Let’s be real. Raising capital from investors can often feel like a mysterious and unknown process. That’s because every day in raising a round can be extremely different from the other—your business keeps evolving, each investor has a unique agenda, and every conversation has its own nuances.
The best way to succeed in this type of landscape is to openly share insights and knowledge with others who are going through a similar journey. But those people are not always easy to find or open to sharing what they’ve learned. That’s where our investment readiness training comes in (now run in collaboration with regional partners).
In each Funding Roundtable, we curated a group of 10 founders who were at similar stages in the fundraising journey and teamed them up with an experienced fundraising facilitator. Together, they spent 12 weeks collaboratively addressing common fundraising challenges and questions like:
- What if I don’t have a lead investor?
- How do I effectively communicate the value of my business and social impact to an investor?
- How do I get all of my investors to agree to the same terms?
- What’s the difference between a priced round and convertible debt?