How to Get Investment Ready?💰

​Most founders don't lose a raise in the room. They lose it before they ever get there.

​Underprepared cap tables, missing legal foundations, term sheets signed under pressure — these are the mistakes that cost founders on valuation, on terms, and sometimes on the deal itself. This session is about making sure that doesn't happen to you.

​Patricia Wing, CEO and Co-founder of SuLe and former VC and corporate lawyer at Orrick and Bird & Bird, has sat on both sides of the table. She's advised founders from seed through Series D and mentored hundreds through the process of raising. In this session, she walks you through exactly what investors expect to see before they write a cheque — and what sends them running.

​You'll leave knowing:

• ​What investors actually check — the documents, the cap table, and the red flags that can stall a raise before you reach a term sheet

• ​Which legal and equity essentials to get right now — IP ownership, founder agreements, a clean cap table so your raise doesn't fall over on avoidable issues

• ​How to read a term sheet — the terms that matter, the ones that bite, and how to negotiate from confidence rather than pressure

​Whether you're gearing up for your first raise or tightening things before a round, this one is for you.

​📅 Date: Monday 6th October
🕕 Time: 12pm–1pm UK Time
💻 Format: Online

​This is Session 2 of The Founder's Toolkit — a three-part series giving BUILD founders practical, no-noise guidance on the business, legal and HR realities of building a company.

​Who is Colorintech?

​Colorintech is a Not for Profit organisation that aims to make the tech industry fair and accessible - we do this by supporting underrepresented individuals excel within their careers, through events, activities, and opportunities.

​We do this through three pathways and a flagship event:

• ​NXTGen: Aims to upskill and support underrepresented students into their first roles within the tech sector;

• ​Advance: Aims to support underrepresented talent progress and advance within their tech careers;

• ​#Build: Aims to support underrepresented founders navigate and accelerate the entrepreneur journey;

• ​BTF: Europe's premier Diversity event which celebrates inclusion and innovation to provide industry opportunities (www.joinbtf.com)

• ​... can read more about it on our website: www.colorintech.org

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