How to find a lead investor, with Hatty Fawcett
Join Hatty Fawcett, founder of Focused for Business, for this online session on finding a lead investor.
Raising investment can sometimes feel like a game of smoke and mirrors but this webinar is designed to demystify the process and provide practical advice to help you successfully raise investment.
We’ll explore the importance of a lead investor in securing funding, and how to find a lead, including:
How the right lead investor creates FOMO and accelerates your funding round
Where to find a lead investor and how to make the most of them
The key documents a lead investor will expect to see before backing your business
How to use a Term Sheet to clinch your lead investor
This will be an interactive session so bring your questions!
Hatty Fawcett, founder of Focused for Business, has been supporting startups raising investment for over 10 years. She has worked in three startups and raised investment for her own startup (a marketplace). She has also worked with angel investors, running pre-investment boards and managing some of the investments Kelly Hoppen made when Kelly was a “Dragon” on the TV show “Dragons Den”.
Having raised investment herself as a founder, but also understanding what angel investors look for when they back a business, gives Hatty a unique perspective on raising investment – and she is committed to making it quicker and easier for founders to raise early-stage investment. Hatty offers a range of training programmes and coaching that prepare startups for equity investment.
Her flagship programme is a twelve week Funding Accelerator which has raised over £22 million for founders, £10 million of which was raised in 2023 despite the challenging economic environment.
Hosted alongside Rob Cossins, co-founder & CEO of Scribe, who provide insight on privately-held companies. To date, they've helped over 250 Founders to find Angel investors with data.