AI-Native Growth Architect

Mike Schiessl

AI GTM Venture-Backed Founder Reforge Member AI Growth Architect

Raised capital from Telefónica Ventures, scaled to $1.6M ARR backed by SP Ventures, then delivered $1M expansion revenue in 29 days building AI from scratch. Now I architect growth infrastructure for SaaS companies that want systems that compound — not campaigns that expire.

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$1M / 29 days
Expansion revenue — AgroGuard AI
$1.6M ARR
Scaled AEGRO — SP Ventures backed
6+ AI tools
Built and shipped — live products
10yr
SaaS growth — 3 countries
AI Products

Systems I've built

Not campaigns. Not decks. Actual working AI infrastructure — shipped fast, designed to scale.

leadsops.ai / dashboard
LeadsOps.ai dashboard
LeadsOps.ai

AI-powered social selling platform that turns LinkedIn signals into qualified leads — automatically scored, enriched, and prioritized daily.

Built in 28 days
Result $100K+ in new sales
agroguard.ai / dashboard
AgroGuard AI dashboard
AgroGuard AI

Predictive analytics platform that detects crop risks and upsell opportunities in agribusiness — AI-powered recommendations at scale.

Built in 29 days
Result $1M expansion revenue
leadmaps.ai / dashboard
LeadRadar dashboard
LeadMaps.ai

AI agent that finds and qualifies Google Maps leads, then initiates personalized outreach via WhatsApp or email — fully automated.

Built in 23 days
Result 3× more qualified leads
copyreveal.ai / intelligence
CopyReveal.ai dashboard
CopyReveal.ai

Competitive intelligence platform that uncovers competitors' top-performing ads, content, and traffic sources — so you outcompete, not guess.

Built in 27 days
Result 90% faster research
Mike Schiessl

Mike Schiessl · Toronto, Canada

About

From the field
to the frontier.

I started as an engineer — trained to read how complex systems behave under pressure and where they break. That lens turned out to be the most valuable thing I brought into startups.

Over the past decade I've been a venture-backed founder (Telefónica Ventures, Wayra Brasil), a Head of Growth at SP Ventures-backed companies, a conference speaker at Brazil's largest agribusiness events, and a mentor at Embrapa's TechStart acceleration program. Along the way I built and scaled two startups — one to $1.6M ARR, one recognized as Top 10 Most Innovative Startup in Brazil.

Now I'm in Toronto, building AI-native growth infrastructure for SaaS companies who want operating leverage — not more headcount. Six products shipped. More on the way.

Venture-Backed Founder
Telefónica Ventures · Wayra Brasil
Reforge Member
Product & Growth tracks
SP Ventures Ecosystem
Head of Growth · VC-backed SaaS
Systems Engineer
MSc + BSc Engineering — USP + UFT, Brazil
Conference Speaker
Bahia Farm Show · Tecnoshow ME
Acceleration Mentor
Embrapa TechStart · StartupFarm
Philosophy

How I think about growth

01

Systems before campaigns

Campaigns are events. Systems compound. I design growth infrastructure that works when no one is watching — and scales without proportional headcount.

02

AI as operating leverage

Not prompts in a chatbox. I build AI-native workflows where the machine handles the repetitive work and the human makes the judgment calls.

03

Data as terrain

My engineering background taught me to read complex systems. I apply the same lens to markets — find the pattern, model the behavior, predict the outcome.

04

Ship, then optimize

The best growth system is one that's live. I move from 0→1 fast, then iterate with data. AgroGuard AI: concept to $1M revenue in one product cycle.

"I don't run growth.
I architect it —
then let the system run."
MSc + BSc Engineering — USP + UFT, Brazil
2 startups founded · VC-backed · $1.6M ARR
$1M expansion revenue — AI platform, 29 days
Reforge — Product & Growth programs
SP Ventures · Telefónica Ventures ecosystem
Toronto, Canada · English + Portuguese
Track Record

Where I've built

2024 – Present
LeadsOps.ai
Founder — AI-native sales ops platform
Live product
2024 – Present
ScadiaGro
CMO as a Service — AgTech AI products
$1M / 29 days
2023 – 2024
Sales Ops
Co-Founder — AI sales infrastructure
Autonomous ops
2022 – 2023
Viralize
Head of Growth — MarTech · Toronto
SMB social SaaS
2022
Legathum
Senior Growth Marketing Manager — Web3 · SF Bay Area
Multi-channel growth
2020 – 2022
Agribase
Co-Founder · Head of Growth — AgTech B2C SaaS
0 → 600 customers
2019 – 2020
Growth Team LLC
Growth Manager — B2B growth strategy
300–500% ROAS
2018 – 2019
BuildIn · Constructech Ventures
CEO — EdTech · Softplan-backed
6 figures / 45 days
2017 – 2018
AEGRO · SP Ventures
Head of Marketing — largest AgTech SaaS, South America
$0 → $1.6M ARR
2016 – 2018
Associação Brasileira de Startups
AgTech Committee Director — largest agtech community in Brazil
Ecosystem lead
2014 – 2016
AGRA · Wayra Brasil · Telefónica Ventures
Founder — Top 10 Most Innovative Startup in Brazil, 2015
$100K raised
Contact

Let's build something

If you're building a SaaS company and need AI-native growth infrastructure — not another agency, but a system that compounds — let's talk.

maikonsch@gmail.com Start a conversation