Inside Out: Winning Your Next Round

Gateway Factory PULSE Workshop in collaboration with the TechVisionFund

Raising capital is about much more than just pitching to as many investors as possible. The real challenge lies in identifying exactly the investors who are the best fit for your startup, your stage of development, and your vision.

Join this interactive 90-minute workshop with Lars Gussen, an early-stage investor at TechVisionFond, and get the rare opportunity to view fundraising from an investor’s perspective.

Together, you’ll explore one of the most important questions founders should ask themselves before every funding round:

Who are the most important investors for your next funding round?

The answer surprises many founders and serves as the starting point for a focused, efficient, and successful fundraising strategy.

In the workshop, you’ll gain practical insights into how investors evaluate startups, what truly makes a company investment-ready, and how to identify and prioritize those investors who have the potential to become long-term partners. You’ll also learn how investors’ expectations change as a startup matures and what it takes to successfully position yourself in an increasingly demanding fundraising environment.

The workshop is aimed at founders at all stages, but is particularly valuable for startups preparing for their second or third funding round. If you’ve already raised initial capital and now want to finance your next phase of growth, you’ll gain valuable insights into the mindset of experienced investors, their expectations for follow-on funding, and how to best position your company for a successful funding round.

Following the workshop, we cordially invite you to an informal networking session. Over food and drinks, you’ll have the opportunity to exchange ideas with other founders, investors, and key players in the startup ecosystem, delve deeper into the topics discussed during the workshop, and make valuable new connections in a relaxed atmosphere.