# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pitch Smarter, Raise Faster: Funding-Ready in the AI Era
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 am – Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 10:30 am
- **Event Description**: This session explores proven strategies for building a powerful pitch.About this EventThis session explores proven strategies for building a powerful pitch — from shaping a compelling story to communicating value with clarity and confidence. Alongside core principles of narrative development and investor engagement, we’ll highlight how founders are beginning to incorporate AI tools to refine messaging, streamline preparation, and adapt materials to different funding audiences. Whether you're gearing up for your first raise or honing your pitch for future rounds, this session offers tactical guidance for funding readiness in a rapidly evolving landscape.Join us for an interactive session led by Tim Flood, a communications expert based at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. With deep experience helping founders craft clear, compelling narratives, Tim will guide participants through practical strategies for refining their pitch, shaping their story, and communicating with confidence in today’s evolving funding landscape.Enjoy a complimentary Meantime coffee during the event and stay after the session for networking in the café with fresh Brandwein’s bagels, courtesy of Innovate Carolina. It’s an opportunity to continue the conversation, exchange ideas, and make new connections.----------------------------------This event is part of Innovate Carolina Junction’s monthly AI series, held on the first Tuesday of every month. The seven-part series explores how AI is transforming the pathways from discovery to impact — across research, validation, fundraising, customer strategy, operations, workforce transformation, and venture investment.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chapel-hill/pitch-smarter-raise-faster-funding-ready-in-the-ai-era/100001835376563709
- **Event Categories**: charities
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chapel Hill
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Innovate Carolina Junction
- **lat**: 35.9143164
- **long**: -79.0548735
- **full address**: Innovate Carolina Junction, 136 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Pitch Smarter, Raise Faster: Funding-Ready in the AI Era being held?
  - **A:** Pitch Smarter, Raise Faster: Funding-Ready in the AI Era takes place on Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 am to Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 10:30 am at Innovate Carolina Junction, 136 East Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Pitch Smarter, Raise Faster: Funding-Ready in the AI Era?
  - **A:** Pitch Smarter, Raise Faster: Funding-Ready in the AI Era is organized by Innovate Carolina.

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