The Raise Lab

A FREE bootcamp for founders preparing to raise capital, where insight meets action.

Raising money isn’t just about the pitch: it’s strategy, timing, psychology, and story.
The Raise Lab is an intensive bootcamp for founders who want to walk into investor meetings prepared, polished, and confident.

• Free for founders
• Hybrid: Cambridge IRL + virtual
• Built by founders, for founders

Kindly supported by Goodwin
Goodwin has a team of over 180 lawyers nationwide, experienced in venture capital, who handle early and growth stage venture deals, providing dedicated representation to over 1,200 emerging companies and entrepreneurs and 200 venture capital and private equity firms. The firm’s extensive company and investor client base allows teams to leverage deep knowledge of market terms and relationships on behalf of clients.

Bootcamp Sessions

Virtual

IRL

Mon 10 Nov, 2025 | 14:00-15:00 | Virtual

Raise Prep: The Framework

The kickoff. You’ll get a complete map of the fundraising process from first intro to close, and exactly what you need to have in place before you start raising.

Mon 10 Nov, 2025 | 18:00-19:00 | Virtual

Decoded: Angel & VC Psychology

We open the black box. How do angels and VCs assess risk? What makes them walk away? What gets them to lean in?

Tue 11 Nov, 2025 | 14:00-15:00 | Virtual

Raise Milestones: Momentum Mapping

You’ll map the milestones that make your story investable - not just now, but over the next rounds.

Wed 12 Nov, 2025 | 18:00-18:45 | Virtual

AMA: Ask Me Anything (Unfiltered) - Léa Wenger

The honest version of fundraising. Léa walks through raising a £5M seed round in women’s health, navigating diligence, and holding the line under pressure.

Fri 14 Nov, 2025 | 9:00-10:00 | Virtual

Pitch Lab - Founder-to-Founder

Rapid-fire reps with people who get it. You’ll run your 1-minute pitch again and again until it’s clean, confident, and natural.

Tue 18 Nov, 2025 | 14:00-15:30 | IRL

The Numbers Lab

Your model is your story in numbers. We’ll strip out jargon and get to what matters: how to make your model believable, defensible, and aligned to your ask.

Tue 18 Nov, 2025 | 15:30-17:00 | IRL

Deck Lab: What Really Lands

Not “make it pretty,” but “make it work.” You’ll break down what your different decks are for (intro deck, live deck, follow-up deck) and edit your own slides in the room.

Tue 18 Nov, 2025 | 18:00-20:00 | IRL

More Than Money: The Power of Angel Support

Join us for an exclusive fireside discussion event, co-hosted with Cambridge Angels, designed to explore the value that angel investors bring to early-stage businesses, and how strong human connections and industry expertise can transform the path of a growing business.

In this session we will hear two stories in a moderated conversation between an angel and a founder.

Wed 19 Nov, 2025 | 12:00-14:30 | IRL

The 20min Pitch Circuit

You’ll pitch to multiple investor panels in sequence, 20 minutes each, all with different angles (product, market, metrics, scale). You get live feedback after every round.

Wed 19 Nov, 2025 | 14:30-15:30 | IRL

1-Minute Pitch Clinic

Your final polish. We tighten clarity, conviction, delivery, and ask. This is the version you’ll use in intros, on panels, and in the first 60 seconds of an investor meeting.

Wed 19 Nov, 2025 | 18:30-21:00 | IRL

The Intimate Raise Lab Dinner

A private dinner focused on connection, not pitching. This is about relationships that endure beyond the round.

Thu 20 Nov, 2025 | 14:00-15:30 | Virtual

The Legal Lab (Office Hours)

Term sheets. Shareholder agreements. Investor rights. Founder protections. You’ll sit down with legal experts who walk you through what you’re actually signing and why it matters.

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Founders & Funders: Networking Drinks

An intentional space for founders and investors to build relationships before the raise begins. Invite-only: founders must have completed both (1) a materials session (Deck Lab / Numbers Lab / Legal Lab) and (2) a pitch session (Pitch Circuit / 1-Minute Clinic).