Making equity fundraising faster and fairer for all.
Find out if your business is investment ready by answering 20 quick questions.
Raising investment is a journey. We’re here to support you every step of the way.
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to grow their business so we’re on a mission to demystify the investment process, break down barriers and create a level playing field. Our focus is on giving you the tools and techniques you need to encourage investors to back your business.
Ready to take the next step to secure funding?
Speeding up the investment process
Most businesses take over a year to get funding – we condense this into just three months.
Our proven methodology has raised over £10 million in the last 12 months alone and gives you:
Clarity on the information investors need to invest in your business.
Connections with the people that matter, including other like-minded entrepreneurs, expert mentors and potential investors.
Confidence in your business and your ability to present the investment opportunity.
Choice in where you get investment from. We help you attract more investment offers which means you can choose the right investors for you.
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How we can work together
Step 1: Funding Workshop
Our free online workshops are designed to help you reflect on where you are in your fundraising journey and give you the clarity you need on what to do next.
Step 2: Funding Accelerator
Our exclusive programme takes you through every step of the fundraising process. Surrounded by expert mentors and a strong community of business owners, you’ll learn everything from how to position your business to how to reach out to investors.
Step 3: Funding Mastermind
Our invite-only mastermind membership is ideal for business owners who are in the process of closing a funding round. Through fortnightly meet ups, support from industry experts and specialist tools for finding investors you’ll have the focus to close your round.
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We continue to benefit from the Funding Accelerator programme, in terms of knowledge, contacts, and processes in the funding world.
I am so glad we participated and it was very much worth the time, effort and money we put it. We're also grateful for the subsidy we received from Dorset LEP as I feel we couldn’t have done this without them.
I took part in Hatty's Focused for Business Funding Accelerator and I can honestly say it's the best investment I've made in my business and personal development in a very long time!
The Accelerator guides you through the core fundamentals of messaging, positioning, strategy, financial planning and getting the raise!
All along the journey you're assigned mentors of expertise in marketing, operations, funding, finances and more. Each step of the way there is feedback from those experts to guide your path. This is what makes the work Hatty and her team do different. It's not just another course, full of Powerpoints and guest speakers. It's hands on, and it gets results.
To top it off, she's partnered with investors and tech companies who can validate your work and final output at Demo days and through in depth reviews of your pitch deck and financials. Incredible. Best course I've ever taken.
Thanks to Funding Accelerator and the resources it provides, I barely recognise myself in investor meetings these days. I had an investor meeting yesterday and felt really excited, in control, and very well prepared particularly around the valuation part, which felt almost indisputable when I explained the approach to arriving at the figure. The confidence I have in my pitch - and myself - is thanks to Funding Accelerator.
The programme equips you with the tools to find the individuals that have invested in your space, how much, when and where. That is so useful.
One investor told us the forecast we developed on Funding Accelerator was the most detailed and thought-through forecast they had ever seen. They became our biggest investor.
When it comes to raising investment, there is a lot of free stuff on the web, or available in books, but none of it is a cohesive as the Funding Accelerator programme. Having someone teach it in a way that brings it together means it makes so much more sense.
The mentors were really generous with their time, expertise and knowledge. There’s been a lot of support both during and after the programme.
Having structure when you’re fundraising, and understanding all of the different documents and investor outreach options is invaluable – it encourages you to narrow your focus and do what you need to do.
I feel a whole lot more confident about the business and our figures since doing Funding Accelerator. I feel I can back things up a lot more confidence and credibility
Neither myself or my co-founder come from a financial background, so putting a P&L together was quite new and daunting. The Funding Accelerator forecasting template was really helpful.
Funding Accelerator is the ideal combination of information, accountability and support. I feel far more equipped in valuation, pitching and approaching investors. Before the Accelerator, I felt somewhat out of my depth, but now I feel confident and look forward to raising funds for my business.
We’ve raised almost half a million pounds since I did Funding Accelerator. It was like a boot camp helping me get ready for fundraising and it works, it just works – it’s brilliant
We've been trying to find a new investor to get us through "the valley of death" for startups, where you've got your idea sorted and its got potential but you haven't got a product to sell yet. Mainly thanks to the confidence I've gained through the Funding Accelerator programme, we now have an investor who wants to close the deal.
Within 12 weeks we went from starting with very little investment, information and due diligence to being completely investor-ready and closing a deal.
Had it not been for the programme I don’t know if I’d have had the courage to keep going.
Funding Accelerator gave me clarity about the type of investors I wanted in my business – and how to find them.
The content, insights and approach on Funding Accelerator made everything so clear.
Funding Accelerator has shown us how we can demonstrate the value, strength and growth potential of the company quickly, simply and concisely.
Funding Accelerator gave me the confidence to know I was ready for investment but also the self-belief that I could close a round.
The format of a small group who interact
and support each other works particularly
well. Hatty clearly knows her stuff having been
an entrepreneur in the past. She provides
valuable support and encouragement. I raised
a significant funding round for my business - in
fact we were over-subscribed by nearly 100%!
I have no hesitation in recommending Hatty’s
Hatty has the rare ability to drill down and ask
the tough questions that an investor would
ask.She looks at things from an investor’s viewpoint and is not
afraid of challenging assumptions, vital when
undertaking an investment round and looking
to attract the right type of investment.
Hatty is fun to work with, smart and
has a bounty of real-life experience
that she generously shares.
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