Why The Raise Lab exists
The Raise Lab gives founders a stronger platform to raise on. Built by founders who have recently raised, alongside investors actively writing checks today, it turns fundraising into strategy, timing, story and relationships, not just a pitch.
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The 3 The Raise Lab Components
Strategy
Timing your raise, defining the milestones investors want to see, and building the investor pipeline before you need it.
Investor Psychology
Understanding how investors think and decide, so founders can read the room and negotiate intentionally.
Materials
The deck, the financial model, and the one-pager: the materials that carry a raise from first meeting to term sheet.
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How it Works
Practitioner-led sessions across Strategy, Investor Psychology, and Materials, bringing lived fundraising experience into the room.
Community Pods
Small peer groups introduced at the start of the day, so every founder knows who else is in the room, and leaves with connections that carry on beyond the Lab.
Founder <> Friend Connecting
Structured, timed introductions between founders and the investors, advisors, and Friends who can move a raise forward.
Expert Sessions
Practitioner-led sessions across Strategy, Investor Psychology, and Materials, bringing lived fundraising experience into the room.
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The Next Cohort
Each cohort is updated to include content that's relevant to active founders in our community.
The Raise Lab 3.0 (November 2026)
Designed for founders navigating the shift from builder to leader. The Leadership Lab will explore founder identity, team dynamics, and what it takes to lead at scale, with honesty about the personal and professional challenges that come with growth.
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Previous Cohorts
Each cohort is updated to include content that's relevant to active founders in our community.
The Raise Lab 1.0 (November 2025)
Our pilot cohort brought together 40 founders over 2 weeks of intensive virtual and IRL sessions. Founders pitched, refined their models and decks in real-time, and built relationships that extended beyond the programme.​
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The Raise Lab 2.0 (February 2026)
Building on TRL 1.0, our second cohort condensed the programme into three intensive days with deeper investor engagement, more roundtable formats, and tighter focus on personalized feedback.
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Testimonials
Testimonials from our founders.
“I was very impressed with the quality of the events and the ability for hands-on implementation of the advice and strategies suggested in the event. It was well worth me taking the time out to attend because even if there is a lot of information online about how to navigate raising, nothing is better than talking to someone who has been through it recently and is facing a similar investor landscape to the one that you're currently attempting a raise in.”
“I found this session extremely helpful. As an early-stage startup founder who has never raised funding before, the sessions provided a clear and practical framework for approaching fundraising. The content was well-structured and gave me actionable insights that I can apply immediately to my own fundraising efforts.”
“Incredibly helpful dive into the signals (rather than the noise) around what makes a great deck! Great, practical pointers to implement directly. Appreciated the interactive dimension.”
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