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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

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

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

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

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Exciting Funding Boost: Dorset LEP & Focused For Business Team Up

8 Practical And Eye-opening Tips For Actually Finding Investors

Mentor Advice With Elliott Gaspar: What You Need To Know About Financial Reporting After Startup Investment

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

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