Everything founders ask
before their first raise.

RaiseAxis was built by investors who deployed over £100 million into UK SMEs across private equity and growth equity. After sitting on investment committees and reviewing hundreds of pitch decks, the founding team built the platform they wished founders had walked into their meetings with, institutional-grade fundraising tools at a SaaS price point.

RaiseAxis is built for founders, CFOs, and startup teams running a capital raise between £500k and £20m. Customers typically raise from a mix of VCs, angel investors, family offices, EIS and SEIS funds, and PE growth equity firms. Many teams adopt RaiseAxis three to six months before the formal raise begins, to benchmark investor-readiness and close gaps in their data room, deck, and metrics before the first investor meeting.

Visible is built primarily for US VC-backed startups; DocSend specialises in document tracking; Foundersuite focuses on CRM. RaiseAxis is the only platform that combines all of these capabilities, pipeline CRM, deck analytics, data room, investor updates, KPI dashboards, cap table, round manager, and investor database, in one workspace, designed specifically for UK raises including EIS, SEIS, and PE growth equity rounds. The Round Manager for tracking live commitments is unique to RaiseAxis.

Yes. Pricing is in GBP, the investor database is weighted heavily toward UK and European investors, and the platform supports the document and reporting standards expected in EIS, SEIS, and UK PE growth equity rounds. Features such as the data room, cap table modeller, and AI pitch deck review are calibrated to the diligence standards UK institutional investors apply.

RaiseAxis is a single plan with two billing options: £89 per month billed monthly, or £79 per month billed annually (saving £120 per year). All eight fundraising modules are included in every plan with no per-seat charges and unlimited team members.

Yes. Every new account starts with £1 for 7 days of full access to all eight modules and the 7,000+ investor database. We collect a card at signup; on day 8 we automatically bill the regular £89/month rate (or £79/month if you switch to annual). Cancel any time from Settings during the trial and you won't be charged again.

Yes. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time from the billing portal inside Settings. Monthly subscriptions cancel at the end of the current billing period; annual subscriptions remain active until the end of the prepaid year. There are no cancellation fees and no minimum term.

No. RaiseAxis is priced per company, not per seat. Add as many team members as you need, co-founders, CFO, advisors, board observers, at no additional cost. Role-based permissions control who can edit what.

The RaiseAxis data room provides folder-based document organisation with granular access controls (view-only, download, watermarked), per-file permissions, member management, and shareable links with PIN protection, email gates, view limits, expiry dates, and server-side watermarking. Every action is captured in a full activity audit trail. Data rooms can be branded with your logo and accent colour and presented under your company identity.

Upload your pitch deck and share via a unique trackable link (raiseaxis.com/d/[token]). Every view is logged with the viewer's email (if collected), slide-by-slide engagement, time spent on each slide, total session length, completion rate, and whether they returned for a second look. A slide heatmap shows aggregate time spent across all viewers, helping you identify which slides land and which are skipped.

The investor database contains over 7,000 curated profiles spanning UK and European venture capital funds, private equity firms, family offices, angel networks, EIS and SEIS fund managers, and corporate VCs. Profiles are filterable by stage focus (pre-seed, seed, Series A, growth), sector focus, geography, and ticket size. Individual contacts include over 1,600 named partners and principals at investment firms.

The Round Manager is a centralised tracker for an active capital raise. Set a target, then log each commitment with status (soft circle, verbal, hard commit, signed, wired), ticket size, ticket type (Equity, SAFE, Convertible, Debt), expected close date, and lead investor flag. Real-time progress bars show percentage to target, and a one-click branded PDF round summary can be exported for board updates or co-investors.

AI Materials Review is an institutional-grade pitch deck audit powered by Claude Sonnet 4. Upload a deck and receive an A–F overall grade, slide-referenced criticism scored against ten IC-grade criteria (Problem Clarity, Market Size Credibility, Solution Differentiation, Business Model, Traction, Team, Financials, Use of Funds, Competition, Ask & Valuation), top three strengths, top three critical fixes ranked by impact, and an investor-readiness verdict. Typical analysis time is under 90 seconds. Reviews can be exported as a branded PDF or shared via secure link.

Yes. RaiseAxis is specifically designed for UK raises including EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) and SEIS (Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme) rounds. The investor database includes a substantial pool of UK EIS and SEIS fund managers. The data room, investor update templates, and KPI dashboards support the documentation and reporting cadence typical of EIS-funded companies.

Yes. RaiseAxis was built by PE practitioners and is calibrated to PE and growth equity diligence standards alongside VC and angel rounds. The data room follows institutional due diligence structure, the cap table modeller supports complex round mechanics including option pool shuffles, and the AI pitch deck review evaluates decks against PE investment committee criteria, not just VC pitch competition rubrics.

The Capital Readiness Score is a live 0–100 score weighted across four dimensions: Data Room completeness (25 points), Metrics rigour (25 points), Deck quality (25 points), and Round structure (25 points). A visual gauge displays the letter grade alongside priority action recommendations ranked by score impact. The score is calibrated to UK seed–Series A standards and updates in real time as you complete the platform.

Yes. RaiseAxis uses 256-bit encryption at rest and in transit, row-level security on every database table, and granular access controls on every shared link including password protection, PIN access, expiry dates, view limits, and server-side document watermarking. Every viewer action is captured in a tamper-evident audit trail. Authentication is managed by an enterprise identity provider with optional Google sign-in.

Access inside the company workspace is controlled by role (Owner, Admin, Editor, Viewer). Data rooms have separate per-room membership with their own permission level. Public investor-facing links (data room, deck, metrics dashboard, investor update) are isolated from the main workspace and never expose authenticated app data.

Sign up with email or Google, complete the short onboarding wizard (company profile, raise target, capital types), and invite your team. The platform is usable within minutes, most founders upload their first deck and seed the investor pipeline on day one. An interactive in-app guide walks you through each module the first time you open it.

Initial setup takes around fifteen minutes: account creation, company profile, brand colours and logo, and an initial pipeline import. A complete data room with full document set is typically built over the first one to two weeks, in parallel with normal fundraise prep. There is no implementation period or onboarding call required.

Yes. Investor contacts can be imported via CSV from your existing CRM, spreadsheet, or email tool. Imported contacts can be added directly to the pipeline or linked to investor profiles in the global database. Pipeline stages are fully customisable so the import can mirror your current workflow.

Yes. Add unlimited team members at no extra cost. Assign roles (Owner, Admin, Editor, Viewer) to control what each member can see and edit. Advisors typically sit at Editor or Viewer level and have access to the live raise, pipeline, and updates.