15th-26th June 2026

2.00 - 3.30pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday for two weeks Hosted virtually (on Zoom)

Live VC Pitch on Friday 26th June

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FUNDRAISING STRATEGY & ROUND DESIGN

MONDAY 15th JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

Andy Hodgetts, Infinity 

 

• How much to raise (and how to justify it)

• Valuation (without getting lost in the theory)

• Equity vs Control tradeoffs

• Lead vs follower dynamics

• What a ‘good round’ actually looks like

 

 

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DECK WRITING/ITERATING - THE FIRST THREE SLIDES DECIDE EVERYTHING

WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

 

• How investors actually read decks (and why attention is won or lost within 90 seconds)

• How to clearly articulate what your company does in a single, repeatable sentence

• How to define a specific, high-stakes problem that feels urgent and worth solving

• How to create a tight narrative

 

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FEEDBACK FROM A VC - SOMEONE WHO REVIEWS 100 DECKS A DAY

FRIDAY 19th JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

 

An open conversation with a leading investor

• What are they actually looking for

• What are the red flags

• How they actually evaluate decks and pitches

• Common patterns across weak and strong decks/pitches

• How to interpret vague VC feedback (‘Interesting’, ‘too early’)

 

 

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF A SUCCESSFUL RAISE

MONDAY 22nd JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

Oliver Montague, Founder, Swytch Bike

 

• How a successful round actually starts

• What does the real funding process look like

• The process that worked (and what didn’t)

• Where is almost fell apart (and how it was recovered)

• Approach to outreach, intros and relationship building

• The emotional reality of fundraising

• Life following the raise

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PITCH PERFORMANCE - DELIVERY, NOT JUST SLIDES

WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

 

• Why delivery matters as much as the slides

• How to deliver a pitch with clarity, confidence and control

• How to maintain the investors attention

• How to be well prepared while avoiding sounding scripted

• Handling interruptions, questions

• Reading the room to adjust energy, detail and pacing

 

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THE PITCH!

FRIDAY 26th JUNE (2.00-3.30pm)

Ashley Abrahams, Guinness Ventures

Freya Wordsworth, Ascension Ventures

Foresight Ventures, Nick Mettyear

 

A real pitch to real investors - this is not a rehearsal. Nail this and you could be on the way to a term sheet.

 

Each pitch will last 5 minutes followed by questions.