Cornerstone 2.0

Cornerstone Partners is the first Angel Investor Network exclusively focused on investing in UK based black-owned businesses. Cornerstone: 2.0 is a brand new nine-week program for 25 Black-only businesses to significantly grow their network of investors, expand their business operations and absorb cutting-edge knowledge over a period of 9-weeks.   

Cornerstone 2.0 will run at the prestigious Level39 in Canary Wharf with sweeping views of London and will be the UK’s first scale-up program designed exclusively for emerging businesses run by black founders aiming to catapult their ventures to the next level of growth. We’re making history.   

Delivered over 9 weeks, Cornerstone 2.0 combines advanced business training from serial entrepreneurs and renowned speakers, expert support and coaching to help growth-stage ventures accelerate their success. Cornerstone Partners have invested over £250,000 within the last year into private black-owned and are specifically looking for black ventures which are SEIS/EIS qualified that require under £100K to grow within the next 12 months.    

Two hours of networking coaching, mentoring, advice in-person, each week in the evening for 9 weeks culminating in a final pitch day (demo day) is what it takes.  If you are successful in being invited onto the program, you will be asked to pay an administration cost of £199. This money is used to ensure the program is coordinated well and the participants remain committed. That's an average of £12.45 an hour contribution to accelerating your business' success.

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💭Who is it for?💭

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Cornerstone: 2.0 is best suited to growing UK based ventures less than 7 years old or SEIS/EIS qualified, who have an annual turnover of approximately £50K+, have 2 or more members of staff and are seeking equity investment or loan finance in the next 6-12 months.

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💭What's involved?💭

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👉Nine-week structured learning plan

👉Group and one-to-one expert coaching sessions

👉Access to funding networks & community of ambitious founders

👉Complete the program for a chance to secure investment from Cornerstone Partners

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💭Topics Covered💭

👉How to hire good people

👉How to identify and influence your value drivers

👉How to model and manage your cashflow

👉How to build a sales team

👉How to get a return on your marketing spend

👉How to scale your operations

👉The role of legal, accounting and corporate finance

👉How to raise capital