Term Sheet by Christmas: Fundraising in the Age of AI

​You can write a polished cold email and design a clean pitch deck in an afternoon with ChatGPT. So can every other founder pitching the same investors.

​Investors now get hundreds of them, and they all read the same. If you hear back, it's often this: "Come back to us once you reach £100k ARR."

​AI has also changed what investors expect. Building a product is cheaper than ever, so they want more traction before they write a cheque.

​I spent 5+ years as a VC and made 50+ investments, then co-founded ETA Technologies, a behavioural AI company that assesses founding teams for investors. In this workshop, I'll take you through the full fundraising process as investors see it, including what AI has changed and the classic techniques that have worked for decades and still do.

​I'm running this one in partnership with Connectd.

​What I'll cover

• ​Building your investor list from zero, so you pitch the funds and angels who invest at your stage and in your sector

• ​Outreach that gets replies when every inbox is full of AI-written emails

• ​Pitching, and what investors are judging you on while you talk

• ​Setting up a data room that makes a strong first impression and speeds up due diligence

• ​What to check when a term sheet lands, from liquidation preferences to board seats, so you raise on terms that are good for your startup

​Who it's for

​Pre-seed and seed founders who are raising now or about to start, and want a signed term sheet before Christmas.

​About Connectd

​Connectd matches startups and growing companies with senior fractional executives, board advisors and non-executive directors. For a founder getting ready to raise, that could be a part-time CFO who runs the round with you, for less than a full-time hire would cost. They've made over 10,000 matches in the UK and US since they started in 2019.