Beyond Your Backyard: How to Raise Early-Stage Capital Outside Your Home Market

How to Raise Early-Stage Capital Outside Your Home Market The right investor may not live in your city, province, or even your country! For founders building in smaller and more remote markets, raising capital always means developing relationships well beyond home. Blindly sending pitch decks will rarely get you the traction you hope for. We will begin with an informal 15-minute roundtable featuring entrepreneurs who have pursued investors and opportunities outside their home markets. They will share what helped them open doors, what proved harder than expected, and what they learned about building credibility and kinship across borders. The conversation will be followed by a practical 45-minute workshop with Ceara Crawford, CEO of Yukon Venture Angels. Drawing on YVA’s experience connecting northern companies with investors across Canada, Ceara will help founders begin mapping their own angel path. Participants will consider what funding opportunities may exist for them beyond their backyard, and develop a strategy to get started. This session is for entrepreneurs who know their next investor may be somewhere else and want a clearer route to finding them - and for investors wanting to share what works and scope some early stafe companies!