Get Angel Investor Ready

FOUNDERS – Did you know customers and investors look for and INVEST in many of the same things as what sets your solution apart?

The TEAM, IDEA and the ROI, to name a few!

If you plan to raise capital for your start up or early stage company – this session is designed for you!

According to the National Angel Capital Organization Report on Angel Investing, only 7% of applicants get funding- this course is designed to help you beat the math!

As part of Do It In Durham Entrepreneurship Week, Angel Investors Durham has partnered with Angel Investors Ontario, Spark Centre, and Synergy Lab to deliver GET ANGEL INVESTOR READY. This interactive session is hosted by individual investors and founders who have been in your shoes and is designed to get you thinking like an Angel and like a customer, and to get your business “investor-ready”.

This session will help you gain the required information, tools and resources to be confident in front of investors and customers—along with the know-how for raising capital to transform your good idea into an investor-ready company.

At this in-person session, you’ll learn from award winning investors, mentors and educators—Frank Auddino and Angelo Del Duca—who also run Angel Investors Durham, and are part of Angel Investors Ontario (that works with 19 angel groups across Ontario to help founders just like YOU!).

Why should you attend? You’ll learn:

· To THINK like an Angel

· How to open and close with the BIG BANG

· WHO is an investor, WHAT do they look for and have in common with customers?

· What the Canadian Investor Landscape looks like

· POSITIONING your company for INVESTMENT & how to ACCESS the Funding Ecosystem

· How to Valuate your Company and the Terms of Investment

· What the REAL purpose of a pitch deck is

· PROMOTE… NOT SELL… and still get others to share in the success of the opportunity

· PACES system to tell YOUR story effectively

· The ART and SCIENCE of the perfect pitch & KEY ELEMENTS of a strong pitch

· What should be in the Pitch Deck & 12 Slides that Deliver Results with Investors

· POST PITCH – 9 key elements of DUE DILIGENCE for successful funding and closing the deal

· AFTER THE INVESTMENT – What’s next and how to manage your investors

· MAKING THE ASK – be it for customers or funding & ALWAYS LEAVING AUDIENCE WANTING TO KNOW MORE!

We invite you to join us to be given tools, strategies and ideas you can apply to your funding and customer acquisition strategy right way, and to be INSPIRED to OPEN DOORS, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES and SCALE YOUR BUSINESS!

About Do It In Durham

Join us for the 12th year of ‘Do It In Durham Entrepreneurship Week’. Durham Region’s celebration of entrepreneurship held each November during Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Do It In Durham Entrepreneurship Week is a collaboration of Durham’s business support, educational and networking organizations who have come together to encourage and support entrepreneurs, job creators and innovators who create economic growth in Durham Region.

There is an event for everyone – connect with new business opportunities, make new friends or learn something new! Check out the event calendar here.