Raising Partner's Investing in Women series: get ready to raise investment
Event Information
About this Event
For lots of founders investment is the pinnacle: but how to obtain it, how to go about your first raise (if VC is for you), kickoff your crowdfunding campaign, and most importantly where to actually meet investors! We’re hopefully going to cover it all through our latest series 'Investing in Women'.
Date / timings:
12 Feb, 3pm - 5pm
Running order:
3pm: overview of event: Stephen Fry, Executive Director - Westmont Enterprise Hub / Genevieve Oller, Raising Partners: providing overview on the event
3.15pm: presentation from Helena Murphy, Head of Investment - Raising Partners, covering: the fundamental of how to get investment-ready, potential pitfalls, how she has raised / helped others.
Helena has helped the likes of Hop Vietnamese, Thread and The Vegan Kind to raise.
4.00pm: roundtable (groups moving from table to table). posing questions:
Where do you meet investors? (initially suggestions from RP, group to share experiences)
What has your approach been? What has worked for you?
What are additional obstacles for female founders?
Raising Partners provide entrepreneurial professional services for startups seeking to scale, see here for case studies on our success stories. We work with our clients to address their funding needs by designing a comprehensive investment strategy and engaging investment proposition, introducing them to relevant investors and executing successful funding campaigns.
The event is kindly being hosted by The Westmont Hub, part of The University of West London. The Hub backs brilliant business ideas, wherever they can find them in the University and the west London community. They partner entrepreneurs with the investment, structure and support to make their ideas real.
Location: Uni West London, St Mary's Rd, Ealing, London W5 5RF (room TBC)
Refreshments provided.
Please send us your own questions too! Post the event, notes will be circulated summarising points made.
If you're interested in attending, and have not yet been issued with the passcode, please email: genevieve@raisingpartners.com