Fundraising Personal Trainer

Gliding Ant Ventures can help get you investment-ready with a personalized training program

The Training Program

Basics of raising capital

Complete our online video curriculum to get a comprehensive view of raising capital. Topics include:

  • The different types of capital (venture, grants, loans, project finance, revenue, etc.)

  • How to design your capital stack given the type of business you are building

  • How venture capital works

  • Prepping for the pitch

  • How to find the right investors for you

  • Deal terms - What matters and what doesn’t?

  • The art of the investor update

Investment-readiness assessment

Is your startup investable? Complete our free online questionnaire that will evaluate your startup across all aspects of investment decision-making. We then highlight your strengths and areas of improvement.

Want more insights? Undergo a personalized review of your assessment with one of Gliding Ant Ventures’ partners.

Due Diligence Prep

Over the course of eight weeks, we help you prepare the key deliverables to raise capital and go through due diligence. We customize the program for your needs, meeting every week, one-on-one, to review your progress and provide feedback. We also provide examples and starting templates. Key deliverables we help with:

  • Financial model

  • Pitch deck

  • One-page summary

  • Investor templates/outreach materials

  • CRM/systems for outreach [i.e., how to run a process]

  • Finding investors - investor lists, matchmaking, and networking

  • Data room and diligence materials

Fundraising Personal Trainer FAQs

  • The program is typically remote. So, whether you are in Washington State, Kansas, or Florida, Gliding Ant is here to support you. If you are in Washington State, we are happy to organize in-person sessions.

  • We typically focus on deep tech companies building on recent fundamental science and engineering research. However, we take a broad view of deep tech, so please contact us if you have any questions.

  • No. Gliding Ant cannot guarantee you will be successful raising private capital. We will do everything possible to help you make a competitive pitch for investors.

What do people say about working with Gliding Ant Ventures?

  • Gliding Ant Ventures has helped us secure multiple SBIR grants, including funding from the Department of Energy, NOAA and the NSF. Virginia’s grant writing skills are a key reason we were able secure as many of these awards as we have - she was pivotal in helping secure our Phase 2B award. The SBIR program has helped our company grow significantly, and we are really excited to now have products in the market that were funded through R&D projects we proposed for SBIR funding.


    James Joslin
    Co-Founder and President
    MarineSitu

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    Jared and Virginia offered insightful guidance on both writing and strategy, covering everything from research direction to business plan. The program’s holistic approach gave our team confidence in the proposal we submitted.


    Camille Hougardy
    Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
    Panyon

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    The Academy served as an excellent partner in the process. When our team hit snags or had frustrations with the process, the Academy team was always quickly available and able to unlock our work.


    Austin Brittenham
    CEO and Co-founder
    2nd Chair

  • Gliding Ant Ventures helped me write a USDA grant - and it was awarded! They worked with me against a tight deadline to refine the experimental design, workshop the wording, and get a successful proposal put together. I’m confident in my skills now for securing other grant funding, and accessing this non-dilutive capital.


    Aaron Huang
    CEO and Co-Founder Oo-Nee
    Oo-Nee

  • We absolutely put together our best proposal yet because of going through SBIR Academy. It was in part because you demystified the grant-writing process with the resources you provided and by uncovering hidden curriculum for us. But it was also because you pushed us to articulate why our business is worthy of investment.


    Virginia Schutte
    CEO
    Tini Scientific