Investment Readiness Form
Pitch Up Clinic!
Thank you for your interest in our 'Pitch Up Clinic'. If you would like to speak with Laura Mallaburn, Head of Business Support, please complete this pre-screening form. This will allow Laura to be fully prepared for your meeting. We kindly ask that you fill out the entire form to the best of your ability. Please don't worry if you do not have all the information at this time. Once the form is completed, we will contact you and provide a Zoom link for the Pitch Up Clinic.
Contact Details
First Name
Last Name
Email
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Phone Number
Business Details
Business stage
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Growth
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Business Name
Company Registration Number
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Date of Incorporation
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Day
Year
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Business Website
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Where is your business registered?
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ENGLISH COUNTIES
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SCOTTISH COUNTIES
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Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Caithness
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Dumfries & Galloway
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Fife
Highland
Inverclyde
Kincardineshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirlingshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Western Isles
WELSH COUNTIES
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
NORTHERN IRELAND COUNTIES
Antrim
Armagh
County Down
Fermanagh
Londonderry
Tyrone
Where is your business operationally based?
Please Select
ENGLISH COUNTIES
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
County Durham
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Somerset
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne & Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
SCOTTISH COUNTIES
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Fife
Highland
Inverclyde
Kincardineshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirlingshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Western Isles
WELSH COUNTIES
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
NORTHERN IRELAND COUNTIES
Antrim
Armagh
County Down
Fermanagh
Londonderry
Tyrone
In which sector does your business operate?
Please Select
Advertising Industry
Aerospace
Agriculture and Farming
Antiques and Collectibles
Art
Artificial Intelligence
Automotive Industry
Banking and Financial Services
Biotechnology
Building Materials and Supplies
Business Services
Chemical Industry
Cleaning Products and Services
Cloud Computing
Computer Hardware
Construction Industry
Consulting
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Goods
Consumer Healthcare
Crafts
Culture Industry
Cybersecurity
Data Storage and Management
Defence Industry
Design Industry
E-commerce
Education and Training
Electric Vehicles
Energy
Entertainment Industry
Environment Services
Events Industry
Fabrics and Textiles
Fashion Industry
Fintech
Food and Beverage
Healthcare Industry
Heavy Industry
Hospitality
Information Technology
Insurance
Jewellery
Leisure and Recreation
Logistics and Supply Chain
Luxury Goods
Machinery and Heavy Equipment
Manufacturing
Media
Medical Devices and Supplies
Mining
Music Industry
Personal Services
Pet Care and Supplies
Pharmaceutical Industry
Photography
Printing
Professional Services
Publishing
Quantum Computing
Real Estate
Restaurants and Food Services
Retail
Robotics
Security
Social Media
Software
Space
Sports and Fitness
Sustainable and Ethical Consumer Products
Technology
Telecoms
Tools and Hardware
Toys and Games
Transportation
Travel and Tourism
Utilities
Video Game Industry
Waste Management
Other
Please provide a brief overview of your business
What makes your business unique and sets it apart from its competitors?
Investment Readiness
How much do you want to raise?
What will the investment be used for?
Investment Readiness Assessment
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No
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Have you identified your value proposition?
Does your product/service address and solve a significant problem in the marketplace?
Can you evidence the size, impact and cost of the problem?
Have you built and tested a basic version of your product/service (a Minimum Viable Proposition)?
Can your product/service be easily scaled?
Could your product/service have useful applications in other markets?
Can you evidence that you are operating in a high growth market?
Do you know the current size of your market and what proportion of that market you can realistically
target and win?
Have you made any sales to date?
Is the business profitable?
Do you have any accolades that validate your product/service? e.g. awards, grants, demonstrable customer buying intent etc.
Does your team have significant industry experience?
Does your team have a diverse set of skills?
Have you identified any areas of weaknesses in your team and do you have a plan to address these?
Have any of the business founders previously built a business?
Has the business or any of its founders raised investment before?
Have you applied for or secured effective Intellectual Property Rights for your product/service?
Have you secured any exclusive terms for your business e.g. distribution rights, geographical boundaries etc.
Have you identified and researched your main competitors?
Have you identified what kind of customers will buy your offering, why and when?
Have you identified or tested how you will position your product/service?
Have you identified or tested your strategies and tactics to attract and win custom?
Have you researched or tested how you will deliver your product/service to your customer?
Do you have a clear growth strategy, with noted sub-goals, deadlines, budget, and future investment
requirements?
Have you identified your business model(s)?
Are previous accounts and current management information up to date?
Do you have 3 years of financial projections that are scenario modelled (e.g. best case, worst case)?
Have you placed a current and end value on your business?
Have you calculated likely investor returns?
Do you have a well thought out exit strategy?
Have you written a business plan?
Have you created a pitch deck?
Have you practiced a pitch presentation?
Have you secured SEIS/EIS assurance?
Have you identified your ideal investor?
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