Students with an idea
You're at university and want to know how funding really works before you start.
Every session, both days
The full Founders Library
Why Attend
You've got the idea. This is where you make it happen.
An intensive Two Days summit for founders who are done reading about funding and ready to raise. May 2027 · Telford, UK.
Is this for you?
One room. Four kinds of people.
Every place is by application, so the room stays right for everyone in it.
Idea to Series A
You're raising, or about to. Leave knowing what your next round needs.
Every session, both days
The full Founders Library
Angels, VCs, family offices
Meet founders who've been selected by application, briefed and ready to talk numbers.
Founder profiles before the day
Strictly capped places
The ecosystem
Advisors, legal, finance, tech and talent: meet founders at the moment they need you.
Meet founders at the stage you serve
Your profile in the directory
The programme
Your Two Days at a glance.
The Raise, The Runway, The Investment. Day One builds the foundations. Day Two gets you ready for the room.
Get fundable
Why good ideas never reach market: the real failure points
The funding landscape: what's available and how to stack it
A fundable business model: numbers, valuations and dilution
Been there, done it: founder journeys, told straight
Get investor-ready
Before the first meeting: deck, data room and one-pager
Investor panel: what gets funded, and what doesn't
Idea to product: real costs, and how to actually sell it
Why every founder needs a lawyer, before they think they do
Both daysLunch & Showcase Booths · Founder Investor Networking Zone · After Hours Food & Drinks
See the full agenda Founders,Why Missing This Summit Could Cost You Your Raise
Get In Front of Investors Before They Forget You Exist
Cold emails are a dead end. Stop relying on them. Angels and early-stage investors are far more open to a five-minute conversation in person than to a cold email. Every summit you skip is a room full of conversations happening without you.
Know the market before you're caught off guard. Valuation expectations shift fast. Founders who show up know exactly what multiples, retention numbers, and milestones investors are demanding right now — the ones who don't find out the hard way.
Position Yourself Before Someone Else Takes Your Spot
Visibility compounds — or it doesn't happen at all. Founders who keep showing up at funding events become the names investors already know and trust by the time they pitch. Founders who don't stay invisible.
SEIS and EIS structuring isn't something you figure out alone. The advisors who can help you get this right are in the room — talk to them there, not three months into a stalled raise.
Test Your Pitch Before It's the Only Shot You Get
Your first real pitch shouldn't be your only one. Pitch practice sessions let you find the holes in your narrative while the stakes are low, not in front of an investor who matters.
What you walk away with
Not notes. Not inspiration. Deliverables.
01
A pitch deck that survives contact with investors
You arrive with your story. You leave with a structured, investor-tested deck — built in the room, critiqued live by experienced investors and founders.
02
A funding map for your specific stage
Grant, equity, debt, or non-dilutive? You'll leave knowing exactly which doors are open to you right now, which open in six months, and which were never yours to knock on.
03
Straight answers on the legal questions keeping you up
Founder agreements, IP ownership, university spin-out terms, data protection, contract clauses that will bite you later. Asked directly. Answered plainly.
04
A regulatory reality check
Where your product actually sits, what evidence you'll need, and how long it genuinely takes. Better to know today than after your seed round.
05
Meet investors, buyers and advisors
Face to face, in a room built for it. No cold emails. No LinkedIn silence.
06
Time to network
Your time to meet and speak to the people who can help you get to where you want to go. Angel investors, lawyers, accountants, bankers, other founders, recruiters, other advisors.
Tip; remember, networking is about people and people know other people.
Before you apply
Good questions.Straight answers.
Anything else? Email helpdesk@foundersfundingsummit.com and we'll reply within 2 working days.
Every application is reviewed by our team, so founders, investors and advisors know the people in the room are there for the right reasons.
Ready to be in the room?
May 2027 · Telford · Two Full Days. Places are by application.