»RAIse Your Fundability

Improve Your Venture Funding Readiness

RAIse Your Fundability is a six-part, hands-on workshop series designed for founders and key team members of high-growth ventures that will need capital. Participants will use AI tools throughout the series to strengthen the capabilities that increase fundability, including value accounting, entrepreneurial finance, business structure, growth capital preparation, intellectual property strategy, and venture communication.

The workshops will be held in person at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship on July 20, 22, and 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The six sessions build on each other, helping founders assess their current fundability, develop practical venture materials, and better prepare for future conversations with funders, lenders, and investors.

This series is designed to help entrepreneurs move from a promising venture story to a clearer, more fundable business case.

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Program Details

When: Initial cohort starting the week of July 20–24, recurring in fall and spring semesters
Where: Chapman University, Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics
Format: Hands-on, in-person sessions with expert guidance
Best for: Founders, co-founders and key team members preparing to raise capital

Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of their venture’s funding readiness, a stronger financial and structural foundation, AI-supported tools for investor preparation, improved venture communication and a better understanding of how to prepare for growth capital.

Six Capabilities That Increase Fundability

This series of six progressive sessions is an opportunity for founders and their ventures to gain the knowledge and tools that better position them to receive growth capital. Participants will utillize AI to develop the following capabilities:

Value Accounting

Know why your venture is worth funding.

Entrepreneurial Finance

Understand the business behind your venture.

Business Structure

Set up your business for growth.

Growth Capital

Prepare for and improve the odds of getting your raise.

Intellectual Property

Identify and protect what is worth protecting.

Venture Communication

Leverage your value to connect with and compel investors.

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RAIse Your Fundability: Improve Your Venture Funding Readiness is a hands-on program at Chapman University’s Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics designed to help founders better prepare their ventures for growth capital. Across six progressive sessions, participants will use AI-powered tools and expert guidance to strengthen the key areas investors look for before funding a startup.

This program is designed for founders, co-founders, and key team members of high-growth startups or emerging ventures that expect to raise capital. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs who want to better understand their company’s value, financial readiness, business structure, intellectual property, and investor communication strategy.

RAIse Your Fundability helps founders identify and improve the areas that influence investor confidence. Participants will work through topics such as value accounting, entrepreneurial finance, growth capital, business structure, intellectual property, and venture communication. The goal is to help founders understand what makes their venture worth funding and how to present that value more clearly to investors.

AI will be used throughout the program to help founders analyze their venture, organize financial and strategic information, improve investor-facing communication, and develop tools that support funding readiness. Participants will learn how to use AI as a practical resource for decision-making, preparation, and storytelling as they move toward raising capital.

RAIse Your Fundability’s initial cohort will take place in person during the week of July 20–24 at Chapman University’s Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics. The program is designed as a recurring series and is expected to return in future fall and spring semesters. Virtual participants will be considered on a case-by-case basis.