Equity markets down: How to raise capital now?

The environment for startup funding has changed significantly since the Q4 2021. Equity markets are down lead by tech stocks and this is flowing through to deal flow in the startup space. So how are investors responding? What are they looking for now? and what does this mean for startups needing to raise in the current environment?

We’ve gathered an A list panel to help founders unpack capital raising in the current bear market.

Nicole Small has a background spanning investment banking, tech product strategy and is currently Investment Director at Rampersand VC.

David Kenney is an OG of Australian startup scene having been involved in leading communities like Startmate for the last decade. David has a startup podcast and is Partner at Hall Chadwick one of the most active startup accounting firms in the country

Lyn Hill is the Virtual CFO Team Leader at LUNA Startup Studio. Lyn and the LUNA team help hundreds of startups with setup, capital raising and growth.

Jason Atkins is Co-founder at Cake Equity. He was a CFO and ran a family office in a past life before turning his talent to Startups. He has extensive experience leading startup capital raising rounds and mentoring 1000’ of founders on raising.

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