Are you an early-stage startup trying to raise capital?

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

Fundraising Personal Trainer

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The Training Program

Are you trying to raise a Series Seed round?

How do you know if your startup is 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.

Investment-readiness Assessment

Are you ready for venture capital investment?

Over eight weeks, we help you prepare the key deliverables to raise capital and go through due diligence. We meet one-on-one every week to review progress and provide feedback. Key deliverables we help with:

  • Financial model

  • Pitch deck

  • Data room and diligence materials

  • One-page summary

  • Systems and processes for outreach

  • Investor lists and networking

Pitching and Due Diligence Prep

Get Started on your Fundraising journey

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. Much like a physical personal trainer, we will do everything possible to help you make a competitive pitch for investors, but it is up to you to do the work.

What do people say about working with Gliding Ant Ventures?

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    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

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    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

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    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