Hear directly from founders navigating growth, fundraising, and scaling with support from the Spring ecosystem.
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Building a company is rarely a straight path — especially when navigating growth, fundraising, and scaling impact. Across the Spring community, founders are building ambitious ventures while navigating real challenges, big decisions, and meaningful milestones along the way.
Hear directly from founders about their experiences with Spring programs, the support they received, and the momentum they’ve built through community, connection, and capital.
“The Spring Scale Ready program has helped us significantly refine our storytelling, value proposition, and pitch. Equally powerful has been the founder community.”
~ Stephanie Brown
“Joining the Scale Ready: Build Program changed that. It gave us clarity, practical insight, and the confidence to approach fundraising with the support of peers and the Impact team.”
~ Chimdi Chiezukwa
“Elevate was beneficial to me as a founder getting ready to fundraise. It provided the layers of detail and understanding
I was missing. It helped me feel prepared to reach out to investors and have intelligent, forward conversations about my business.”
~ Kristyn Carriere
“Without Scale Ready, I wouldn’t have understood the complexity and what needs to be done for establishing a good data room and to be able to understand the right metrics to track to be successful.”
~ Ben Liegey
Behind every founder story is a journey shaped by growth, challenges, momentum, and big decisions.
Many of the founders featured here have participated in Spring’s Scale Ready programs — designed to support impact ventures navigating fundraising and scaling through expert guidance, strategic support, and meaningful peer connection.
Since July 2025, founders in the Scale Ready ecosystem have collectively raised over $10M+ in investment, while programs like Scale Ready: Elevate and initiatives such as the Invest Together investment prizes continue to help founders build momentum with the right support around them.
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Whether you’re preparing for your first raise, actively fundraising, or looking to scale your impact venture with greater clarity and support, Scale Ready is designed to help you navigate the next stage of growth.
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