Funding & Growth Accelerator
You already have users, you already have revenue, and now you need capital to pour fuel on the fire. The Funding & Growth Accelerator is an eight-week advanced programme that gets you confident in front of investors and clear on how to spend the money once it lands.
The outcome you are paying for
You will finish with a data room that holds up under scrutiny, a financial model investors can actually follow, and a rehearsed answer to every uncomfortable question a partner meeting will throw at you.
- A defensible seed-round narrative
- Three-year operating model with assumptions laid bare
- A warm pipeline of relevant investor conversations
Raise like someone who has done this before
This is not a beginner's course. It assumes you have a product in market and at least some recurring revenue. Over eight weeks you will build every artefact a serious investor expects — model, metrics dashboard, data room, pitch, and a follow-up rhythm that keeps deals warm without becoming annoying.
The cohort runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings so you can hold down your day job. Sessions are capped at eighteen participants, and roughly a third of each group is raising for the first time.
- Metric definitions investors actually care about
- Term sheet walkthrough clause by clause
- Cap table hygiene before you dilute
Of advanced fundraising training
Maximum cohort size to keep sessions intimate
Raised in aggregate by alumni since 2019
Of graduates close a round within nine months
Operators, not motivational speakers
The teaching team is made up of founders who have raised from Australian VCs, angel syndicates and international funds. Between them they have been on both sides of the table — pitching for capital and writing the cheques as angel investors themselves.
That dual perspective is why the sessions are blunt. You will hear why a particular metric story failed to land, from someone who has been the person shaking their head in the room.
Real deal experience
Instructors have closed seed, Series A and bridge rounds in Australia, Singapore and the United States.
Angel perspective included
Learn how investors screen decks in the first thirty seconds, because we do it for a living.
Legal literacy
A practising startup lawyer walks through SAFEs, convertible notes and standard term sheet traps.
Post-raise playbook
Too many courses stop at the wire transfer. We keep going into the eighteen months that follow.
Three levels of fundraising support
Some founders want the frameworks and to go it alone. Others want a coach in the room when the term sheet finally arrives. All three tiers cover the same eight-week curriculum.
Framework Only
For founders who want the playbook, the templates and the community without the live time commitment.
- All sixteen recorded sessions
- Financial model template pre-built
- Data room folder structure guide
- Investor update email templates
Live Cohort
The full accelerator experience with live sessions, peer feedback and a mock investor panel in week seven.
- Everything in Framework Only
- Sixteen live evening sessions
- Mock investor panel with real angels
- One-on-one model review
- Private founder Slack channel
Deal Room Support
Everything in the cohort, plus a senior coach who works with you through the actual due diligence process.
- Everything in Live Cohort
- On-call support until your round closes
- Term sheet review with a startup lawyer
- Cap table modelling walkthrough
- Warm introductions where there is a fit
- Board pack template for post-close
All prices are in Australian dollars and exclude GST where applicable.
The accelerator roadmap
Every session builds toward the artefacts you will need by the end. By graduation you will have a complete fundraising package ready to send.
Session 1 — Readiness audit
We assess whether you are actually ready to raise, and what gaps need closing before you approach a single investor.
Sessions 2-3 — Metrics that matter
Define retention, acquisition cost and payback clearly, then build a dashboard investors will trust at first glance.
Sessions 4-5 — The financial model
Build a three-year operating model with visible assumptions, scenario toggles and a summary sheet a partner can read in sixty seconds.
Session 6 — The narrative
Craft the deck story around the problem, the wedge, the traction and the round — in that order, and nothing else.
Session 7 — Mock investor panel
Present to real angel investors who ask hard questions and give you written feedback you cannot get in a friendly rehearsal.
Session 8 — Closing the round
Term sheet mechanics, negotiation posture and a cadence for investor updates once the money is in the bank.
Moments from recent cohorts
A few glimpses of the rooms, whiteboards and pitch rehearsals that make up the eight weeks of this programme.
Evening kickoff session
Eighteen founders around a U-shaped table, each giving a two-minute update on where their company stands today.
Model build workshop
Laptops open, formulas flying everywhere, as the cohort brings a rough spreadsheet into investor-ready shape.
Slide tear-down night
Every deck in the room gets fifteen minutes of honest critique from peers and the lead instructor.
Mock investor session
Three angels playing the sceptical part of a partner meeting, with follow-up notes on every pitch within the week.
Term sheet clinic
A startup lawyer walks the cohort through a real term sheet, clause by clause, and explains what to push back on.
Cohort close dinner
The final evening ends with dinner, introductions traded and, more often than expected, the first follow-up investor meeting booked.
What founders ask us most
We get the same handful of questions before every intake. Here are straight answers to the ones that come up again and again.
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Share a short note about your business and current traction. We review every application personally and will let you know whether the accelerator is a good fit for this stage of your journey.
- Personal review of every application
- Honest feedback if the timing is wrong
- Next intake details within two days
