How to pitch for green investment bootcamp

Seeking funding for your Green Industry Business? Learn the techniques of successfully pitching for investment.

In today’s economy, investors have dozens of business opportunities pitched at them every month. What are the things you absolutely must do to impress them and make you stand out from the crowd?

We'll show you how to get 'pitch perfect' before you go to investors, where to find the right type of investor and how to present your investment opportunity in a compelling way.

This workshop has been created specifically for green industry businesses to help save time and money in the quest for capital.

You will learn the techniques of successfully pitching for investment. You get tools and tips to effectively present your business in a format and language that appeals to investors. Then practice how to deliver your pitch with confidence.

Participants get to perform and observe pitches hands-on. The result: a highly realistic simulation of what it looks, sounds and feels like to pitch to potential investors, whether they are VCs, Angels or grant-awarding authorities.

What it will cover

Finding the right investor for your cleantech business
When is a business actually "investment ready"
What “green” investors are really looking for
Different approaches to raising Angel or Venture capital
How to get your deal seen by investors
How to package and position your green credentials in a business context
Targeting different investor audiences and making the pitch specific to them
Pitching formats
The perfect elevator pitch
Creating rapport and trust with audiences
Live pitches and feedback

About the speakers

Irene Bejenke-Walsh, founder and MD of MessageLab, has been coaching entrepreneurs and management teams for investor presentations and pitches for more than a decade. Her clients include the UK’s largest Business Angel network, London Business Angels, and at the other end of the investment spectrum, Irene advises international corporations preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange or AIM.

Robert Hokin works for ecoConnect, the UK’s green industry trade association with a register of now over 12,000 cleantech and cleantech interested corporates and individuals and over 800 online members. Its mission is to bring together leadership from cleantech businesses, corporate users, investment providers and policy makers to get cleantech working better.

Event details

Who should attend? Owners and managers of clean-tech or green industry businesses looking for investment.
Place: British Library Business & IP Centre
Cost: £36 + VAT with discount code 'ctbc2055'
How to Book: Book your place online