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Investment Readiness

Strengthen your growth plans and prepare to pursue suitable funding.

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Is Investment readiness right for you?

Investment Readiness is for ventures with a working product or service and evidence of customer demand, or tested technology with feedback from potential customers. Strengthen your growth or commercialisation plans, financial planning and readiness to pursue suitable funding

What you will work on

  • Review customer evidence and strengthen your growth or commercialisation plans.
  • Refine your business model, pricing and route to market.
  • Develop financial forecasts and clarify your funding needs.
  • Prepare your pitch and supporting materials for suitable funding opportunities.
How the programme works

  • Self-paced learning with practical tasks applied to your venture.
  • Monthly group coaching and peer sessions.
  • About 4–5 hours of participation each week.
  • Programme runs from December to May.
  • Free participation. No equity taken.

Main application window: 1 October–15 November 2026. 

Later applications may be considered if places and coaching capacity remain and you can complete the programme by May 2027

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Your investment readiness journey

Work through self-paced materials and practical tasks to strengthen your growth or commercialisation plan, financial forecasts and funding preparation. Review your progress through monthly group coaching and peer sessions.

1. Review your starting point
Review customer evidence, business model, readiness gaps and your learning priorities.
2. Strengthen your growth plan
Refine your target market, value proposition and route to growth or commercialisation
3. Develop your financial plan
Build revenue, cost and cash-flow forecasts. Test the assumptions behind your figures.
4. Explore suitable funding
Clarify funding needs and assess suitable investors, grants or other funding sources.
5. Prepare your pitch
Prepare a clear pitch on your venture, customer evidence and funding needs.
6. Review and plan ahead
Review your readiness, address gaps and plan your next steps towards funding.
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This suggested schedule provides a monthly focus for your self-paced work. Activities may overlap, and you can revisit earlier steps as you learn. Use monthly group coaching and peer sessions to review your progress and decide what to work on next. Selected best-performing teams may pitch at Demo Day in June 2027.

Support for your progress

Practical learning, group coaching and shared experience to help you move your venture forward.

Self-paced learning

Work through course materials and practical tasks at your own pace. Apply what you learn directly to your venture.

Monthly group coaching

Discuss your challenges, review your progress and identify practical next steps during group coaching sessions.

Peer learning

Exchange feedback, share experiences and learn from other founders as you work on your ventures.

Who should apply?

We welcome founders and startup teams from any sector. Solo founders and teams without a registered company can apply.

1. Preferably in Albania

Your venture or startup team is preferably based in Albania.

2. A working solution

You have a working product or service with evidence of demand, or tested technology with feedback from potential customers.

3. Decision-making role

Participation is led by an active founder or authorised decision-maker who can implement business decisions.

4. Time to participate

You can commit about 4–5 hours a week to learning, practical tasks, group coaching and peer sessions.

5. Ready to learn and apply

You are willing to review your plans, test assumptions and use feedback to strengthen your venture.

6. Comfortable in English

You can follow course materials and participate in group discussions in English.