WE LOVE GLOBAL FOUNDERS

We wanted to share with our Network of Global Founders ‘LOVING TIPS’ for 2024 on how to raise.

We know that 2023 for raising for Global Founders was I believe one of the hardest since 2012 and some say 2008? With over 47000 businesses in the UK on the brink of closing don’t be one of them More than 47,000 UK businesses on ‘brink of collapse’, warn insolvency experts | Recession | The Guardian

TERM SHEETS

We had Term Sheets sticking and then expire though we have had one Term Sheet from one of our European Family Offices re-issued and should now be deployed by Q2 2024 in Web3 for one of our UK Founders Nettle.

VALUATIONS

We have a weekly meeting with our Founders and asked them to review their Valuations and two agreed to do just that and those two Hocus and Revcat have had success. Hocus has been re called into a meeting with a UK Family Office to discuss again their Drinks company and Revcat are now talking Term Sheet with two UK VC’s

INVESTMENT READINESS 2024

Firstly, can you check you have ready these set of documents:

Teaser/Summary

Pitch Deck one for Investors and one to Present with and for clients another Presentation.

Cash Flow projects 3-5 years.

Access to your Cap Table

Have you thought about when you plan to EXIT and have plans in place? We work with Valued Squared on Investment Readiness and Exit Ready

LEGAL PARTNERSHIP

Top Inhouse Lawyers working flexibly with ambitious businesses - My Inhouse Lawyer Let Ed our Partner offer you one-hour Free Adise as one of our Founders for us to set up.

FINANCE ACOUNTANCY – VALUATIONS – PARTNERSHIP

Chartered Accountants, Xero Accountants, Technology Accountants Milton Keynes - Alexander Rosse Let us connect you with Rashesh one-hour free Consultancy through us.

TOP TIPS TO RAISE INVESTMENT IN 2024

This takes up all your time as a Founder when you could be growing your business as you need traction, revenue to secure investment. Why not parachute us into your Business so we take this pain away and you concentrate growing your business. Fed up with REJECTION or have you just signed a Term Sheet only for it to expire or not be followed through?

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN ONLINE OR IN OUR ONE DAY COURSES LONDON 2024

How to build and qualify a target list of investor leads

How to secure the strongest possible warm intro; (and what to do if you don't have a large network)

How to run a streamlined process and drive momentum and put the sexiness back into your Raise.

How to use the Permission Email and Investor Updates to nurture investor relationships

How to set up a Virtual Data Room to make due diligence easier - Using our Investor Traffic Light Investor Funnel.

How to close your round faster and with greater negotiating leverage using our support of our in-depth knowledge of the Investor.

How to ask Family and Friends and Investors already in your round to commit or commit more or do Investor introductions as warm leads.

Have you thought about ‘WHAT TYPE OF INVESTOR’ suits your business?

TRACTION/REVENUE – the chicken or the egg but needed never more so in 2024.

CLIENTS – Business Development support

VISION – Have you thought about your Vision Statement to prepare for your Exit?

We have the ‘SECRET SAUCE’ that you need in 2024 to raise Investment as do you want to go through the same PAIN in 2023?

The big QUESTION in 2024 from Investors is ‘WHY’ are you raising? And from Founders ‘WHY’ has your relationship with your Co-Founder ended and what do you do? And ‘WHY’ did your lead Investor pull out?

Tech Community and Co-working & Office Spaces | Level39 I am speaking here on February 2024 4pm London Canary Wharf 4pm on Digital Platforms as 60% in the USA Investors now source Investor opportunities using this method and by 2025 it will be 100%. Our New platform Login (gateway2investment.com) is FREE for Investors not VC’s nor smaller ticket Angels and for Founders We will demonstrate this platform and be around with the Team for a follow up.

karen@gateway2investment.com  for details on the Webinar and Investment Readiness Events one day in London in 2024. Send your Pitch Deck.