FOUNDERS AND CFOS RAISING
Investor sourcing
Build the list of funds that actually write cheques at your stage, sector and geography.
A fund that has not deployed in your stage for two years costs you a warm intro you cannot spend twice.
A SWEEP ON THIS BRIEF
- Led 3 cheques at your stage
- Sector deal last quarter
- Thesis page only
- No cheque in 26 months
- Stage mismatch
- Fund closed to new deals
- Partner left the fund
2 survived. The other 5 arrive too, each with the reason it failed.
The boundary.
Two answers define this brief. The second one is where the work is, and it is the question most teams never get asked.
WHAT COUNTS
Funds with a cheque on public record at your stage, in your sector, in the last 18–24 months — plus the partner who led it.
WHAT IS RULED OUT
Funds whose thesis page claims your sector but whose actual deal history does not show it. A stated thesis is marketing, not evidence.
What a surviving row carries.
Every field below is either sourced or blank. Nothing on this list is inferred to fill a gap.
01
The recent deals that prove the thesis, dated
02
The partner who led each one
03
Cheque size band where it is on record
And one that did not make it.
Found, researched, thrown out — and sent to you anyway, with the reason. This is the half a data vendor never shows.
A fund whose site lists your exact sector
No cheque at your stage in 26 months. Thesis page says one thing, deal history says another.
The same engine, other briefs.
Nothing above is specific to this job. Change what counts and what is ruled out, and the sweep does something else.
Outbound leads
Find the companies worth a rep's afternoon, and prove why before anyone dials.
The briefCRM re-verification
Re-check the list you already own, before the next campaign goes to a dead address.
The briefAcquisition targets
Turn a thesis into a target list, including the companies that will never appear in a broker's book.
The briefPartner and channel
Find the resellers, agencies and integrators with a real practice in your category.
The briefTalent mapping
Map everyone holding a role across a defined set of companies, before you open a search.
The briefSupplier due diligence
Verify a supplier list is real, active and still holds what it claimed at onboarding.
The briefKYB and onboarding
Establish that a business is real, active, and owned by who it says, before you onboard it.
The brief