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Metal
AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds
187 followers
AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds
187 followers
Backed by a16z and YC, Metal offers an AI-native operating system for founders raising venture rounds. From investor discovery and relationship mapping to an in-app round copilot, Metal helps founders take a data-driven and high-precision approach. The platform is already being actively used by hundreds of high-intent founders backed by a16z, YC, Techstars and other top-tier investors.
Hey everyone!
Today, after two years of hands-on development, for the first time, we are excited to introduce Metal to the PH community. Metal is an AI-native operating system for founders raising venture rounds.
Prior to starting Metal, I raised $120m for my first startup across seven venture rounds.
Through that experience, I learned that fundraising was a game of guesswork – you hit up people that you think may be able to introduce you to investors, and you try to identify investors that you “guess” would be interested in your Company. With Metal, our goal is to replace the guesswork that goes into fundraising with data and intelligence.
For founders raising VC, Metal brings deep capabilities for investor discovery and research, for relationship intelligence to get the most out of your network, and for managing your investor pipeline with everything in one place. Today, Metal is used by thousands of founders across 40+ countries while the platform remains in a phase of rapid evolution. You can learn more at www.metal.so.
@usman_gul1 Love what you're doing with Metal. You and your team have been awesome with the personal touch of constant checking in. I'm a very happy Metal customer The AI enablement with Richard has been fantastic to identify the investors to target and specifically align the investment and stage thesis messaging when we outreach so we're bang on message. Also love all the meet-ups you organise for your customers. Thank You. Onwards and Upwards. Thank You
@usman_gul1 @michael_fasosin
Michael, always grateful for the support! I've relayed your feedback to the sales team too so they know the awesome work they've been doing.
Trial Land
I am a happy Metal customer and it has been an incredible help to me in prepping for fundraising. Obviously the database is great, but I was really surprised of the evaluation of all of our context, pitchdeck, progress, etc. and the insight I've been getting on what parts of our approach should we adjust to maximise our chances. Congrats to Usman and team on the launch! Big up from me!
@nikolaytsenkov Thanks a lot, Nikolay! Metal has been shaped by our early customers that continue to share world-class feedback and ideas.
How does the investor relationship mapping actually pull in data, is it mostly LinkedIn scraping or are there deeper integrations with CRMs like Affinity or Attio?
the investor mapping flow feels genuinely thoughtful, not just a glorified CRM dump. loving how the round copilot actually pulls context from past conversations instead of being a blank prompt box.
Metal has been a game-changer for my fundraising. Recommended by a VC I was talking to, and it's lived up to the hype. The investor discovery piece alone is worth it, surfacing investors who are a fit for my stage and thesis.
The AI features are genuinely useful and intuitive enough that I was getting value in my first session. As a founder juggling fundraising alongside everything else, having a tool that does the relationship mapping and prioritization for me has saved a ton of time.
Highly recommend for any founder in raise mode.
the investor discovery mapped out people i never would've found through cold searches, and the round copilot actually feels like a real cofounder nudging you on next steps
the investor discovery actually pulls real context on the funds, not just a name dump. round copilot saved me an hour of digging through my own notes before a partner call.