Metal

AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds

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AI-driven operating system for raising venture rounds

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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.

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Launch tags:Investing•Venture Capital

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Really like how the investor mapping feels more like a relationship graph than a cold list. The in-app round copilot sounds like a smart move too.

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2mo ago

The product is awesome. It intuitively took a insanely detailed process I've done 100 times to map investment, connection, and likely intent of investor and gave me a 100 person/VC shortly to explore for my next round . The team, the founder, and the mission are all exceptional

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2mo ago

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!

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2mo ago

Maker

@james_neville Thanks a lot, James! Also, CONGRATS on raising multiple mega rounds over the past few years since you first started using Metal.

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2mo ago

Puzzle

This is long overdue. Well done.

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2mo ago

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12d ago

What signals matter at the Seed Stage for investors?

How do seed investors decide who's worth backing, when there's not a fully proven commercial model yet?

On August 10, we're sitting down with Liz Wessel, a seed-stage investor and Partner at First Round Capital, to unpack exactly that.

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1mo ago

What does founder potential look like before there's a company?

How do the best investors identify exceptional founders before there's a company, product, or traction?

Tomorrow, we're sitting down with Alice Bentinck, co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, to unpack exactly that.

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1mo ago

Tactical Playbook from Raising $12m Series A from First Round

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).

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