Financial services regulatory and transactional lawyer turned entrepreneur Tariq Khan discusses his experiences as a founding partner of Outrun Ventures, Techstars mentor, much sought-after start-up advisor and angel investor.

With insight across all parts of the fundraising ecosystem, Tariq discusses how companies can make the life of an investor easier during the fundraising process, how investors can really add value to their companies by being part of the journey and how his investment thesis centres on finding businesses that make money, but that have a net positive social impact.

What’s the best way a company can reach out to an investor? Does LinkedIn work for finding investors? What’s key to making the fundraising run smoothly? What could cause unease for an investor? Listen to this fundraising edition of Shieldcast to find out.

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In this very special inaugural episode of Shieldcast, Geoff Dunnett, Professional Services Director at Shieldpay, discusses fundraising for businesses with Peter Janes.

Fundraising is nothing new to Shieldpay’s Founder and CEO, Peter Janes. Now with eight funding rounds and three startups to his name including an exit with The Post Network and some lessons learnt with Shopa, Peter talks through his own experiences and offers some valuable insights into the fundamentals of successfully fundraising for a business. 

Peter discusses the processes he has adopted, the types of investors businesses now have access to and his source of greatest learning.

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