The partners, expertise and tools we pull together to help every Raise-Ready founder

Their Funding Round Package enables companies to plan and execute a complete investment round for £1,495 (ex. VAT), with no hidden fees, subscriptions or success-based charges.It includes SEIS/EIS advance assurance and compliance, full legal documentation (term sheet, articles, subscription and shareholders’ agreements, IP assignments and founder service agreements), as well as investor and cap table management, plus a secure intelligent data room.Their Share Option Scheme Package, also priced at £1,495 (ex. VAT), provides a fully compliant, all-inclusive equity incentive solution for employees and advisors. It covers scheme authorisation, scheme rules, unlimited EMI option grants and valuations, unlimited unapproved option grants for advisors and contractors, and flexible vesting structures, including time-based, conditional and exit-only vesting.Thums up from us here at Fundraising 101. Both packages deliver institutional-grade legal and tax documentation at a clear, fixed price – giving founders confidence, simplicity and more time to focus on growing their business.

At pre-seed stage, Genoa Black focuses on two things: defining a sharp, investor-readable customer value proposition – what you do, for whom and why they will pay – and building a credible, founder-executable go-to-market plan that stands up to investor scrutiny. Both are delivered as fixed-scope, accessible engagements designed for founders who are capital-efficient by necessity.Post-raise, Genoa Black delivers the brand identity, messaging and marketing infrastructure that turns a funded company into a visible one. It’s a very compelling proposition for us here at Fundraising 101, which is why we have partnered with them!Genoa Black is an Edinburgh-based strategy, brand and marketing agency working with founders and scaling businesses. Pre and post raise building momentum requires strategy, brand and marketing clarity and they ​have an in-house team for each specialism.

By combining financial education with expert matchmaking, founders can uncover fresh financial wins and make smarter money moves – daily. +To date, Money Insights has uncovered over £2.5 million in ‘money matches’ for their members – highlighting blind spots such as non-dilutive grants, tax incentives, funding routes, and other financial wins that often go unnoticed.Fundraising101 has partnered with Money Insights, because securing funding is only half the battle. Knowing how to invest it wisely is a whole different challenge – and Money Insights understands that. With this partnership, every Fundraising101 client is eligible for a complimentary Money Insights annual pass – providing founders ongoing access to financial education, expert support, and smarter money moves – long after their fundraise.

As the start-up recruitment arm of Eden Scott, they’ve spent a decade doing nothing but early-stage hiring, backed by a network built over 20 years in Scotland.They’ve placed talent for the likes of Skyscanner, FanDuel and Novosound, and are a founding partner of Invest2Scale alongside the wider Scottish scale-up community.TalentSpark’s approach starts before a single candidate is sourced: understanding a company’s culture, values and growth plan, so every hire fits. Beyond candidate attraction, they support founders with recruitment planning, board recruitment and skills gap analysis, the exact areas investors probe before they commit.Their work with Nude Finance is a great example: ten technical and financial hires delivered five weeks early, from over 1,000 applications.Fundraising101 are VERY pleased to partner with TalentSpark to support founders as they consider building the teams that get them through their fundraise and beyond.

Through our programme, the world’s leading law firms provide top-quality absolutely free full-service legal support to qualifying early-stage (pre-Series A) greentech/climate/cleantech and related ventures across the UK for 12 months in annual cohorts.The programme also includes bespoke IP (intellectual property) support from a leading IP firm and free access to an AI-enabled virtual data room from the world’s leading provider, SS&C Intralinks.

What makes Claude the right fit for F101 is its ability to handle complex analytical work. It doesn’t just retrieve and reformat. It reasons. It helps us reads a deck and identifies what’s missing. It builds a round-sizing model and flags the assumptions. It researches a funding landscape and produces something a founder can actually act on. Combined with our 30 plus years of VC experience, that’s a meaningful step up from what a solo practice can deliver without it.At Fundraising 101 we’re VERY selective about the tools we put our name to. Claude earns its place because it produces work we’re proud to send.If you want to see what Claude can do for your own work as a founder, the best place to start is claude.ai. There’s a free tier to get started, with paid plans for heavier use, we pay for the heavier use here at Fundraising 101 so you don’t have to.

Perfect for fundraise tracking – it’s the weapon of choice here at Fundraising 101 and over 4000+ award-winning businesses around the world. folk does the busy work for you, so you can focus on building real relationships. With a LinkedIn integration that we absolutely love! Get a 14-day free trial before choosing a plan, prices start at just $20USD/user/mo. Check out this great independant video review!

It’s conversational, engaging, and collects 3.5x more data than traditional forms. Perfect for pre-seed founders who need investor feedback, customer research, or application forms that don’t feel like interrogations.It’s what we use ourselves here at Fundraising101™ for our Investment Readiness Assessments and cohort applications—it’s trusted by 95% of the Fortune 500.Typeform breaks the mould of boring forms. People actually enjoy filling them out, which means which means you get the insights you need at a high completion rate. We love it!With integrations for everything from Slack to Google Sheets, your data flows exactly where you need it. No more manual data entry nightmares. Get started free, then plans from just $25/month. Start your free trial →