• Understand the funding process and landscape

• Act as an investor to understand their perspective on founder pitches

• Learn how investors score your company for investment with investor scorecard template

• Get real time feedback on current pitch 

• Present pitch to broader group for overall feedback

• Take-home toolkit: Investor scorecard template

1) Presentation: Navigating the Current Funding Landscape

• Types of investors and funding process

• Current trends in the funding landscape

• Practical strategies for raising capital

• How to find the best fit investor and develop a funding roadmap

• The fundamentals of a deal and how to protect your interests as a founder

2) Act as an investor to understand their perspective on founder pitches

• Round table discussion- Share current struggles as founder

• Fundamentals of a great pitch

• Learn how investors score your company for investment with investor scorecard template

• Lunch Break and networking

3) Make your pitch

• Breakouts with peer founders to make your table pitch and utilize the investor scorecard

• Group discussion on ratings and learnings

• Table select founder to pitch to overall group

4) Discuss lessons learned and actions

• Take-home toolkit: Investor scorecard template

• Founders

• Start up team members

• Students

• Anyone needing to raise capital