It varies investor to investor. For reaching investors who only take warm intros, it's hard for me to help. There are other investors, like me, who reply to col

It varies investor to investor. For reaching investors who only take warm intros, it's hard for me to help. There are other investors, like me, who reply to cold emails when they're personalized/well-targeted. Founders don't need any kind of audition to talk to the second investor group... they just need to send a relevant email (i.e. not "Dear Sir or Madam, here's a form letter about my company that I'm bcc'ing to 50 investors..")