Corrine Thompson, founder and CEO of eCap Financial, shares her insights on fundraising, equity raising, and the importance of financial due diligence. She discusses her career journey from KPMG to establishing her consultancy, emphasizing the significance of understanding both equity and debt financing for C-suite executives. Corrine elaborates on the types of clients she works with, the qualities she looks for in founders, and the critical stages involved in the fundraising process. In this conversation, Corinne Thompson discusses the intricacies of fundraising for startups, emphasizing the importance of a well-structured data room, common pitfalls in financial modeling, and the critical nature of team alignment during the fundraising process. She also shares insights on current market trends in venture capital and the necessity for deep tech funding. Corinne explains her motivation for creating a course aimed at empowering founders with practical knowledge and strategies for successful fundraising, reiterating that fundraising should be approached as a sales process.
Corinne is the founder and CEO of ECAP financial, a boutique fundraising & M&A consultancy. Formerly of KPMG, Corinne works with funds providing financial due diligence services, and companies to help them raise financing; she operates as a fractional CFO, getting companies’ financials, data room and investor presentations ready for investment. She predominantly works with both deep tech companies, and companies in the B2B SaaS space.
She has just launched a new course, Fundraising 101 on Teachable. Corinne’s website is here.
A link to her course is here.
