Masterclass: What do investors really want?

​What Do Investors Really Want? Inside the Minds of Early-Stage Investors

​Are you preparing to raise your first round — or just trying to understand what investors are actually looking for before you get there?

​At Breakthrough Labs, we've spent three years building relationships with the investment community on behalf of our founders. Over that time, we've introduced female founders to investors from nearly 20 different investment organisations — from specialist female-founder funds to generalist VCs — as well as countless individual angel investors.

​Those investors have given generously of their time, sharing with our founders exactly how they evaluate early-stage opportunities: what gets them excited, what gives them pause, and what founders often misunderstand about the pre-seed and seed process.

​In this one-hour masterclass, our founder Dr Kristen Weatherby is distilling the best of those conversations into practical, actionable insight — so you can walk into investor meetings with clarity and confidence.

​You'll come away understanding:

• ​How investors assess founders at the earliest stages

• ​What a compelling pitch really looks like — and what undermines one

• ​The questions you should be asking investors, not just answering

• ​How to think about fit: finding investors who are right for you

​Thursday 18 June | 2:00pm UK time Exclusively for female founders of early-stage tech startups