Investment ready
Investment readiness for creative businesses
Investors back businesses whose numbers hold up under questioning. We make sure yours do before anyone asks.
Investment ready services for creatives
WallsMan Creative prepares UK creative businesses to raise investment. We build financial forecasts and investor packs, secure SEIS and EIS advance assurance from HMRC, advise on share structure and valuation, and handle the compliance that follows a round. We work with founders raising from angels, funds, and sector-specific creative investors.
We help our clients maximise the chances of securing investment in various ways:
- SEIS and EIS advance assurance
- Detailed forecast and scenario analysis
- Share structure advice
- Business valuations
- Shareholder agreement advice
Investment packs →
Investment packs are for your business, so that when an investor asks for something, you already have everything in one place!
Advance assurance →
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) are great ways to make your business an even more appealing investment as they offer great tax benefits to those investing in you. We can manage this process and apply for advance assurance from HMRC.
All investors will want to know how the company is expected to perform in the company year and how that performance could be impacted by different things. Our business consultants can create all the relevant forecasts and cash flow projections that would be expected or desired.
Business valuations are required for an investor to know how much they should be investing or what their investment amount will buy them.
Who is investment-readiness for & how much does it cost?
Fixed fee per piece of work, agreed before we start.
- Readiness review:Â a defined scope, usually the cheapest useful thing to buy first
- Advance assurance application:Â fixed fee, including the supporting narrative and forecast
- Financial forecast:Â priced on complexity and the number of revenue lines
- Investment pack:Â fixed fee, cheaper if we’ve already built the forecast
- Post-round compliance:Â fixed fee per round
Raising money is expensive and slow.
We’d rather tell you in week one that you’re not ready than take a fee for preparing documents that won’t hold up.
Creative startups raising a first round: SEIS territory, usually. Advance assurance is what makes you investable to angels who want the relief.
Growing studios and platforms raising to scale:Â EIS, a proper forecast, a data room that doesn’t fall apart in due diligence.
Founders who aren’t raising yet but want the structure right now rather than fixing it under time pressure later. This is the cheapest point to do it.
Frequently Asked Questions about investment ready services
Being investment ready means your financials, forecasts, structure, and documentation are organised and credible so that investors can confidently assess and fund your business.
Investors and lenders expect clean accounts, clear growth plans, realistic forecasts, and well-structured equity – being investment ready increases your chances of funding success.
We review your accounts, build forecasts, refine your business plan, align your share structure, prepare pitch financials, and help present your business clearly to investors.
We assist with financial models, valuation summaries, investor decks, cashflow forecasts, and other documentation investors expect to see.
We benchmark your financial history, forecast performance, test assumptions, and simulate investor due diligence to identify gaps and improvements.
Timing varies by complexity, but most engagements run from a few weeks to a couple of months, depending on your starting point and investor requirements.
We typically ask for recent accounts, management reports, current forecasts, contracts, pricing strategies, and your high-level investment goals.
Of course. You can always request meetings with us, and we adjust plans based on your feedback.