Education & training
for organisations
Supporting founders seeking alternative routes to funding.
An educational funding platform with a difference.
Considered Capital is a platform for organisations seeking alternative funding. We simplify and speed up the journey to finding and accessing the right funding fit through courses, community and content.
Workshops, private classes & custom education content are available to support your organisation.
We're trusted to support and work with foundations, non-profits and governments.
Ready to balance profits and purpose and find all the alternative routes to funding? Let's dive in!
An educational funding platform with a difference.
Considered Capital is a platform for organisations seeking alternative funding. We simplify and speed up the journey to finding and accessing the right funding fit through courses, community and content. We're trusted to support and work with foundations, non-profits and governments.
Who is this for?
Entrepreneurial support organisations
We provide support to any organisations or funders that want to bring alternative funding content into their programmes or events to help startups get investment ready.
Organisations, teams and employees
We teach our public courses to private groups for a team-based learning experience that's tailored to you. Whether you're a startup, a non-profit or an established business, we're here to support your next steps.
Investors, funders and wealth advisors
We source, train and connect you to a pipeline of inspiring founders raising alternative funding. We also draw on insights from our community to help you create non-extractive funding practices, with inclusive, values-aligned & founder-centred terms.
Who is this for?
Meet Esme Verity
Esme Verity is the founder of Considered Capital. She teaches alternative funding and has worked with hundreds of purpose-driven startups, nonprofits and governments to help democratise access to alternative funding sources.
Before founding Considered Capital, Esme was Director of Chapters at Zebras Unite, an international and intersectional hybrid cooperative dedicated to creating new financial instruments for the next economy. She is an active angel investor, and Pioneers Post recently named Esme as one of the Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise.
She regularly runs workshops, speaks at events and joins panel discussions on alternative funding, impact investing, Female Entrepreneurship and more.
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Funding services we provide
We educate people both online and offline across the globe. Take a look at our offerings below and get in touch to discuss working together to bring alternative funding routes to your organisation.
Funding services we provide
We educate people both online and offline across the globe. Take a look at our offerings below and get in touch to discuss working together to bring alternative funding routes to your organisation.
Train the trainers
We teach our flagship programme, the Alternative Funding School, to organisations for a personal, team-based training experience. What you get:
- Participants get access in advance to an online platform with videos, exercises and resources
- 3-4 online interactive live sessions on understanding debt, equity, grants, and innovative finance
- Space within your organisation to dedicate to learning about alternative funding pathways
Case study
Considered Capital delivered a bespoke version of the Alternative Funding School to SweetLivity.
In six weeks, the whole team understood their funding options and could work together to secure funding.
Want to learn more?
Interested in how we could tailor our funding training for your organisation?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
We teach our flagship programme, the Alternative Funding School, to organisations for a personal, team-based training experience. What you get:
- Participants get access in advance to an online platform with videos, exercises and resources
- 3-4 online interactive live sessions on understanding debt, equity, grants, and innovative finance
- Space within your organisation to dedicate to learning about alternative funding pathways
Want to learn more?
Interested in how we could tailor our funding training for your organisation?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Workshop medley
We offer one-hour workshops across six integral funding subjects and deliver them for accelerators & incubators, teams within organisations and at events. You can choose anywhere between one workshop or all six.
Intro to Funding
Taking you through the pros and cons of various funding options and help founders choose the best one for them and their businesses.
We'll cover:
- getting clear on funding goals
- assessing the pros & cons of different funding options
- accessing funding
VC alternatives
Showcasing the best alternatives to VC to help purpose-driven founders find value-aligned funding.
We'll cover:
- defining funding needs and determining the right funding path to take
- raising alternative sources of capital
- preparing for a raise
Governance
Exploring the types of governance structures founders can operate under as they build and grow their businesses.
We’ll cover:
- getting clear on what governance structures exist
- assessing the pros and cons of all the options
- accessing legal support
Equity funding
Learn the basics of equity fundraising - what it is, how it works along with the pros and cons.
