for Luxury & Premium Brands.
  • In 2013, while at university, I bootstrapped VERB with the aim to build the leading agency for luxury brands.
  • In 2017, Verb Brands Limited acquired DBD Media Limited and merged the business into the wider Verb offering. DBD was a 30 people and one of the first SEO and PPC agencies, established in 2000.
  • December 2021, Verb Brands was acquired by Croud Inc and LDC in an 8 figure deal, giving Verb international scale and was rebranded Croud Luxe.

Lottie

Co-Founder

Jan 2020Jan 2024 · 4 yrs · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Lottie is a SAAS enabled marketplace that helps individuals looking for later life care.
  • Established the leading brand in the space, achieving 8 figures in revenue, a 9 figure valuation and raised $35m in VC funding from General Catalyst & Accel.
  • Stepped down from CEO to pursue new interests

Education

University of Warwick

Bachelor's Degree — Politics

Jan 2013Present

Wellington College

Economics

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