Documentation Index
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In-Network Portfolio Founders
For a given investor, on the investor profile, founders can navigate to Access > Portfolio Founders to view who they know that has previously raised capital from the investor in question. The below visual illustrates what this view looks like: The logical starting point is to tap into founders that you already know that have previously raised from a given investor. In addition to landing the introduction, such founders can also advise on the investing behaviours and the post close reputation of the investor in question.Meeting New Portfolio Founders
In the event that you don’t know any portfolio founders for a given investor, a common strategy is to reach out to some of the early-stage portfolio founders for the investor that you share common ground with, and to use that new relationship to land an introduction. The below visual shows how Metal enables founders to use the Access > Portfolio Founders tab to identify specific types of portfolio founders for outreach: To maximize response rates on cold outreach, we have seen the following best practices implemented successfully via the Metal platform –- Research Portfolio Founders w/ Common Ground – Instead of reaching out to portfolio founders indiscriminately, identify ones that you have common ground with (I.e. building in the same sub-sector, similar past experiences, etc.)
- Write Compelling and Personable Notes – Cold emails work best when they are compelling and personalized. You can refer to this section here for guidelines on writing compelling introduction requests.