Ready to raise? Investment Readiness Clinic
A practical, recurring coaching program for startups and SMEs preparing for external financing.
The Investment Readiness Clinic helps founders and leadership teams assess and strengthen their investment readiness ahead of a fundraising process. The focus is on business readiness, not technology readiness: building a credible investment case, demonstrating commercial traction, and understanding what investors actually need to see before they'll write a check.
This is the first and in-person kick-off session, which will be followed by two online sessions. The clinic will walk participating companies through the full arc of getting investor-ready, from sharpening the core business case to preparing a data room.
Please note the registration here is only for the live session. Information about the follow up online sessions will be available soon.
Format
Live IRC - 2 hours, hosted in person for a larger group.
2 x Online IRC sessions - 1 hour for a smaller group.
The 2026 Autumn cycle
29th September
Session 1 (live) - What Makes a Business Investable?
Building the Investment Case
Customer problem & need · Value proposition · Differentiation · Business model · Scalability · Evidence of demand · Current alternatives & customer spend · Unique angle · Market opportunity · Why now? · Team
28th October
Session 2 (online) - Timing, Funding Options & Fundraising Mistakes
When to Raise? · Investors & Funding Options · Common Fundraising Mistakes
Preparing 6–12 months ahead · Runway · Key milestones · What the next round should enable · Public funding · Angels · VC · Corporate VC · Family offices · Strategic investors · Wrong investor fit · Raising too late · Unclear use of funds · Over-reliance on TAM · Weak or inconsistent materials · Unprepared data room
2nd December
Session 3 (online) - The Mechanics of a Raise: Traction, Valuation & Data Room
Traction & KPIs - Bottom-Up · Valuation & Fundraising Strategy · Data Room Readiness
Customers & sales · Sales ticket / ACV · Sales cycle · Conversion · Pipeline · Reachable customer base · Revenue & unit economics (real commercial evidence over top-down TAM) · How much to raise · Use of funds · Milestones · Valuation · Dilution · Fundraising process · Financials · Cap table · Contracts · Legal · IP · Due diligence materials
What to Expect at Every Session
Company Clinic (30–35 min): Participating companies bring a concrete investment-readiness challenge related to that session's topics and get practical, hands-on feedback.
Takeaways (5–10 min): Every company leaves each session with 2–3 concrete actions to improve its investment readiness and move closer to a successful fundraising process.
Who Should Attend
Startups and SMEs actively preparing for or considering external financing — founders, co-founders, and leadership team members responsible for fundraising strategy.