Grant bodies, accelerator programmes, and investors will check your website before they check anything else. Look credible, professional, and fundable — from just £29/year.
The first thing they do
Whether it's a grant assessor, an angel investor, or an accelerator programme manager — the first thing they do is Google you. What they find makes or breaks your application.
A professional website is a basic signal that you are organised and serious about your venture. No website — or a poor one — immediately raises questions about your ability to execute. Assessors may not even say it out loud, but it affects their judgement.
Your pitch deck or application form tells a story. Your website either confirms it or contradicts it. Funders want to see that your public-facing presence aligns with what you have told them. Consistency builds trust.
Grant panels and investment committees discuss applications without the founder present. Your website becomes your voice in that room. A sharp, clear web presence can tip a borderline decision in your favour.
Funders back people who can communicate their vision clearly. A well-written website proves you understand your market, can articulate your value proposition, and have taken the time to explain it well. It is a proxy for how you will manage their money.
Many grant programmes and accelerator applications explicitly ask for a website URL. Others require evidence of market activity or a digital presence. Submitting a blank or broken URL is an easy way to fail before your application is even read.
A live website with real content — especially one with contact forms, testimonials, or social proof — signals that you have customers or users already engaging with you. This traction evidence is exactly what grant bodies and investors want to see.
What assessors actually look at
Funders are not looking for flashy animations or expensive design. They are looking for substance, clarity, and professionalism. Here is exactly what they want to see.
What do you do, who do you do it for, and why does it matter? A funder should understand your business in under ten seconds of reading your homepage.
Show that you understand the pain in the market and that your solution is the right response. This is the core of any fundable story and it should live prominently on your site.
Investors and grant panels back people, not just ideas. An about page or team section showing relevant experience builds enormous confidence that the money will be well spent.
Users, revenue, pilot partners, waitlist numbers, press coverage — show whatever you have. Even early evidence of market demand makes an application significantly stronger.
Design quality signals attention to detail and respect for the people reading your application. It does not need to be expensive — it needs to look intentional and well-executed.
Make it easy for interested parties to reach you. A working contact form or a clear email address is a basic requirement. Applications that lead nowhere raise red flags.
yourcompany.com looks professional. yourcompany.wixsite.com does not. A custom domain is table stakes for any serious funding application. ChilledSites includes one in the annual price.
Assessors will often check your site on a phone. A slow or broken mobile experience undermines all the effort you put into your application. All ChilledSites websites are mobile-optimised by default.
How it works
ChilledSites uses AI to generate a complete professional website from a single prompt. No templates. No drag and drop. No designer bills.
Tell ChilledSites about your startup, charity, project, or business in a few sentences. Describe your problem, your solution, your team, and what you are applying for. That is it — the AI does the rest.
In under 60 seconds, ChilledSites builds a complete multi-page website — hero section, problem/solution, features, team, testimonials, contact form. Everything a funder needs to see, structured and written for you.
Not happy with a section? Just type "make the team section more detailed" or "rewrite the value proposition to focus on cost savings." The AI edits your website in seconds. No code, no designer required.
Connect your own domain and your website is live immediately. A real, professional URL you can include in your funding application today. No hosting to set up, no technical knowledge needed.
Enquiries from interested investors, journalists, or partners land directly in your email. No third-party tools, no monthly subscription. Forms with email notifications are included in the standard price.
After you submit your application, show funders that real traffic is visiting your website. ChilledSites includes a built-in analytics dashboard — no extra tools, no extra cost.
What kills applications
These are the website red flags that make assessors hesitate — and that ChilledSites helps you avoid entirely.
"We haven't set up our website yet" reads as "we have not started executing yet." Even a one-page site is infinitely better than nothing. With ChilledSites it takes 60 seconds — there is no reason to submit an application without one.
A coming soon page is arguably worse than no website — it signals you started and did not finish. Assessors see it as a lack of follow-through, which is precisely the opposite of what you want to communicate when asking for funding.
A Wix or Squarespace site with unchanged placeholder images, generic stock photos, and template text screams "minimum effort." It tells funders you did not care enough to make it your own — which raises doubts about your attention to detail everywhere else.
A branded, custom domain costs a few pounds and takes minutes to connect. Submitting an application with a free subdomain URL tells assessors you have not invested even the basics in your business. It is a cheap signal with an expensive cost.
Funders read dozens of applications. If your website uses buzzwords instead of clear explanations, they will move on. "We are a next-generation, synergistic platform leveraging AI" tells them nothing. "We help small retailers reduce stock wastage by 30%" tells them everything.
Build your website before you start applying. Funders may follow up at any point, and opportunity windows close fast. With ChilledSites taking 60 seconds to generate a full site, there is no reason to wait.
ChilledSites builds the kind of professional, credible web presence that gives grant assessors and investors confidence — without the designer bill, the waiting, or the learning curve. From £29 for the whole year.
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