<aside> ☝ When you begin preparing for a funding round, your first stop should always be your existing investors and board members. Ask for recommendations, get warm introductions, and work together to create a focused and prioritized investor target list. This collaborative approach opens doors, and often closes rounds faster.
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Finding the Right Investors for You
Find a way to manage your exploration to track investor outreach in collaboration with your existing investors. Consider creating a joint Notion table/Airtable or even a Google Sheet. There are also tools that could be worth exploring, such as Cabal to help manage warm intros.
Curated Lists of VCs & Angels
Save time and broaden your reach by using these databases of investors.