What Actually Closed Our $3M+ Rounds

What does it take to actually close a $3M+ round?
Hear from founders who recently raised multi-million-pound rounds, as they share what actually helped them get funded – from investor conversations and fundraising strategy to momentum, positioning, and the mistakes they’d avoid next time.
Key takeaways
What actually convinced investors during the raise
How they built momentum and created investor urgency
The fundraising mistakes they’d avoid next time
Lessons from diligence, term sheets, and closing
Honest insight into the emotional side of fundraising
A room full of ambitious founders and operators
What to expect
Raising a multi-million round has never been more competitive.
Investors are seeing more pitches than ever, founders are expected to show stronger traction earlier, and standing out takes more than a polished deck.
In this candid founder panel, we’ll hear from three founders who recently closed $3M+ rounds and get into the reality of how the process actually unfolded – what worked, what surprised them, what nearly derailed the raise, and what they’d do differently next time.
This won’t be generic startup advice or recycled fundraising threads. Expect practical lessons, honest stories, and tactical insight from founders who’ve recently been through it themselves.
Agenda
5:30pm - Doors open for welcome drinks 
6:00pm - Startup founder panel
6:45pm - Q&A 
7:00pm - Drinks & nibbles 
8:00pm - Close
Speakers
Gautham Senthilnathan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Calibre, the AI infrastructure for the $200B Testing, Inspection, and Certification industry. Calibre has recently raised $3.3M pre-seed, led by Vicus Ventures and CIV.
Duarte Garrido is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of DOJO AI, the Intelligent Marketing System that unifies all your marketing data under a single intelligence layer. DOJO AI has recently raised $6M in Seed funding led by Armilar.
Paul Price is the Founder of CodeWall, building autonomous offensive security agents for the AI era. CodeWall has recently raised REDACTED funding led by REDACTED.
Jocelyn D'Arcy is the Founder & CEO of Poindexter Labs, the smart way to build knowledge for the most advanced AI models. Poindexter Labs has recently raised £2M in Seed funding led by Episode 1 Ventures.
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