Founder Funding Group MCR- Pitch Practice

Our 2025 Founder Funding Group programme is back in Manchester with a Pitch Practice event on Wednesday 2nd April 2025 from 11am – 3:30pm. The programme is kindly supported by British Business Bank.

The session is open to any founders in the MCR and surrounding regions who are either actively raising investment, or who are in the process of planning a funding round.

This Pitch Practice session will turn the normal Founder Funding Group session format on its head. Founders will have the opportunity to practise their investment pitch to a room full of fellow founders and mentors.

Participants will:

• Get real life experience pitching to an audience
• Practise handling Q&A
• Get honest and constructive feedback on messaging, slides, delivery and presentation skills from experienced mentors before going in front of investors
• See how other founders do it

Founders will have the opportunity to:

• Deliver a 3-minute Practice pitch, with Q&A and then post pitch feedback (up to 10 slots available)
• Deliver a quick Lightning pitch (less than 1 mins) without slides if you want to try an element of your messaging

All sessions will be completely confidential, and all participants will sign confidentiality agreements before taking part.

Meet the Organiser

Rupert Wingate-Saul is Managing Director at FWS Advisory Ltd and Investment Director at AXM Venture Capital Ltd., with expertise in early-stage venture capital, fund raising and angel investing. Rupert has been involved in investments into over 50 businesses and has supported his portfolio to raise over £50m of follow-on funding. He has significant M&A experience and has been a board advisor to businesses through growth and exit including University of Liverpool spin-out Liftupp (sold to Examsoft), Playdemic (video gaming, sold to Warner Bros), Collabco (edtech, sold to Ready Education) and Sentric Music (music publishing, sold to Utopia AG).

About British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is the UK’s economic development bank and we are here to help your business find a way, with free financial tools and expert information. We’re experts in small business finance and we work with a broad range of partners to help businesses like yours, whether you’re a start-up, an established business or you’re looking to grow:

https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/business-guidance

Host or Publisher Rupert Wingate-Saul/FWS Advisory