Investor Updater - Simple, beautiful workflow tools for investor updates

@kakers1789 hi Kurt. Yep-- Spreadsheets and email are what we are aiming to (eventually) kill off. before starting Foundersuite I spent several years as interim CFO / finance guy at startups building investor lists and spreadsheets for tracking investors. Spreadsheets work fine for about a week and then become a sprawling mess.

@sailornathan agreed, we will be using investor updates where appropriate and excited for new additional features. Keep it up and Goodluck! Foundersuite is becoming an essential tool to the fundraising/management process for us.

@ak_launchleader Thanks Ashok, preaching to the choir here :) I can foresee a day when updates are totally "normalized" (and maybe semi-automated) and folks will wonder how people ever did them back in the olden days...

@sailornathan Semi-automated ... now I'm semi-salivating! ;)

@nicolaiwadstrom Hi Nicolai, a couple ways: i) you can be a "member" of each of your portfolio companies' Investor Boards, which allows you to add investor leads, tag yourself as connector, and in general help them work on their round; you can also toggle between your portfolio companies; and, ii) we have an alpha of an "Investor Dashboard" that will let you track all your companies in one place, see their funding status, and request progress updates.

@nicolaiwadstrom That's what we have at present for investors, but we have a pretty robust game plan to improve the lives of both founders and investors. What would be on your "wish list?" :)

@derekjandersen Thanks Derek! Your feedback has always been awesome and super useful!

@ida_marie_welle_watne Good, relevant question. AngelList is *awesome*- we've used it for hiring engineers, and we raised a chunk of our seed round on it. But I view it as more of a marketplace for finding investors and talent + workflows for syndicates and VCs to run their deals. Our focus, by contrast, is squarely on building workflow tools that help founders "get sh*t done" (esp. WRT fundraising and investor management). Same general space, different product and value props, IMO.

@sailornathan thanks Nathan, really helpful! I'll definitely check it out. Ps. love the design:)

@ingvild_karine_sandmo Hi Ingvild, yes, do give it a try (it's free!) and share your thoughts. In brief, it looks a lot better than email (I get a lot of updates from startups I've advised or i'm involved with, and invariably they look disjointed and "messy"); plus the format is specifically built for the investor update purpose (but customizable). The KPI table is a nice add on, and you can track which investors have opened the link. Over time, as we build more interactivity and tracking features into the tool, having it hosted online (vs. sent in an email, which is static) will become increasingly important.

@nearlist Thanks! Simplicity = beauty IMO :)

@ronsheridan Hey Ron, thanks for the kind words. I would love to hear your feedback after you try it out (keep in mind this is basically V 1.0). It's definitely not too expensive, in fact it's FREE to create unlimited update reports and templates. Only certain features, like view tracking, are on the paid plan.

@danerobert Thanks Dana! Just trying to make life easier for what is among the hardest jobs around :)