Your Foundations for Fundraising Success

Your Foundations for Fundraising Success

At Future Standard we’ve created the Frictionless Data Room Training Program so you can be 100% sure that you're ready to raise.

Check out our handbook below to see how we do it.

At Future Standard we’ve created the Frictionless Data Room Training Program so you can be 100% sure that you're ready to raise.

Check out our handbook below to see how we do it.

We're trusted by Canadian companies run by awesome people

We're trusted by Canadian companies run by awesome people

your pitch is only the first step

your pitch is only the first step

Having an investor-ready pitch is really only the first 10% of the fundraising process.

There's another 90% of the work that comes after the pitch: meetings, negotiations, due diligence, more pitches, and lots and lots of emails.

To stay in your power, and to do this successfully, you need a data room.

Having an investor-ready pitch is really only the first 10% of the fundraising process.

There's another 90% of the work that comes after the pitch: meetings, negotiations, due diligence, more pitches, and lots and lots of emails.

To stay in your power, and to do this successfully, you need a data room.

You've probably tried to create a data room, but struggleD because:

You've probably tried to create a data room, but struggleD because:

There's no examples

Data rooms are confidential so you won't find someone posting theirs online.

Data rooms are confidential so you won't find someone posting theirs online.

There's no programming

Many programs end at a capstone pitch, not the rest of the work that comes after.

Many programs end at a capstone pitch, not the rest of the work that comes after.

And there's no feedback

Without global feedback, you'll never know if you got it right.

Without global feedback, you'll never know if you got it right.

That's why WE created the:

Frictionless Data Room Training Program

Frictionless Data Room Training Program

Unlock your ability to raise money with our 6-week, 1-on-1 training program, or do it yourself on-demand.

Unlock your ability to raise money with our 6-week, 1-on-1 training program, or do it yourself on-demand.

This isn't just document prep— this is true investor-readiness

This isn't just document prep— this is true investor-readiness

1) Understand how to successfully fundraise

1) Understand how to successfully fundraise

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Learn exactly what goes inside your data room and why it matters.

Learn exactly what goes inside your data room and why it matters.

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Put together a plan for running a successful fundraising process.

Put together a plan for running a successful fundraising process.

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Get an insider's look at how the business of startups really works.

Get an insider's look at how the business of startups really works.

2) Turn overwhelm into confidence

2) Turn overwhelm into confidence

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Stay cool when info's flying and many conversations are happening all at once.

Stay cool when info's flying and many conversations are happening all at once.

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Be ready to answer everyone's toughest questions and back up what you say.

Be ready to answer everyone's toughest questions and back up what you say.

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Inspire confidence in your counterparty by moving quickly through diligence with them.

Inspire confidence in your counterparty by moving quickly through diligence with them.

3) Become the authority

3) Become the authority

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Know you're ready for your most important conversations.

Know you're ready for your most important conversations.

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Stay in your own power no matter who's across the table.

Stay in your own power no matter who's across the table.

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Enjoy hearing investors say, damn, that's good.

Enjoy hearing investors say, damn, that's good.

WE TAKE A FOUNDER-FIRST APPROACH TO EVERYTHING WE DO

We've got a 6-week process that makes your data room prep easy

We've got a 6-week process that makes your data room prep easy

Weeks 1 - 2

Define your investable business opportunity

Define your investable business opportunity

There are products, there are startups, and then there’s what you need to raise—an investable business opportunity.

We'll begin by gathering all your most compelling, colorful, vigorous, hard-won information and turning it into the story you’re about to sell. We'll help you prioritize what to say, and make sure you’re saying the right things.

Weeks 3 - 5

Build your data room

Build your data room

Time to package your investable business opportunity in a data room, following the process we’ve developed after working with +20 startups to help raise over $13M.

We’ll help you understand how to complete all the product, team, market, business, finance, and legal files, and make sure all documents follow the principles of a successful fundraise.

Plus, you’ll get license to the full Oyster Tech data room to use as a template set and an illustrative guide of what matters most to investors.

Week 6

Running your fundraising process

Running your fundraising process

Last thing is to get you to where you know you are 100% ready to go out and fundraise successfully.

That means sharing with you all we know about the art of raising money: how to run a fundraising process, how to come up with your terms, how to nail your diligence, how to pitch clearly, and we'll come up with a plan to raise a capital stack that dilutes you least.

