From investor targeting to term sheet — advisory for founders who want a disciplined fundraise, not a deck review.
The deck is rarely the problem.
Founders spend weeks refining slide design while the real issues go unaddressed — approaching investors who have no pattern of backing this type of company, pitching too early before there's anything to anchor a valuation on, or signing term sheets with clauses that compound painfully at Series A.
We closed Minipix's pre-seed round in 2025. The process that worked there wasn't about the slides. It was about targeting the right investors with the right story at the right time — and negotiating terms that the founders could live with at the next round.
Fundraising Strategy Before you approach a single investor, we map the right strategy for your stage, sector, and ask — how much to raise, at what valuation range, from which investor profiles, on what timeline. Most founders skip this step. The ones who don't raise faster and with less dilution.
Investor Targeting We identify 8–15 investors with a demonstrated pattern of backing companies at your stage and in your sector. A focused list outperforms broad outreach at early stage. We build the list, research each investor, and identify the right entry point.
Pitch Deck and Financial Model Review We review your deck from an investor's perspective — narrative flow, what to lead with, what's missing, what's doing more harm than good. We also review your financial model for internal consistency and investor-readiness. We don't redesign decks; we make sure the story and numbers hold up in the room.
Investor-Ready Documentation Where needed, we help prepare the one-pager, executive summary, and financial projections in the format that institutional investors and family offices expect.
Term Sheet Advisory When you receive a term sheet, we review every clause — liquidation preference, anti-dilution, voting rights, drag-along, ROFR, no-shop — and advise on what's standard, what's aggressive, and what to push back on. We've written a 14-part guide on this, free to read in Insights.
Minipix — Pre-Seed Fundraise Closed 2025. Advised on investor strategy, investor targeting, pitch preparation, and term sheet negotiation.
Initial conversation — we understand your business, stage, and what you're trying to achieve with the raise.
Fundraising strategy — we map the right approach, timeline, and investor targets for your specific situation.
Engagement — deck review, investor targeting, outreach strategy, meeting preparation, term sheet advisory. Scope is calibrated to your stage and need.
If you need to get the fundamentals in order first — financials, narrative, documentation — Credit & Fundraising Readiness is the right starting point.
We've published a 14-part guide covering every major term sheet clause — liquidation preference, anti-dilution, drag-along, ROFR, voting rights, ESOPs, no-shop clauses — in plain language. What each clause means, what's standard, and what to negotiate.
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