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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

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

Insider Knowledge: How To Make Raising Investment Easier

Get insider knowledge for making raising investment that bit easier! Julia Elliott Brown, one of our trusted and expert Funding Accelerator mentors, recently led

Pitch Deck Secrets: These 3 Things Will Make Investors Love You

Gideon Barker, founder of Customer IQ and a trusted mentor at our Funding Accelerator, recently led a workshop about integrating market research into pitch

Investors Appeal: Here’s 1 Interesting Truth To Make You Stand Out To Investors

The journey to securing investment is often a challenging one. But, there’s a strategic move that might just tilt the scales in your favour:

How to Show the Problem and Solution Slides In Your Pitch Deck With a Customer Journey

Framing the issue – or societal/customer problem – that your startup is tackling, and how it solves that issue, acts as a hook to

Funding for startups: A guide to bridge funding

Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A are all terms that are probably familiar to you if you have, or are looking to, raise funding for

Female Founders: Redefining angel investment to inspire inclusion

Friday, March 8th, marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a global celebration of women’s achievements and a call for continued progress toward gender equity. The

What Angel Investors Look for In Start-Ups

Angel investors play an important role in the growth and expansion of startups. According to the 2021 Scale-Up Institute Annual Review on the State

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Funding Secrets: Why Having a Lead Investor Makes Fundraising Easier

Your Executive Summary Is More Important Than Your Pitch Deck!

Insider Knowledge: How To Make Raising Investment Easier

Pitch Deck Secrets: These 3 Things Will Make Investors Love You

Investors Appeal: Here’s 1 Interesting Truth To Make You Stand Out To Investors

How to Show the Problem and Solution Slides In Your Pitch Deck With a Customer Journey

Funding for startups: A guide to bridge funding

Female Founders: Redefining angel investment to inspire inclusion

What Angel Investors Look for In Start-Ups

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