We help seed-stage founders get their Data Room done right

We help seed-stage founders get their Data Room done right

excellent preparation sets you apart

excellent preparation sets you apart

You want to put something in front of investors that’s such high quality they have no choice but to seriously consider investing in you.

That's why you'll get a perpetual license to the complete Oyster Tech data room. A data room we created for a fictitious company that we keep always up-to-date, compiled from the very best of our hard-won fundraising experiences, and reviewed by Canadian investors.

Here's some of the highlights of what we'll build together:

Comprehensive index

Comprehensive index

Executive summary

Executive summary

Investment memo

Investment memo

Scale-up plans

Scale-up plans

Product roadmap

Product roadmap

Technology appendix

Technology appendix

Hiring plan and org chart

Hiring plan and org chart

Competitive landscape

Competitive landscape

Market size analysis

Market size analysis

Go-to-market strategy

Go-to-market strategy

Sales pipeline

Sales pipeline

Cash flow model or operating budget

Cash flow model or operating budget

Cap table and other legal docs

Cap table and other legal docs

Here's our approach to make sure you get this done right

Here's our approach to make sure you get this done right

6-week training program and accountability

6-week training program and accountability

Live, private, 2-hour weekly training sessions

Live, private, 2-hour weekly training sessions

Done-with-you working and learning sessions

Done-with-you working and learning sessions

Bring up to 2 team members

Bring up to 2 team members

Getting a process to follow with your team saves 50% of your time

Getting a process to follow with your team saves 50% of your time

Expect 1-2 days of self-paced work each week

Expect 1-2 days of self-paced work each week

License to the complete Oyster Tech data room

License to the complete Oyster Tech data room

Get a final review with the feedback you wished investors gave

Get a final review with the feedback you wished investors gave

Plan for a capital stack that dilutes you least and meets your needs

Plan for a capital stack that dilutes you least and meets your needs

WE'VE GOT THE EXPERIENCE TO DO THIS RIGHT

We’re PARTNERS WITH VANTEC, one of western Canada’s largest angel networks

We’re PARTNERS WITH VANTEC, one of western Canada’s largest angel networks

We do monthly training sessions with the founders pitching at VANTEC, one of Western Canada’s largest angel investor networks.

Through this, talks with other partners across BC, Alberta, and Ontario, and our fractional CFO work, we've learned exactly what investors are looking for and know how to make sure you have it.

Here's everything you can do with your new data room

Here's everything you can do with your new data room

The data room sits at the center of all types of fundraising, including securing angel investment, investment from VCs, investment from strategic partners, investment from banks, and investment from government programs.

Having this information prepared is also useful when you're trying to sign partnerships, sign new customers, or attract new employees.

All of these people and organizations require that you understand your business opportunity inside and out, and have the necessary information to back you up, if they're going to take a bet on you.

Two ways to get your data room done:

Two ways to get your data room done:

6-week private in-person training program

$8,000

$8,000

pmt plan available

Be certain you're ready to raise

Access the full Oyster Tech data room

Weekly working and learning sessions

Bring up to 2 members of your team

Get weekly review and feedback

Cashflow model guaranteed ($4K value)

Self-serve, on-demand training program

$2,000

$2,000

perpetual license

Be certain you're ready to raise

On-demand video training materials

Access the Oyster Tech data room

Access materials in perpetuity

Optional paid review when complete

Access to The Data Room community

Have more questions?

Have more questions?

What stage of startup is this program best for?

What if I'm busy running my business and I'm not sure if I have time?

Why can't I just get someone to do this for me?

How much of this do you do, and how much do we do?

How long will I be able to access the online content?

What systems do I need to have?

When will the on-demand version be available?

What stage of startup is this program best for?

What if I'm busy running my business and I'm not sure if I have time?

Why can't I just get someone to do this for me?

How much of this do you do, and how much do we do?

How long will I be able to access the online content?

What systems do I need to have?

When will the on-demand version be available?

What stage of startup is this program best for?

What if I'm busy running my business and I'm not sure if I have time?

Why can't I just get someone to do this for me?

How much of this do you do, and how much do we do?

How long will I be able to access the online content?

What systems do I need to have?

When will the on-demand version be available?

© 2025 Future Standard |

© 2025 Future Standard |

© 2025 Future Standard |