Raising your first round of investment - Are you sure you are investible?
Raising your first round of investment - Are you sure you are investible?
Raising your first round of investment - Are you sure you are investible?
@techcelerate1 month ago
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Workshop 26
Raising your first round
Manoj Ranaweera manoj.ranaweera@techcelerate.ventures | +44 7769734491 https://techcelerate.ventures
To be lucky - Always be prepared!
Prove business potential: £10k MRR/£100k annual revenues
Prove scaling potential: £100k MRR/£1m revenues
â Higher level of persuasion
Increasing level of validation and evidence â
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Proven
Easier, but still no guarantee, as the ability to scale now becomes the challenge
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Are you building a £10m or £100m revenue business?
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Start to Founder Exit Journey
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![Workshop 26
Raising your first round
Manoj Ranaweera
manoj.ranaweera@techcelerate.ventures | +44…](https://d2z384uprhdr6y.cloudfront.net/5mhs_-m-0ZP8tnnVunsd-GaaU9C5p1BqYsxXsbBvKC0/rt:fill/q:100/w:1280/h:0/gravity:sm/czM6Ly9qYXVudC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLXVwbG9hZHMvMjAyNC8xMi8xNS83OGIyMmI3Yi1kNTY1LTQ0OGQtYTg5My0zN2NjMjg1NzdiZWYvc2xpZGVfMS1sLndlYnA=.webp)
1/5
![To be lucky - Always be prepared!
← Higher level of persuasion
Increasing level of validation and…](https://d2z384uprhdr6y.cloudfront.net/Z88gHVKxbuzS5sapoMdFnhavT8BJtMwnrpWdcavWVBw/rt:fill/q:100/w:1280/h:0/gravity:sm/czM6Ly9qYXVudC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLXVwbG9hZHMvMjAyNC8xMi8xNS83OGIyMmI3Yi1kNTY1LTQ0OGQtYTg5My0zN2NjMjg1NzdiZWYvc2xpZGVfMi1sLndlYnA=.webp)
2/5
![Demystifying
investment
rounds
Idea
Idea validation
FFF
(Friends, Family and Fools)
Early …](https://d2z384uprhdr6y.cloudfront.net/nfma6yxLUt29Tb8RcqPb3UPRWtd_F7coOfUlTbn0xdo/rt:fill/q:100/w:1280/h:0/gravity:sm/czM6Ly9qYXVudC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLXVwbG9hZHMvMjAyNC8xMi8xNS83OGIyMmI3Yi1kNTY1LTQ0OGQtYTg5My0zN2NjMjg1NzdiZWYvc2xpZGVfMy1sLndlYnA=.webp)
3/5
![Are you building a £10m or £100m revenue business?
Idea
(FFF)
MVP & Early
Traction
(Pre-Seed)…](https://d2z384uprhdr6y.cloudfront.net/FbbeCts-SOCx8qCeslk2mpPWCyrgrJD6kl0uQVHKOAk/rt:fill/q:100/w:1280/h:0/gravity:sm/czM6Ly9qYXVudC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLXVwbG9hZHMvMjAyNC8xMi8xNS83OGIyMmI3Yi1kNTY1LTQ0OGQtYTg5My0zN2NjMjg1NzdiZWYvc2xpZGVfNC1sLndlYnA=.webp)
4/5
![Start to Founder Exit Journey](https://d2z384uprhdr6y.cloudfront.net/FvRIIW_9qBTXtpmuz08Nv-v-R_3D8HWVwHiTA9tY3cE/rt:fill/q:100/w:1280/h:0/gravity:sm/czM6Ly9qYXVudC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLXVwbG9hZHMvMjAyNC8xMi8xNS83OGIyMmI3Yi1kNTY1LTQ0OGQtYTg5My0zN2NjMjg1NzdiZWYvc2xpZGVfNS1sLndlYnA=.webp)
5/5
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