A few years ago, I was building a consumer transportation startup in Asia, and ended up raising $12m in a Series A financing from First Round Capital. For context, we were looking at investors that had done well in our sector (consumer transportation), and First Round had invested in Uber at Seed.
With my second startup (Metal), we have built the AI-native operating system for founders raising VC that we wish had existed when we were raising for our first startup. The below write-up provides a playbook for founders raising Series A/B/C rounds (based on lessons learned from raising nine venture rounds over the past seven years).
The investor mapping feature is genuinely useful for figuring out who's actually focused on your space. Round copilot kept things moving faster than I expected.
The investor relationship mapping is genuinely useful, finally a way to keep track of warm intros without a messy spreadsheet. Wish it had this when I was fundraising.
the investor mapping view was honestly more useful than i expected, surfaced warm intros i didn't know existed
The relationship mapping view is genuinely sharp, surfacing warm intros without the usual spreadsheet gymnastics. Really thoughtful execution for founders in the weeds of a round.
The investor mapping view pulled up connections I didn't even know existed through my existing angels. Really useful for warm intros before a round.
The relationship mapping view is genuinely smart, way more useful than another CRM dressed up with AI buzzwords. Solid execution from a team that clearly gets how chaotic raising actually feels.
the investor relationship mapping is genuinely useful, way more organized than my usual spreadsheet mess.