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The Start-up Funding Stages You Need To Know About

Introduction to Start-up Funding Stages Starting a business is an exciting and challenging journey, and securing the necessary funding is a critical step in
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How To Prepare Your Business For Investor Scrutiny

What Is Investor Scrutiny? As an entrepreneur, securing investment for your start-up is a critical milestone in your business journey. However, the process of
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A Sure Fire Way To Secure Investment: Inside Our Funding Mastermind Community

Keeping you focused on unlocking secure investment In the fast-paced world of startups, securing investment can often make or break a business. That’s why
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How To Get The Best Introduction To UK Angel Investors

A couple of weeks ago we shared 8 practical and eye-opening tips for finding UK angel investors. These were some of the tactics that
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Exciting Funding Boost: Dorset LEP & Focused For Business Team Up

If you’re a startup or small business in Dorset looking to raise investment, help is at hand! Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Focused
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8 Practical And Eye-opening Tips For Actually Finding Investors

Last month we tried something new in Funding Masterminds: an Idea Swap workshop, where our founders shared their tactics on how to find investors
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Mentor Advice With Elliott Gaspar: What You Need To Know About Financial Reporting After Startup Investment

Elliott Gaspar, Founding UK Director of Standard Ledger UK and one of our trusted mentors in the Funding Accelerator programme, recently led a workshop
Funding Secrets: Why having a lead investor makes fundraising easier.

Funding Secrets: Why Having a Lead Investor Makes Fundraising Easier

Securing a “lead” investor can often set off a domino effect, and be the catalyst you need to secure the remaining funds of your
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Your Executive Summary Is More Important Than Your Pitch Deck!

Do you obsess about your Pitch Deck? Spending hours tweaking it to ensure it gives investors the information they need? Most founders do. A