Startup Investment Beyond Your Zip Code

Most founders assume their next check has to come from someone down the street. It doesn't and limiting your search to local investors is.
About this Event

Startup Investment Beyond Your Zip Code

Most founders assume their next check has to come from someone down the street. It doesn't — and limiting your search to local investors is one of the fastest ways to leave capital on the table.

Building Our Tech and Starter Studio are teaming up to bring founders a practical, no-fluff session on raising capital from investors outside your immediate network — where to find them, how to reach them, and what actually gets a meeting on the calendar.

What you'll learn:

• Practical ways to identify and attract outside investors
• How to target investors by stage and thesis
• Where warm introductions really happen
• How to build a repeatable outreach process
• Which pre-seed signals matter most

Speakers

Jehue Francois, Startup Program Director for Building Our Tech
Jehue Francois is the Startup Program Director at Building Our Tech (BOT). He works with founders, startups, and community partners to build pathways into entrepreneurship through emerging technology, strategic partnerships, and innovation. As a founder himself, Jehue is passionate about connecting entrepreneurs with the resources, relationships, and opportunities they need to grow sustainable businesses.

Spencer Elliott
Experienced CEO/Startup Founder, Investor, Mentor, UCF + UF Business Graduate, Florida Man, and Family Man! Spencer has raised $5M+ in startup capital for his own ventures and advised dozens of early stage companies over the last 15+ years, the majority of it outside of Florida. He is currently a franchisee with Foxtail Coffee, opening and operating stores in the Orlando, FL market.

Marc Antoine
Over the past decade, I have worked to deploy capital and structure investments across North America, Latin America, Africa, and other global markets, helping connect high-impact ventures with strategic sources of funding.
I currently serve as a Senior Partner leading capital deployment and venture-building efforts across the firm’s investment platform. I am responsible for identifying high-potential opportunities, structuring tailored capital strategies, and guiding businesses through investment, scaling, and execution.

Join us at Credo Conduit for an evening of direct, actionable insight from people who've actually raised and deployed capital.