stop pitching into the void
We get ambitious early stage founders investment ready, on the right route, in front of the right investors.
You're not un-fundable. You're un-ready.
Raising shouldn't be a mystery. It's a process.
We saw too many brilliant founders burn six months chasing the wrong investors with the wrong materials, so we're building Funding Fasttrack. The fastest way for early stage founders to work out which route to money is actually theirs, get the collateral right, and get in front of people who write cheques.
Put down the cold VC list. Stop rewriting the deck for the ninth time. Join us and we'll show you how to run a raise properly.
Founders who got funded
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
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[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
Placeholder quote. What their raise looked like before, what changed, and what they closed. Two or three sentences, in their own words.
[Founder Name]
[Company Name]
We get ambitious founders ready to raise, and in the room with investors.
RAISE BAND
£50k to £2m
Pre-seed and seed
THE GOAL
Investment ready
and pitching
On the right route, to the right investors
COMMITMENT
Monthly
rolling
FORMAT
Online &
in person
What is it?
A membership for early stage founders raising £50k to £2m. Expert guidance on the route, the collateral and the conversations, plus a quarterly demo day in front of real investors.
Who is it for?
Founders with a live product and early traction who are raising now or planning to within twelve months. Angel, crowd, EIS or institutional.
Where does it happen?
Both. Office hours, clinics and roast sessions run online and in person at Plughouse, Shoreditch Exchange. Socials are in person only.
How does it work?
We work out which funding route is actually yours, get your materials and numbers investor ready, then run the raise with you.
When does it start?
Whenever you join. Access is immediate and sessions run every week, so there is no cohort to wait for. Demo day runs quarterly.
Why does it exist?
Because most founders chase the wrong money in the wrong way, and nobody tells them until the round has already stalled.
Six steps from un-ready to funded.
Most founders start at step five, pitching before they know who they are pitching to or why anyone would say yes. Start at step one and work through in order.
STEP 01
Readiness & route
What you can credibly raise today, and whether that money is angel, crowd, EIS or institutional.
STEP 02
The equity story
Why this company, why now, why you. One version, told the same way every time.
STEP 03
Numbers & model
An investor-ready financial model that stands up to questions rather than raising them.
STEP 4
Deck & data room
The collateral investors actually ask for, ready before they ask for it.
STEP 5
Investor pipeline
A real list of the right investors, tracked properly. Not a spreadsheet of everyone on Crunchbase.
STEP 6
Running the raise
Outreach, meetings, momentum and close. Terms, structure and the mistakes that cost you later.
One membership.
Use as much of it as you want.
No cohorts to wait for, no modules to complete, nothing you have to attend. The sessions run every week whether you make them or not.
Start when you join
Access is immediate. There is no cohort to wait for. You are in the next session that runs, whatever stage your raise is at.
Take what you need
Everything is optional. Raising hard this month? Come to everything. Heads down building? Drop into one clinic and get on with it.
Book your own time
One-to-one clinic slots open weekly, first come first served. Bring your deck, your model, or the term sheet you do not understand..
Stay as long as it’s useful
Monthly, quarterly or annual. Cancel any time with 30 days notice, no exit fee.
Everything you need to run a proper raise.
One price, everything included. Show up to what you need, when you need it.
WEEKLY
office hours
Open sessions with the expert bench, online and in person. Bring the deck, the model, the awkward investor email.
WEEKLY
one-to-one clinics
A private slot on your own raise, in the room or over video. First come, first served. Leave with the next thing to do.
FORNIGHTLY
pitch roasts
Your deck and your pitch pulled apart, online or in person, by people who will tell you the truth rather than be polite.
MONTHLY
socials at Plughouse
In person, in Shoreditch, with the wider Plugged room. Investors come to these too.
ALWAYS ON
the community
Founders raising at the same time. Who said yes, who ghosted, what terms they were offered. The stuff nobody posts publicly.
ON-DEMAND
the recorded course
The whole method, in order, on your own time. Work through it at your pace or jump to the step you are stuck on.
