Seeking out investors may seem like a daunting journey, but it isn’t once you take the right steps.
In this session, Co-founder of StartEd Ash Kaluarachchi will break down the process of fundraising and provide you with a step by step guide.
You will learn core skills including:
building a prospect pipeline of investors
making use of your network efficiently
the art of approach investors
Please answer this question before the workshop:
What Do Fishing and Fundraising Have in Common?
About the speaker:
Ash Kaluarachchi has directly advised and built partnerships for *10,000+ founders, educators, and investors* solving problems in education innovation.
As an advocate for entrepreneurs he has advised, launched and operated multiple edtech accelerators, including for Techstars, the #1 startup accelerator and mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund in the world.
He is Co-founder at StartEd (www.started.com), which enables investment, intensive mentorship, via the world’s strongest network of mentors and investors in education innovation and Producer of NY EDTECH WEEK (www.nyedtechweek.com), a global education innovation festival hosted by NYU for global education leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and educations.
He was voted one of Top 100 Influencers in Education Technology by Edtech Digest.
Ash has an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and economics from Grinnell University.