About Seed Forum Academy
Seed Forum Academy is the competence center of Seed Forum with world leading competence in “investor readiness”. Since 2013 Seed Forum Academy is based in London as a separate entity in the Seed Forum
Seed Forum Academy is the competence center of Seed Forum with world leading competence in “investor readiness”. Since 2013 Seed Forum Academy is based in London as a separate entity in the Seed Forum
world doing investor readiness training and research. Investor readiness training is based on Theory Books, e-learning, pitch trainings for companies and investor readiness trainings for Business Angels.
The Seed Forum book “how to pitch investors in 7 min” is released spring 2013 in English and Norwegian and includes the aspect of investor readiness competence to develop a 7 min investor pitch and to secure the investor readiness of the content of the pitch as well as the long-term strategy for private equity investments in a company. The Seed Forum book about “local business cultures” in many of the countries where Seed Forum has activities will be released spring 2014, and the book “The History of Seed Forum – an entrepreneurial adventure” will be released spring 2015. Please send an e-mail to seedforum@seedforum.org if you want to buy the book “How to pitch investors in 7 min”. The price is EUR 49 ex VAT / NOK 395 incl. VAT. Please specify if you want the book in English or Norwegian.
Seed Forum e-learning is released spring 2013 in English and empathizes on preparing the necessary documentation for investor pitching such as the investor presentation for a 7 min pitch on power point slides, Investment Memorandum and Investment Proposal and documentation according to request lists for due diligence.
Please send an e-mail to seedforum@seedforum.org if you want to buy the Seed Forum e-learning tool for investor documentation. The price is EUR 249 ex VAT / NOK 1990 + VAT.
The Seed Forum pitch training camp is obligatory for all companies which has been nominated and want to be further selected to present in Seed Forum. The pitch training includes an intensive program focusing on presentation skills, investor readiness and long-term preparation to build a growth company.
The pitch training camps are conducted on 3 levels. The “basic” level and the “born global” level includes a 12 hour program in one day. The Basic training is conducted for local Seed Forum processes but also on a national level in some emerging markets. The Born Global trainings are preparing companies to further present in International Seed Forums.
The deliverables from the pitch training camps is a 7 minutes investor pitch and a 30 seconds investor power pitch. All companies must prepare a power point-slides draft investor presentation IN ENGLISH before they arrive in the pitch training camp, and the draft presentation slides should be brought to the pitch training on a memory-stick or on your lap-top. We advise everybody to bring a lap-top to be able to do corrections in the presentation-slides during the pitch training camp. For those of you who would need accommodation at the pitch training we would recommend you to visit www.booking.com
The Seed Forum “pitch boot camp” is a 4 day intensive training session, and is conducted on various global Seed Forum destinations every 6th month from 2013 for companies presenting in Global Seed Forums in San Francisco, New York City and London.
The deliverables from the Seed Forum Pitch Boot Camp is the same as from the Basic and Born Global pitch training and additionally all investor documentation required for the companies as well as a valuation of the company.
The obligatory last minute brief for the pitching companies in Seed Forum is conducted in each forum destination the evening before Seed Forum from 6 pm until 9 pm. The main scope of the audition is to run through the 7 min and the 30 sec investor presentations before the forum the next day with a possibility for corrections. The last minute brief also includes a run-through of the list of registered investors for Seed Forum the next day, to run through all important practicalities for the forum and a lecture about the local business culture and innovation system in the respective country. The last minute brief is hosted in the venue for Seed Forum or in a venue of one of the local partners of Seed Forum.
The round-up session for the pitching companies in Seed Forum is conducted the morning after Seed Forum from 9 am to 11 am to secure and agree on the follow-up strategies of the investor leads from Seed Forum. The round-up session is not obligatory but a very important exercise for the pitching companies. The round-up session is hosted in the venue of one of the local partners of Seed Forum
Our team would highly recommend Seed Forum not only as a place to get investments but also as a place to gain world class pitch training experience. Seed forum is a great place to establish high end valued network between investors, mentors and significant growth potential having companies.Special attribute about this organization is that once you in, you are capable to participate in every Seed Forum event around the world, at the same time improving your pitching skill, growing your business network, getting valuable feedbacks and comments on your business from the best out of the best business people in the world.
Thank you for amazing experience and looking forward to be a part of future Seed Forum events!