Manchester Entrepreneur Drinks

🚀Are you ready to raise money for your startup but not sure where to start?

Whether you're bootstrapping, pitching to angels or eyeing a Series A, this webinar will walk you through the essential legal, strategic and practical steps to fund your startup the right way. Led by Michael Buckworth, founder of Buckworths, the only law firm in the UK working exclusively with startups and high-growth businesses.

🔎What’s in Store for You?

• Funding Demystified: Get a clear breakdown of how startup funding works from your first pound to multi-million-pound rounds.
• Know Your Options: Explore key funding types: equity, debt, convertible loans, crowdfunding, grants and when to use each.

📕Funding Rounds Explained
Understand every stage:

• Pre-seed
• Seed
• Series A and beyond
• How to Prepare for Investment

Get investor-ready with:

• Cap tables
• Data rooms
• Valuation tips
• Legal documents (SAFE, term sheets, subscription & shareholder agreements)
• Equity vs. Debt

💸Who’s Writing the Cheques?
Navigate the investor ecosystem:

• Angel investors
• VC firms
• Accelerators
• Family offices
• Avoid the Legal Traps

Get Inside the Deal. Understand how investment deals are structured:

• Warranties & due diligence
• Investor rights
• Board structure
• Drag-along and tag-along clauses
• Bonus: Grants & Crowdfunding

☝️Q&A with Michael Buckworth
Bring your questions! This is your chance to ask the UK’s top startup solicitor anything about fundraising, documents and investors.

You believe in your business. You're ready to raise funding. But how do you get investors to believe in you?

🚀Investor Ready: This free webinar is designed to help you master the art of pitching, stand out from the crowd and speak directly to what investors want to hear whether you’re raising your first round or gearing up for Series A.

This practical and informative event will cover the investment process, explain what investors are really looking for, and provide clarity on SEIS and EIS tax reliefs, one of the most powerful tools available to UK startups raising capital.

💰What You’ll Learn

Sources of Funding for Startups
We’ll explore the main sources of funding available to startups and growing businesses, including angel investors, SEIS and EIS investment, early-stage funds and private investment. You’ll learn when each option is most appropriate and how founders should think strategically about funding stages.

Tax Reliefs for Angel Investors
Understand why SEIS and EIS are so attractive to angel investors, how tax reliefs reduce investor risk and how founders can use this knowledge when engaging with potential investors.

SEIS and EIS Explained Clearly
Learn how the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) work, why they matter to investors and how they can significantly improve your chances of raising funding.

We’ll cover:

• Company eligibility requirements
• Investor qualification rules
• Timing and advance assurance
• Common pitfalls that delay or prevent approval
• How to prepare properly before approaching investors
• How to engage with investors

🔢Getting the Maths Right
We’ll explain the importance of valuations, dilution, investment structure and financial assumptions, helping founders understand the numbers behind a funding round and avoid issues later.

⚡️Top 3 Mistakes Founders Make When Raising Investment
Learn from real-world experience as we highlight the most common mistakes founders make when raising investment and how to avoid them.

📄Investment Documents and Deal Readiness
Understand the key legal documents involved in raising investment, why they matter, and how early decisions can impact future funding rounds.

💬Live Q&A with an Expert
The session will conclude with a Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask practical questions relevant to your own business and funding plans.

🎯Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for:

• Startup founders and co-founders
• Early-stage and scaleup businesses
• Entrepreneurs planning to raise investment
• Business owners who want to understand SEIS and EIS before speaking to investors
• No prior fundraising experience is required

Unlock strategies and tools to make your startup irresistible to acquirers
Ready to sell your startup and get the best deal possible without the usual legal headaches?

Selling your company can feel overwhelming: finding the right buyer, navigating complex negotiations and managing high legal fees. In this free live webinar, Michael Buckworth, founder of Buckworths, will show you exactly how to make your startup more acquirable and close your exit faster.

In this session, we’ll cover:
- How to get exit-ready and clean up your cap table
- How to present your terms confidently with Heads of Terms
- How to make due diligence simple and secure for buyers
- How to list your business anonymously and find serious buyers
- How to close deals faster with legal documents
- Common pitfalls that slow down exits and how to avoid them
- Plus, get a practical overview of the process from preparing your company, finding buyers, negotiating and completing the legal steps to close your deal efficiently.

Who should attend?
- Founders planning or preparing to sell their startup
- Entrepreneurs who want to understand what buyers are really looking for
- Startups seeking a faster, cheaper and simpler exit
- Anyone interested in making their business more attractive to investors and acquirers

Why attend?
Because buyers ask one question first:
“Is this startup ready for a smooth exit?”
If you can’t answer confidently, this is the event for you.