Royal Bank Accelerator Funding Workshop: Debt & Equity Overview

This interactive session is part of the NatWest Funding Accelerator and brings together the best of both worlds: debt and equity funding. You’ll gain an understanding of how each funding route works, when to use them, and how to prepare your business to be both fundable and investible. Through expert insights, and hands-on activities, you’ll leave with practical tools and a clearer path to securing the right funding for your business.

Why Attend?

• Understand the full funding landscape: Learn the differences, benefits, and risks of both debt and equity.
• Explore debt options: Discover how to use loans and alternative finance to grow without giving up equity.
• Navigate equity investment: Learn how to value your business, attract investors, and build strong investor relationships.
• Get practical tools: Take part in hands-on activities to assess your funding needs and readiness
• Hear real stories through our case studies
• Build confidence: Leave with a clearer strategy for funding your business on your terms
• Ask your questions: you’ll have access to a panel of funding experts who’ve either navigated or directed founders tough their funding journeys and can share their top tips

This Session is Ideal For:

• Founders exploring funding options and unsure where to start.
• Entrepreneurs who want to retain equity and are considering loans or alternative finance.
• Business owners preparing to become “fundable” or “investible.”
• Startups seeking clarity on what lenders and investors look for.
• Anyone who wants to build confidence in using funding strategically to scale their business.

Agenda:

8:30 - 9:00 - Arrival & networking

9:00 -10:00 - Workshop content

10:00 -10:25 - Panel

10:25 - Thanks & close

We are delighted to be working with CMS to bring this event to you. With over 500 people based in Scotland, CMS is deeply embedded in the local business landscape. Our focus is clear: helping Scottish businesses navigate change and seize opportunity. And with 80 global offices, we have a world of expertise to draw on, to help businesses achieve their goals – in Scotland, and beyond.

Starting, and building, a successful business takes a good idea, a lot of energy and determination plus the right opportunities and the right people. Start-ups also need the right legal partner that can advise them as they grow and evolve. The CMS equIP programme works with start-ups in the technology sector to support their growth and has supported a wide variety of start-ups already within Scotland.

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