Every growing business reaches the same crossroads. Do you sell equity, take on debt, or find another way to fund what's next?

There's no universally right answer, and the businesses that get it wrong often don't find out until it's too late. The right funding decision depends on ambition, timing, control and what you're actually prepared to give up to get there.

Join VirtualNonExecs for the next exclusive Boardroom Diaries breakfast event as we bring together founders, investors and advisers to explore how growing businesses really finance their next stage, and the boardroom decisions that shape those choices.

Through an honest panel discussion and audience Q&A, we'll unpack the practical realities of raising capital, from the trade-offs between equity and debt to the alternative funding routes founders often overlook.

Topics will include:

-Equity vs debt: what you're really trading away

-Alternative funding routes beyond the obvious options

-What investors look for before writing a cheque

-How much control founders should expect to give up, and when

-Getting the timing right: raising too early, too late, or too often

-The board's role in shaping funding strategy

-Preparing the business to be investment-ready

Hosted by VirtualNonExecs, the room will bring together founders, CEOs, NEDs, Chairs, investors and business leaders from across the North West for a practical conversation about one of the most important decisions in any company's growth: how to fund what comes next.

Spaces are strictly limited.

Register your space.