![Fundraising Stories with Female Founders artwork](https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/57/12/15/571215ae-0282-0f7e-663b-269a06c9b8f4/mza_1585068479852435565.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
£1m Raised But We Nearly Lost The Round - Kate Briscoe, Legal Beagles
Fundraising Stories with Female Founders
English - February 01, 2019 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingInvesting Business investment equity finance women entrepreneurs fundraising crowdfunding venture capital angel investment female founder Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Kate Briscoe of Legal Beagles, who spent seven years building her business as a side hustle, before successfully raising £1m from angel investors to fuel the growth of her free legal forum, that has to date helped over 1.7 million consumers. But it nearly didn't happen, when a single angel investor almost scuppered her first external round.
Legal Beagles is a free legal forum that has helped over 1.7 million consumers, and a powerful dataset that is being used to develop artificial intelligence applications for the legal industry.
After seven years of running the business as a side hustle and funding it through donations and the help of a generous patron, Kate went on to secure £1m in funding over two rounds, from angel investors and through an angel syndicate platform.
In this episode, you'll discover...
Strategies on how to step out of your comfort zone, and manage the chaos and stress involved in raising finance.
What to do when your gut feel about an investor is bad, but you’re desperate for the money.
Why being your authentic self is so important in building engagement and connection with potential investors
For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/