What founders should prepare before approaching equity investors.
For an equity raise, investors typically expect a company profile, a pitch deck, a financial model, the cap table, a clear use of proceeds, evidence of revenue or traction, governance and legal-structure information, a complete data room and a considered investor target list.
We help build and pressure-test the materials and data room, then map and approach investors. See the equity fundraising guide and Equity practice.
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A company profile, pitch deck, financial model, cap table, use of proceeds, evidence of traction, governance and legal-structure information, and an indexed virtual data room.
It speeds diligence, reduces friction and supports valuation by giving investors confidence and clarity.
It varies with the state of the company’s records. The materials investors expect — financial model, cap table, governance and legal documents, traction evidence — should be complete, indexed and access-controlled before outreach begins, because gaps found in diligence cost credibility as well as time.
Usually the pitch deck and financial model: the equity story, the use of proceeds and whether the forecast assumptions survive scrutiny. The cap table follows closely, since ownership and the option pool determine how the proposed round affects every shareholder’s position.
Yes, scaled to stage. Earlier-stage raises lean more on the team, market evidence and pipeline than on historical financials, but investors still expect a cap table, legal structure, governance basics and a model with explicit assumptions — organised in an indexed, access-controlled data room.
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