Funding-Ready: What Lenders and Investors Actually Want to See - A practical session for SME owners.
What this session covers
Getting funding-ready is about more than a good pitch, it's about having what lenders and investors actually ask for, when they ask for it. In this session, we'll unpack:
Data rooms — what they are, what belongs in them, and why having one ready (before you're asked) can make or break a funding conversation
Systems — why the way you track and organise information matters as much as the numbers themselves, and how the right systems make it easy to produce what investors and lenders need on demand
Real experience from the other side of a raise — Olive Mugeri will share practical, hard-won lessons from successfully raising funding for Krom Foods, and how other SME owners can apply them to their own process
Who should attend
This session is for:
SME owners and founders who know they'll need funding at some point but aren't sure how to prepare for it
Business owners who've been turned down or stalled in a funding conversation and want to understand what went wrong
Anyone building or cleaning up their business systems and unsure what investors and lenders actually expect to see
Early-stage entrepreneurs who want to get ahead of the process, rather than scrambling once a funding conversation starts
Funding conversations can feel intimidating when you don't know what's expected of you but they don't have to be. This session is designed to take the guesswork out of it, with real, practical guidance you can start applying to your business right away.
Whether you're a few months out from approaching a lender or investor, or just starting to think about what "ready" looks like, we'd love to have you with us.
Save your spot and come with your questions — we'll make sure they get answered.