YOURS TO KEEP
the full toolkit
Model templates, deck frameworks, data room checklists and investor tracker. Everything we use with paying clients.
QUARTERLY
demo day
A quarterly room of angels, syndicates and funds. Selected founders pitch. Not everyone gets a slot, and that is the point.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Founders who are actually fundable, not just ambitious.
The bar here is higher than anywhere else at Plugged. It has to be.
You have a product live and people using it
You are raising £50k to £2m, now or within twelve months
You have traction an investor would actually find interesting
You are willing to do the work, not just attend the sessions
Tech · AI · E-commerce · SaaS · Consumer · Services
WHO RUNS THIS
Experts who have raised the money, not just read about it.
People who have run raises, sat on the investor side, and know which route is realistic before you waste six months finding out.
Kirsty Ranger
Founder, Kirsty Ranger Investment Coaching
Over £50m secured for clients. A decade in equity investment, founder and CEO of ISQ. Deep on angel, crowd, EIS and the platforms founders actually raise on.
SQRD
Squared Ventures
Fundraising consulting for founders. Builds real investor relationships rather than spray-and-pray outreach, and gets founders ready before they are in the room.
Kieza
Co-founder, Plugged Founders
16 years building businesses, bootstrapped. Works on the equity story, positioning and the traction that makes a round raisable in the first place.
Expert name
Role, Company
Placeholder. Short bio: what they raised, what they invest in, what founders come to them for.
Expert name
Role, Company
Placeholder. Short bio: what they raised, what they invest in, what founders come to them for.
Expert name
Role, Company
Placeholder. Short bio: what they raised, what they invest in, what founders come to them for.
Online when you need it. In the room when it counts.
Every session runs both ways, so being outside London is not a barrier. But the founders who come in get more out of it.
Dial in from anywhere
Office hours, clinics and pitch roasts all run online. Demo day and socials are in person.
Or come to Plughouse
Shoreditch Exchange, E2. The same sessions in the room, and where demo day happens.
The rest of Plugged is there too
Plughouse is a founder workspace. Come in for a session and you are in a building full of founders, and the investors who visit them.
Founder friendly pricing, for when you're early on the journey.
Less than one hour of a corporate finance adviser's time, every month.
MONTHLY
£150
per month
QUARTERLY
£400
per quarter · save 10%
ANNUAL
£1,350
per year · save 25%
*all listed prices exclude and are subject to UK VAT
No lock-in
Cancel any time with 30 days notice. No exit fee, no conversation you have to have.
Plugged members save more
Builders members take 20% off any term. Social members take 10% off. Applied on top of the quarterly and annual savings.
Ready to raise properly?
We take a small number of founders at a time so the sessions stay useful and demo day stays worth an investor's afternoon. Tell us where you are and what you're raising.
apply
A short form. Your company, your traction, and what you're raising.
readiness check
Four minutes. It scores you across all six steps and names the weakest one.
we review
We check you're at the right stage and that we can actually help. 48 working hours.
join
Pick your term and you're in. Full access to every session, clinic and resource from day one.
before you apply
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No. Funding Fasttrack is open to any founder who fits. Social and Builders members get a discount, but Plugged membership is not a requirement.
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No, and be wary of anyone who does. We get you on the right route with the right materials in front of the right people. Whether an investor says yes is theirs to decide.
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No. Slots are selected, because the room only stays valuable to investors if the founders in it are worth their time. Not being ready this quarter is not a rejection, it is a date.
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No. You pay for the membership and nothing else. We do not take a success fee, equity, or a percentage of your round.
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Because the sessions only work if the room is right, and demo day only works if the standard is high. We check you are at a stage where the method applies.
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That is often the best time to join. The founders who raise well started preparing months before they opened the round.
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Both. Office hours, clinics and pitch roasts run online and in person at Plughouse. Demo day and socials are in person only.
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Cancel any time with 30 days notice. No exit fee.