We'll cover:
- how equity funding works
- sources of equity funding
- preparing for your raise
Debt funding
Learn the basics of debt fundraising - what it is, how it works along with the pros and cons.
We'll cover:
- how debt funding works
- sources of debt funding
- preparing for the raise
Grant funding
Learn the basics of grant funding- what it is, how it works along with the pros and cons.
We'll cover:
- how grants work
- sources of grant funding
- writing grant applications
Want to learn more?
Interested in bringing specific funding knowledge to your organisation?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Case study - Innovate UK
We offer one-hour workshops across six integral funding subjects and deliver them for accelerators & incubators, teams within organisations and at events. You can choose anywhere between one workshop or all six.
What we did
We ran a panel discussion for 50 brilliant female awardees of the Women in Innovation Award.
The goal of the session was to help these female founders understand VC, if it was a good fit for them and what other alternatives exist at different stages of their funding journey.
What they said
"Esme did a brilliant job during a panel discussion aimed at offering insights into alternative funding routes to our Women in Innovation cohort. Her breadth of knowledge, authenticity, care and passion for the subject offered a truly valuable experience for the women attendees. We totally recommend her and Considered Capital"
- Veronica Frincu, Women in Innovation Award
Want to learn more?
Interested in bringing specific funding knowledge to your organisation?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Case study - Innovate UK
What we did
We ran a panel discussion for 50 brilliant female awardees of the Women in Innovation Award.
The goal of the session was to help these female founders understand VC, if it was a good fit for them and what other alternatives exist at different stages of their funding journey.
What they said
"Esme did a brilliant job during a panel discussion aimed at offering insights into alternative funding routes to our Women in Innovation cohort. Her breadth of knowledge, authenticity, care and passion for the subject offered a truly valuable experience for the women attendees. We totally recommend her and Considered Capital"
- Veronica Frincu, Women in Innovation Award Programme Manager
One-to-one coaching
For anyone taking our workshops or Alternative Funding School for organisations, this one-to-one coaching support with Esme will help individuals find the funding fit for them. During these coaching sessions, participants can ask questions and dig further into specific funding topics.
Want to learn more?
Ready to offer one-to-one coaching support for a founder or employee?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Programme co-creation & delivery
We co-create and deliver programmes within incubators, accelerators, and venture studios to focus on building impact businesses.
Experts at designing funding programmes, we develop concepts and entrepreneurial action plans to suit your strategy.
Our expert team helps to implement funding concepts and future planning across teams or key stakeholders.
Case study:
Safety Tech Academy
Funded by DCMS, Considered Capital worked in partnership with Consequential to design and deliver a pilot Safety Tech Academy with a targeted cohort of earlier-stage businesses. We tested ways to support them in creating good products, building sustainable businesses, and growing the sector and its impact.
Click below to view the report on our methodology and design process.
Want to learn more?
Want to chat about how we could partner to co-create a funding programme?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Programme co-creation & delivery
We co-create and deliver programmes within incubators, accelerators, and venture studios to focus on building impact businesses.
Experts at designing funding programmes, we develop concepts and entrepreneurial action plans to suit your strategy.
Our expert team helps to implement funding concepts and future planning across teams or key stakeholders.
Case study:
Safety Tech Academy
Funded by DCMS, Considered Capital worked in partnership with Consequential to design and deliver a pilot Safety Tech Academy with a targeted cohort of earlier-stage businesses. We tested ways to support them in creating good products, building sustainable businesses, and growing the sector and its impact.
Click below to view the report on our methodology and design process.
Want to learn more?
Want to chat about how we could partner to co-create a funding programme?
Get in touch at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Book a discovery call
If you're not sure where to begin and would like to learn more, then schedule a 15-minute call with Esme to talk through the options available for your organisation or accelerator.
Say hello at workshops@consideredcapital.io
Other ideas?
We'd love to hear from you if you have any other ideas on how you’d like to engage with us. Whether hiring us to deliver programmes, run events, or license our content, we’re open to new and innovative ideas on how to work together to help business owners access alternative funding all over the UK and beyond.
Say hello at workshops@consideredcapital.io
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