Closing the Round
Aims
Goal: run the closing communications of a funding round — checklist kickoff, signature tracking, closing-conditions updates, and the announcement that sets the tone.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: The last mile
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Closing the Round
Read a 285-word text about Closing the Round
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Closing the Round Vocabulary
8 items
- Reading10 min
Reading: Three model closing messages
Read a 289-word text about Three model closing messages
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: Closing Communication
Word-ordering exercise, 5 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: closing language
Gap-fill exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Match the document to its job
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Role Play: Finalizing Terms with Your Lead Investor
Role-play: You've been through negotiations and due diligence, and now you're on a call with your lead investor to finalize the remaining details and close the round. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your mission: drive the close
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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