Robert Hokin
Fellow @Sustainable Ventures
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Fellow @Sustainable Ventures
Sustainable Ventures is a full-service ecosystem empowering sustainable start-ups to scale through community, investment, innovation, and workspace. I am supporting the program with expertise on the topics of SME fundraising education, venture capital, sustainability, and climate change - especially with respect to Scotland\'s Net Zero economy.
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ABOUT ROBERT HOKIN
Pre-seed Scottish tech founder raising £250K-£1M? Let\'s talk. Investor seeking exceptional Scottish-based tech ventures? I work with founders worth your time. Get in touch. I\'ve spent 30 years inside UK technology investment—sitting on investment committees, structuring rounds, coaching over 500 ventures that collectively raised tens of £$€millions. I\'ve seen what makes investors commit and what quietly kills deals before founders even realize they\'re dead.Most founders fail at fundraising before they send the first email. Not because they lack vision. Not because their product is rubbish. But because they treat fundraising like a mysterious art form when it\'s really a systematic process that can be learned, practiced, and executed. I\'ve seen the patterns: They pitch too early. They chase the wrong funds. They claim \"no competitors\" while ten similar companies are already fundraising. They forget SEIS/EIS status. They have zero idea what their unit economics are.This isn\'t about being \"investment ready\" in some vague sense. It\'s \'fundraising readiness\' and systematic preparation that replaces hope with strategy, process and intelligent workflow.I have been a practitioner in engineering, innovation and private capital for over 30 years. I\'ve founded Fundraising101™ Academy to teach pre-seed tech startups fundraising fundamentals that gives them an edge. Ten structured modules covering everything from investor psychology to term sheet negotiation. Readiness Assessments that identify gaps before you pitch. Pitch deck analysis that doesn\'t pull punches. Investor targeting based on actual portfolio behavior, not vanity lists.I\'m a staight talking Chicagoan, based in Glasgow, deeply embedded in the Scottish startup ecosystem through partnerships with Scottish Enterprise, Scottish EDGE, Sustainable Ventures, British Business Bank, and countless others. I also provide scholarship programs because financial constraints shouldn\'t prevent talented founders from accessing fundraising education.Fundraising has tended to favour the well-connected few. That era is ending.The future belongs to founders who raise with precision, not desperation. Who understand that investors are pattern-matching for scale potential, not betting on personalities. Who approach fundraising as a learnable skill and a process, not a lottery. Let me show you the ropes.
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