Get your startup ready for an investment!
Get answers, great investor mentors, valuable connections and much more from NewNordicLeads Startup Investment Readiness.
What are we looking for?
● Readiness
Company raising or ready to raise an investment.
● A Team
Does your team have the potential and experience to make this product/service successful?
● Tractionand revenue
Do you already have existing clients and revenue?
● Regional Aspect
You need to have a connection to the Central Baltic Region (team members, registration, or similar).
● Market
Do you understand your target group and does your product/service align with the needs of the target group by solving a concrete problem?
● Growth Potential
Does your product/service have high growth potential and is it suitable for markets outside of Estonia/Finland?
Meet the trainers
Trainers and mentors include the top angel investors and VC fund partners from the region!
Riina Einberg
Co-founder of Estonian Founders Society, Startup consultant
Riivo Anton
Founding Partner at United Angels VC
Will Cardwell
Partner, Courage Ventures Funds (Finland) and Open Circle Capital (Lithuania)
Tuomas Maisala
Hands-on start-up advisor
Heidi Kakkov
Partner of Growth Fund at BaltCap
Yrjö Ojasaar
Investment Partner at Change Ventures
Petri Rinne
CEO at Rinne & Partners
Tomas Novotny
Chairman @ 720 Degrees
Rein Lemberpuu
CEO and Founder at Contriber
What and when?
1
Raising investment and matchmaking with your mentor:
The different types, sources and routes to funding;
Communicating and reporting to investors during the investment process;
Find your mentor for the program.
2
Startup financials and valuation
Planning and managing finances as a startup;
Preparing startup financial statements;
Company valuation and CAP table.
3
Due diligence process and managing a high-performance teams
Practical tools to lead your company;
Team management and expansion;
Due diligence process and requirements for startups.
4
Legal documentation and practice pitching
Preparing and understanding key legal documents for startups (SHA, term sheet, investment agreement);
Legal resources available for startups;
Pitching to investors for feedback.
To back up the talk.
● Startup investment readiness in numbers
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Startups
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Hours of mentoring
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Mentors
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Countries
● Top 5 startup industries
Cleantech
Data & Analytics
EdTech
Healthcare
Software & Services
● 4 INVESTMENT READINESS TRAINING SESSIONS
Raising investment & matchmaking with your mentor.
Startup financials & valuation.
Due diligence & team management.
Legal documentation & pitch practice.
● Quote from Natalia Rincon, Chaos, a startup from the first batch.
“The speakers were really well chosen, and i really liked the group that was formed with me (2 mentors & 3 startups). They all helped me with my questions and it really felt like a safe space to ask things. Regarding my mentor, he also has been really following up with me regarding my works and needs.”
Top teams from the program get to pitch at the EstBAN or FiBAN pitch event to a panel of potential investors!
Join hands-on startup investment readiness training and get great mentoring from EstBAN and FiBAN angel investors!
● 4 no-bullshit online training and mentoring sessions from top-notch investors in the region.
● Real life experience sharing from EstBAN and FiBAN angel investors.
● Grow your network of cross-border investors and fellow startup founders.
● Be in the pipeline for the next EstBAN or FiBAN syndicate.
Application deadline
February 28
We’ll let you know when you are accepted at the latest by March 15.
