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Look up recent funds and cold email them.
by HappyTypist 10y ago
Look up recent funds and cold email them.
- ci5er 10y agoMaybe I'm old, but why not call them? "I'm looking for 5 on a 25 pre - can I have 15 minutes of your time face to face?"
- hooo 10y agoA lot of people would find that annoying: - it forces them to stop what they're doing - it puts them on the spot forcing some kind of response
- ci5er 10y agoYour point is that the answer to the $5M ask is "no"? Fine, I guess. Do I care? I've got a company to build. Or is your point that I might hurt somebody's feelings?
- morgante 10y agoUnless you're a hot company, the power imbalance favors the VC. This means you should be communicating on their schedule, not yours. Email is async and hands down beats phone calls (which are synchronous). Also, a lot of people really just hate phone calls. I won't even talk to recruiters on the phone—if they try to call me, I tell them to send me an email.
- onion2k 10y agoCalling requires them to be free to talk at the time you call, and interrupts whatever they're doing. Emailing doesn't.
- Kiro 10y agoWhat does 5 on a 25 pre mean?
- fudged71 10y agoraising a $5M equity round on a $25M pre-money valuation