Investor-Ready: Raise a Round Without Losing Control

Name: Investor-Ready: Raise a Round Without Losing Control
Price: 27.00 USD

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Run a real fundraise like an operator: size the round to milestones, build the deck and data room, control the process, and read a term sheet before you sign it.

20 lessons20 videos7h 16mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Choose between equity, debt, revenue-based and bootstrapping

02Size a round to 18 months of milestones, not vanity targets

03Build a 10-slide deck and a diligence-ready data room

04Run a time-boxed process that creates real competitive tension

05Read term sheets and negotiate control, not just valuation

Curriculum

4 chapters · 20 lessons

7h 16m total

01Decide Before You Pitch

5 lessons+

1The Real Cost of Capital: Equity vs Debt vs Revenue-BasedVideo
21:40
2Dilution Math: What 20% Today Costs You at ExitVideo
18:15
3Milestone-Based Round Sizing: Working Backwards From ProofVideo
24:30
4The Readiness Audit: 14 Things Investors Check FirstVideo
16:50
5When Not to Raise: Three Scenarios That Kill CompaniesVideo
13:20

02The Materials That Get Meetings

5 lessons+

1The Ten-Slide Deck: Slide-by-Slide TeardownVideo
33:10
2The Metrics Slide: Which Numbers Prove Traction in Your ModelVideo
22:45
3A Financial Model Investors Trust: Drivers, Not Hockey SticksVideo
29:55
4Building the Data Room Before Diligence StartsVideo
19:05
5The Forwardable Email and the One-PagerVideo
12:40

03Running the Process

5 lessons+

1Building the Investor List: Thesis Fit, Cheque Size, StageVideo
20:25
2Warm Intros at Scale Without Burning Your NetworkVideo
17:35
3The Four-Week Sprint: Batching Meetings to Create TensionVideo
26:10
4Meeting Choreography: First Call, Partner Meeting, Follow-UpVideo
28:20
5Handling Diligence, Reference Calls and Soft No'sVideo
23:15

04Terms, Closing and After

5 lessons+

1Term Sheet Anatomy: Economics vs Control ClausesVideo
31:45
2SAFEs, Convertibles and Priced Rounds: Choosing the InstrumentVideo
24:50
3The Option Pool Shuffle and Other Valuation TricksVideo
18:30
4Negotiating Board Seats, Vetoes and Liquidation PreferencesVideo
27:05
5Post-Close: Investor Updates That Keep the Next Cheque WarmVideo
15:40

Your instructor

Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

“I went in asking for a number I had guessed at. After the round-sizing lesson I rebuilt the ask around three milestones, closed in six weeks and gave away nine percent less than my first draft term sheet.”

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