Testimonials
The Emergence 24 conference in Sydney was another great Wholesale Investor conference. There was a great turnout to see an extensive lineup of presenters - both keynote and company. The exhibition area was busy with numerous prospective investors stopping at each exhibitor stand. In summary, very good value for money!
Arthur Naoumidis
Aligned Disability Investments
Wholesale Investor events continue to deliver excellent expertise, investors, and target companies into a single-day conference format. A highly recommended time investment.
Richard Rendell
CEO, Biosignals Diagnostics
I went to Emergence in March and we successfully found investors there. For me, it was primarily to drive investment into the business, but also importantly to meet other founders who have been on the same journey and to improve my network to other tech startups and other companies to see what they are doing.
Roseanna Jaggard
CEO, DocComs UK
Thanks Wholesale Investor your platform has been excellent at connecting us with investors all around the world in previous rounds and that is why we are back again. Raising capital for your vision is really hard, it takes time, patience, skill and most importantly lots of GRIT, but the journey is always easier when you partner with others who want to see you succeed. I personally believe why we have been successful to date in raising capital on Wl is, because it is a partnership and Steve and his team are great partners of DIT.
Mark Peart
CEO & Founder, DIT AgTech
Wholesale investor is more than a “dating agency” between founders and investors, as a lot of the VC scene presents itself to be. WI’s genuine information-based approach lends a lot of credibility to the industry and is the way of the future.
John Hookway
MedicSignal
I’ve been following Wholesale Investor for a very long time, almost from the beginning when Steve Torso founded it with a simple newsletter and investor showcase format. Right from the start WI focused on bringing innovative projects to investors, the types of credible, early stage opportunities I never found elsewhere. As an investor and as a financial services professional the WI events were always worthwhile and brilliant for networking.
Remember you’re starting a relationship similar to selling products or services. Investors might not take up your current round but could do on subsequent offers.
We used Wholesale investor to raise a pre-IPO round for a company I was on the board of. It was wonderful for lead gen for us to follow up. We exceeded the amount we set out to raise.
Assume that the person you're talking to is very busy and is only going to glance at your proposition: so get the key messages across quickly: what do you do, why is that going to win, and who are you?
I have participated in a number of in person and web events and find them a good opportunity to link up with other like minded people. Visibility of a range of opportunities across a numbers of echo systems has been revealing. The platform with its detailed information on the opportunity is good starting point for assessing interest in a particular opportunity.
Do your homework properly, The platform profiles many opportunities and only the most compelling ones will succeed in attracting investments. Ensure that opportunities are backed by respectable market research on value propositions and market uptake for the opportunity being presented.
It has been good to meet several wonderful CEOs and Founders through WI. Most of the network is enthusiastic to learn and extend their business opportunity set. WI has allowed us to meet new companies and meet people that have strong business leadership.
WI has a terrific eco-system of people, advisers and investors. They key to gaining the most from the network is to be articulate and clear on your needs especially if you are capital raising. Be honest and authentic. Also, be prepared to ask for specific help with capital providers and this can vary from customer introductions or assisting with formulating a Board. Don’t seek capital alone. Seek capital and get the investor working alongside you.
Rajeev Gupta
Alium Capital