Why Your Startup Isn't Getting Funded

​FoundersX is teaming up with Eagle Labs and Accountancy Cloud (a Xeinadin company) for an honest conversation about why startups don’t get funded.

​We’ll be joined by investors, Fred Ursell from Pembroke VCT and Sheena Amin, Director of ITV AdVentures, to unpack what really happens when an investor decides whether to back a startup.

​We’ll cover:

• ​Where founders tend to lose investor interest

• ​What sits behind the reasons investors give for saying no

• ​What investors are really assessing around traction, market and founder fit

• ​Why some good businesses still aren’t right for VC

​We’ll also look at what founders should take from repeated rejection, especially when they’re getting meetings, but not getting term sheets.

​Expect a candid, practical discussion with two different investor perspectives.

​5 November 2026
5:30pm–7:30pm

​Running order
5:30pm – Arrival, drinks and networking
6:00pm – Panel discussion
6:35pm – Audience Q&A
6:50pm – Networking
7:25pm – Wrap-up

​Hosted by FoundersX x Accountancy Cloud (a Xeinadin Company).