Hi, we're FIREVOLT.
Taylor Hirshfield, Founder of FIREVOLT Ventures. Berlin-based since October 2022.
We're an MBA-qualified strategy practice with a decade across tier-one strategy consulting, London Business School, and the inside of Berlin scaleups as Chief of Staff — and a parallel career producing experiential events, dinners, and gatherings across Berlin and beyond.
FIREVOLT Ventures exists because those two worlds are the same craft. Strategy compounds when the room is designed for it — when the people who have to live the plan are in the right setting to commit to it. And gatherings only matter when someone has asked what the room is actually for. We do both — strategy first, then the gathering scoped around the conversation the strategy needs.
We work in English across US/UK/continental European business cultures, and in the strange, generative seam where startups, brands, and impact organisations meet — which is essentially Berlin in one sentence.
A decade of operating.
Four years from Analyst to Manager. Sold $3M+ in B2B consulting. Designed and launched a live eSports TV network in three months. Cross-functional teams of 15.
Focus on early-stage ventures, impact strategy, and organisational design. VP at LBS Builds (in partnership with IDEO). VP On-Campus Sustainability & Social Impact.
Pricing strategy, market entry, financial modelling for investor and client conversations at a carbon-negative materials startup.
Owned the strategic roadmap, GTM, pricing for first five product launches, investor relations, board comms, and leadership offsites.
Strategy consulting, experiential events, workshops, and digital strategy across founders, scaleups, brands, and mission-driven organisations. Produced global experiential festivals in Romania, Costa Rica, and Portugal. Launched our own event series in Berlin.
Trust beats process. Curation beats coverage. Done beats perfect.
Senior-led, no juniors
Every engagement is delivered by Taylor directly, not handed off. When extra hands are needed, we bring trusted Berlin specialists in by name.
Embedded, not extracted
We work alongside your team, not in parallel. Strategy is iterative — we stay close enough to shape it as it meets reality.
The thinking and the room
We design the strategy and the gathering where it lands as one piece of work — never as two disconnected deliverables.