Launching today
Metal
AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds
66 followers
AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds
66 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.
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!
We used Metal when it was in beta. Amazing product for finding investor fit and subsequent reach out. Usman is also a really nice guy. Everyone should run their early fund raises through Metal!