Raise Ready - For Investors and VC Firms

For Investors + VC Firms

Your founders can't close.
That's your problem too.

Raise Ready™ is an 8-week accelerator that gets your portfolio companies 50% faster to funding. You sponsor the seat. Your founder closes the round.

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8 weeks

Live cohort program

10 max

Companies per cohort

50% faster

Average time to funding

The problem

A stalled founder is a stalled investment.

You've made the bet. You believe in the company. But the founder can't articulate the story, can't connect with the right investors, and can't translate early traction into a round. Every month that passes costs you -- in time, in portfolio performance, and in LP confidence.

→Founders who've tried to raise and gotten stuck on pitch, story, or investor fit

→Pre-seed and seed companies with product and traction but no clear path to close

→Portfolio companies that need structure, not just encouragement, to get across the line

How it works

You sponsor. They execute. Everyone wins.

Raise Ready is an 8-week live cohort, capped at 10 companies, co-facilitated by Randy Shawn Fisher and Randall Reade. Connected to DC Arch Angels and Built on The CLEAR Method™ -- a structured system for turning stakeholder insight into investor conviction.

You sponsor the seat

$899 upfront per company. You cover it. No barrier to entry for the founder.

The founder does the work

8 weeks of live sessions covering story, investor fit, pitch mechanics, and network activation.

The founder owns the outcome

A success fee of $7,500 - $10,000 is paid by the founder when capital is raised. Not before.

Your portfolio moves

Rounds close faster. Capital is protected. Your fund timeline stays on track.

Fee structure

Skin in the game -- for everyone.

The split is intentional. You pay the upfront because you believe in the company. The founder pays the success fee because they have to earn it. That structure creates commitment on both sides -- which is exactly what closes rounds.

You pay (VC / Investor)

$899

Upfront sponsorship per company. Non-refundable. Due at enrollment.

Founder pays

$7,500 – $10,000

Success fee due only when capital is raised. Structured as warrants + deferred comp.

The success fee is triggered only by a self-reported, measurable outcome documented at enrollment. If the round doesn't close, no success fee is due. You pay $899. That's it.

The math

Run your own numbers.

Adjust the inputs below to reflect your portfolio. See what it costs to protect your capital -- versus what it costs to do nothing.

Portfolio protection calculator

Stalled portfolio companies 4

Avg capital invested per company $500K

Expected success rate from program 50%

Your upfront cost

$3,596

Total capital at risk

$2M

Capital protected

$1M

Return on your $899/seat

278x

Enrolling 4 companies costs you $3,596. At a 50% success rate, you protect $1M in capital. The math is not close.

Why Raise Ready

Most accelerators teach founders to build.
We teach them to raise.

"50% faster to funding is not a promise. It is what happens when founders stop pitching and start connecting."

Raise Ready is co-facilitated by Randy Shawn Fisher and Randall Reade, with direct connections to DC Arch Angels. Cohorts are capped at 10 companies. Every session is live. Every founder leaves with a network, a story, and a system.

Ready to protect your portfolio?

Cohorts are capped at 10 companies. Spots fill fast.
Reach out to discuss enrolling your portfolio companies.