Investment Readiness Peer Group: Fundraising, Structuring, & Legal Reading

Join us for a Peer Group session, where founders come together to dive deep into fundraising strategy and learn from each other’s real-world experiences.

On Tuesday, April 14th, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, our Investment Readiness Peer Group will host a 1.5-hour interactive roundtable focused on startup fundraising in 2026. The session is designed to give founders a real-world playbook for raising capital, highlighting what investors actually care about and how to avoid the hidden mistakes that can derail a round.

The session will be led by Ben Su, Co-founder of Capita and ex-Biotech founder:

• Ben Su is a ventureLAB portfolio company founder who has experienced fundraising from every angle: as an entrepreneur, as a lawyer advising startups, as counsel for investors, and now as a founder who has won investor conviction himself. At Capita, Ben and his team help startups build, scale, and fundraise with confidence, ensuring legal and structural readiness to attract serious investors.

During the session, founders will participate in a presentation, followed by a peer-to-peer discussion, covering:

🔶What actually gets investors comfortable

🔶Common pitfalls in story, structure, legal readiness, and process

🔶How strong founders prepare before raising capital

Session Flow: 

🔷45 min – Presentation: Lessons from the trenches

🔷30 min – Group discussion & Q&A: Peer feedback and scenario analysis

🔷15 min – Networking

This roundtable is a candid, founder-driven space to share challenges, compare strategies, and leave with actionable insights for raising capital in today’s market.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher ventureLAB