The West Midlands has the highest percentage of women-led businesses outside of London, and yet, access to funding remains a major hurdle. The good news: The 51% Club has partnered with West Midlands Combined Authority’s Investment Readiness team to deliver a fully-funded investment programme to help founders who are ready to raise (or soon to be).
READY TO RAISE?
A FULLY-FUNDED EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAMME FOR FOUNDERS LOOKING TO RAISE INVESTMENT
Keep your eyes peeled for details of our next cohort.
The criteria to apply is that you must be:
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A female-founded or female-led business
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Headquartered and trading in the West Midlands
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A UK registered company
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Pre-Seed or Seed stage, with an MVP, and ideally a pitch deck and forecast
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Actively fundraising or planning to in the next 3-6 months
Across eight consecutive weeks, you’ll go through 12 modules aimed at giving you the best chance of securing investment:
Module 1: Your fundraising strategy
Module 2: Building relationships
Module 3: Getting your financial house in order
Module 4: Financial modelling for growth
Module 5: Creating a winning pitch deck
Module 6: Delivering a winning pitch
Module 7: Valuation
Module 8: Due diligence demystified
Module 9: Do you even need a data room?
Module 10: Finding your market fit
Module 11: Understanding use of funds
Module 12: Creating a business plan with ambition
Details of our next programme are to be announced.
Sessions take place every week for eight consecutive weeks, from 10am-12.30pm.