How is raise size actually calculated?

Against runway, upcoming milestones and acceptable dilution — not a round-number guess. The output is a defensible figure you can hold in the room, not just on the slide.

Do you also work on valuation?

Yes — valuation modelling is grounded in comparable evidence, built to withstand investor pushback rather than simply justify a number the founder wants.

Most engagements open with a Private Session — a 120-minute live workshop that identifies what’s missing before investors will say yes, before any sprint is scoped.

How long does a sprint take?

Two to ten weeks, with a hard scope and a hard deliverable — no open-ended advisory. Weekly progress updates and a fortnightly review.

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Build the team, culture and processes to raise, scale and exit without founder dependence.

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Close your fundraising round asap with an experienced, fast-rolling process that doesn't get in the way of growth.

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On-demand fundraising support for founders preparing for or actively raising investment

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Be more attractive to investors by proving product-market fit and a repeatable GTM

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Fundraising

Get Pitch-Ready

Scoped sprints that turn a fundraise from a scramble into a structured process. Pitch deck and narrative, deal room, valuation modelling and raise size calculation, ready before investors ask.

How It Works

Sprint board: deck, deal room and model workstreams

Investor-Ready Materials, Built to a Deadline

Fundraise preparation sprints cover the four things investors ask for first: a pitch deck that carries the narrative, a deal room that survives scrutiny, a valuation grounded in comparable evidence, and a raise size calculated against real runway.

Pitch Deck & Narrative

The story, the evidence, and the slide sequence that carries both.

Deal Room / Data Room

Structured and complete before an investor asks for it.

Valuation Modelling

A defensible number, grounded in comparable evidence.

Raise Size Calculation

Sized against runway, milestones and dilution, not a round guess.

Built for Founders Preparing to Raise

For founders opening a round, re-approaching the market after a slow process, or facing investor pushback on numbers that don’t hold together, a scoped sprint closes the gap before the next conversation.

Founder photo: preparing for investor conversations

Pre-Seed & Seed Founders

Opening a round for the first time.

Series A Founders

Raising against a higher evidence bar.

Founders Facing Pushback

On valuation, raise size, or traction evidence.

Founders Re-Approaching the Market

After a stalled or unsuccessful process.

Handover session: documented data room and deck files

A Defined Start, A Defined Output

Hard scope, hard timeline, hard deliverable. The entry point is a Private Session that sets the real constraint before scoping the sprint, so the work starts on the right problem.

Diagnose

A Private Session identifies what’s missing before investors will say yes.

Plan

A two-week phase agrees the backlog: deck, room, model, or all three.

Execute

Two to ten weeks of focused work with a fortnightly review.

Handover

Finished deck, data room and models, walked through and handed over.

Private Sessions

Get a Clear Read on What's Limiting Your Growth

A live, interactive private session built entirely around your founding team's real constraints on performance, growth and valuation. For teams of up to 20 people.

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One Scoped Sprint, £1,795

A defined deliverable in 2–10 weeks. Start with a Private Session, or book straight in.

Fundraise Prep Sprint

2–10 weeks — deck, deal room, or valuation & raise size modelling

£1,795/sprint

—Hard scope, hard timeline

—Documented deck, room or model handover

—Weekly progress + fortnightly review

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Private Session

£495/session

A 120-minute session to identify what’s missing before investors will say yes.

Optional · Book Two Together

Sprint Pair

Bespoke/quarter

Deck and deal room together, or deal room and valuation. Only two slots available per quarter.

Typically one or two sprints booked at a time. Only two sprint slots available per quarter to protect quality.

Walk Into the Room Ready

Start with a Private Session at \u00a3495, a 120-minute diagnostic that identifies what\u2019s missing before investors will say yes, and a clear recommendation on the sprint to fix it.

Frequently Asked Questions

A scoped deliverable against a hard timeline. Typically a pitch deck and narrative, a deal room or data room, or valuation and raise size modelling. Most founders run one or two of these together.

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