8 customisable OKR examples for Secure Funding
What are Secure Funding OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Writing good OKRs can be hard, especially if it's your first time doing it. You'll need to center the focus of your plans around outcomes instead of projects.
We understand that setting OKRs can be challenging, so we have prepared a set of examples tailored for Secure Funding. Take a peek at the templates below to find inspiration and kickstart your goal-setting process.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Secure Funding OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Feel free to explore our tools:
- Use our free OKR generator
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives, including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
Our customisable Secure Funding OKRs examples
We've added many examples of Secure Funding Objectives and Key Results, but we did not stop there. Understanding the difference between OKRs and projects is important, so we also added examples of strategic initiatives that relate to the OKRs.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to secure Seed funding
Be on track for Seed funding
Reach $200k ARR- Show a 3x year-on-year revenue growth
2. OKRs to secure Series A funding
- Be on track for Series A funding
- Show a 3x year-on-year revenue growth
- Reach $1.5M ARR
3. OKRs to secure funding from three new investors
- Increase investor funding
- Secure funding from at least three new investors
- Create a compelling investment pitch
- Establish new relationships with potential investors
- Schedule and conduct meetings with interested investors
4. OKRs to secure funding for mobile game prototype
- Secure funding for mobile game prototype
- Research and identify 100 viable investors for gaming prototype by week 6
- Develop and perfect a unique and engaging pitch for potential funders by week 3
Identify unique selling points of the project- Practice the pitch for fluid delivery
- Create a compelling narrative for the pitch
- Secure meetings and present pitch to at least 50% of identified investors
- Prepare and rehearse investor pitch
- Compile contacts of identified investors
- Schedule meetings with each investor
5. OKRs to launch a high growth and profitable tech startup
- Launch a high growth and profitable tech startup
- Develop a minimum viable product, tested and approved by a focus group of 25 participants
- Create and test the product with focus group
- Implement changes based on feedback
- Identify key features for the minimum viable product
- Secure funding worth at least $1M from reliable investors
- Schedule and conduct persuasive pitch meetings with investors
- Develop a compelling business proposal showcasing ROI
- Research and create a list of potential reliable investors
- Assemble a cohesive team of 5 skilled professionals for key operations
- Identify required skills for key operations team roles
- Source potential candidates through networking or recruiting
- Conduct interviews and select final team members
6. OKRs to secure venture capital funding for Plika's Latam expansion
- Secure venture capital funding for Plika's Latam expansion
- Secure a minimum of $1million in funding committed by at least 2 investors
- Conduct engaging pitch meetings with selected investors
- Identify and connect with potential investors
- Develop a comprehensive, persuasive business plan presentation
- Arrange pitch meetings with a minimum of 10 prospective Venture Capital investors
- Identify and research 10 prospective Venture Capital investors
- Prepare a compelling investment pitch presentation
- Schedule meetings via email or phone calls
- Identify and prioritize 20 potential Venture Capitalists suitable for our expansion strategy
- Research and compile a list of 20 potential venture capitalists
- Analyze each prospect's investment tendencies and records
- Rank potential investors based on alignment with our expansion strategy
7. OKRs to secure 9 million in funding for the annual campaign
- Secure 9 million in funding for the annual campaign
- Increase campaign social media engagement by 35% to amplify fundraising reach
- Create engaging content that directly promotes the fundraising campaign
- Utilize paid social media advertisements to boost campaign visibility
- Regularly interact with followers to build supportive community
- Identify and pitch to 20 potential high-value donors each week
- Research and profile each potential donor's interests
- Draft and send personalized pitch emails to each donor
- Compile a list of 20 potential high-value donors
- Plan and execute 3 innovative fundraising events, aiming for 3 million in total
- Brainstorm unique event ideas focused on beneficiary experiences and high-value fundraising
- Develop detailed execution plans, including budget, logistics, and promotional strategies
- Secure partnerships with corporate sponsors or high-net-worth individuals
8. OKRs to secure $1 million for the pre-seed funding round
- Secure $1 million for the pre-seed funding round
- Identify and reach out to 50 potential investors by end of phase 1
- Initiate contact with each investor through personalized emails
- Research and locate contact information for identified investors
- Identify 50 potential investors using business directories or networking
- Achieve commitment for investment from minimum 50% met investors by final phase
- Negotiate and finalize investment commitments from participating investors
- Create a compelling presentation for potential investors
- Schedule and conduct regular meetings with interested investors
- Secure meetings with at least 25% of identified investors by phase 2
- Create a persuasive investment proposal
- Schedule and arrange meetings with identified investors
- Identify and research potential investors for pitching
Secure Funding OKR best practices to boost success
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRsTip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparencyTip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to turn your Secure Funding OKRs in a strategy map
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsIf you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Secure Funding OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to enhance performance testing for v2 services
- OKRs to enhance data-mining to generate consistent sales qualified leads
- OKRs to deliver a well-informed assessment for a potential Series A follow-on investment at XY GmbH
- OKRs to enhance stewardship to boost donor retention
- OKRs to identify high-potential startups for potential investment
- OKRs to enhance client success and retention in North America
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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