For your next raise,
not your first.
One free, live, global build day with the operators, investors and family offices behind serious raises. You won't leave with a notebook of ideas. You'll leave with your raise built: proposition sharpened, investor targets mapped, momentum plan live, and your Capital Readiness Score in hand.
No new software required. Bring the AI and tools you already use.
Host: Steve Torso
No pitch competitions.
No demo days.
No theory.
You have raised before, or you have watched a raise go sideways from the inside. You do not need another masterclass on what a cap table is.
This is a build day. Every session ends with something made, not something noted. By the close you will have run your raise the way disciplined operators run one: systematically, with signal instead of guesswork.
The whole day runs on the Capital Engagement System, the method we have refined across 17 years and 1,500+ raises. You will execute it live.
Summit agenda
Morning. The system. The Capital Engagement System end to end, then your narrative rebuilt with evidence discipline.
Mid-morning. Family office keynote. How a family office actually allocates, in its own words.
Midday. The build begins. Target investor mapping and your raise brief.
After lunch. Founder panel. Operators who have raised, on what they would never do again.
Afternoon. The 90-minute live build block. Protected. You build your raise with the method, your tools and our team in the room.
Late afternoon. Engagement and signal. Follow-up systems and reading investor intent.
Leave with it built.
The one-page brief that forces the decisions investors will force on you.
Rebuilt from claims to evidence. No invented traction.
Who leads, who follows, who completes - matched to your stage.
Sequences in your voice, ready to send from your own inbox.
So the raise runs on signal, not anxiety.
The exact AI prompts we use, with evidence guardrails built in.
Proof from past attendees.
"EYE OPENING! All speakers are so generous in sharing"
"Drinking from a firehose - tons of amazing content"
"I would say it's one of the best events I've ever been to, to be quite honest."
"I think that's great advice from people that are out there doing it every day."
"Those events are fantastic at bringing out, really incredible people with fantastic experience. So make sure you make the most of that time and be curious..."
"EYE OPENING! All speakers are so generous in sharing"
Claim your seat.
Free. Live and global. 48-hour replay included. Upgrade to VIP any time before the day.
Built for operators
of substance.
Exited before, raising again - systematic this time.
Brought in to lead the company and the raise.
Revenue or hard proof, often a round behind you.
Raising from LPs where consistency decides the outcome.
The capital nobody teaches you to raise.
Everyone teaches the VC round. Almost no round is VC alone.
The VC playbook is everywhere. What nobody teaches is the capital that actually completes most rounds: high-net-worth investors and family offices. They lead before the VCs arrive. They finish the rounds VC money starts but doesn't complete. And they back you again on the next one, if you know how to keep them close.
That's the method this day installs, drawn from seventeen years and 1,500+ raises across the Wholesale Investor network of 45,000+ HNW, professional and family office investors. Bring the VC round you're planning. Leave knowing how to fund the whole thing.
They lead before the VCs arrive.
They complete the rounds VC money starts.
They stay for the next one.
Three ways in.
- ✓Two VIP seats on one pass: bring the person you share the raise with
- ✓Small-group working clinic on your materials during the build
- ✓Guaranteed 24-hour review: scored against the 100-point readiness framework, with your top five fixes
- ✓VIP-only Q&A with the founder panel and family office guest
- ✓12-month replay access and the complete summit toolkit
- ✓Priority access to VVIP and post-summit clinics
- ✓Everything in VIP
- ✓Private 45-min session with Steve
- ✓Written session summary
- ✓100% credited toward eligible package
Upgrade any time before the day.
Terms: all prices in Australian dollars. VVIP sessions are allocated in order of application and capped at twenty. The VVIP credit applies in full against an eligible Raise Ready Pack or Raise Season Package purchased within 30 days of your session. No software purchase is required to attend or to build: bring the AI and tools you already use.
Steve Torso
Co-founder & CEO · Wholesale Investor & CapitalHQ
For 17 years Steve has run one of the region's largest private capital platforms - 1,500+ companies presented to 45,000+ HNW, professional and family office investors across Australia, Singapore and the UK.
Straight answers.
Is this really free?+
Yes. General registration is free and includes the full live day and a 48-hour replay. VIP and VVIP exist for people who want more depth.
I have not raised before. Should I attend?+
You're welcome. The material assumes operating experience. Your readiness score routes you to the right starting point.
Do I need to buy software?+
No. Bring the AI and tools you already use. Everything we build works with what's on your laptop.
Will I pitch anyone on the day?+
No. No pitch competitions, no demo days. This is a build day, not a stage.
Is this financial advice?+
No. The day is educational and does not constitute financial advice.
What if I can't attend live?+
Register anyway. General includes 48 hours of replay, VIP includes 12 months.
I'm an investor. Anything here for me?+
The day is built for operators raising capital. If you back founders, send them.
What time zones does it run in?+
Live from 8:30am AEST - morning in Singapore, evening prior in the UK and US.