# Metal

## Docs

- [AI Search](https://docs.metal.so/Product-Docs-v2/Identifying Investors/ai-search.md): Use historical data and investing patterns to surface the "most likely" investors for your specific Company.
- [Market Signals](https://docs.metal.so/Product-Docs-v2/Identifying Investors/market-signals.md): Surface investors who are publicly expressing conviction in and around your space.
- [New Funds](https://docs.metal.so/Product-Docs-v2/Identifying Investors/new-funds.md): Hundreds of new VCs emerge onto the market each year, eager to make new investments.
- [Similar Companies](https://docs.metal.so/Product-Docs-v2/Identifying Investors/similar-companies.md): Find investors who have already backed companies similar to yours.
- [Richard AI](https://docs.metal.so/RichardAI.md): Your fundraising co-pilot that executes on your raise.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/accessing-investors/recommended-process.md)
- [Via Existing Investors](https://docs.metal.so/content/accessing-investors/via-existing-investors.md)
- [Paths](https://docs.metal.so/content/accessing-investors/via-paths-or-other-connections.md): Map your network against target investors to see which connections can make introductions to specific firms.
- [Via Portfolio Founders](https://docs.metal.so/content/accessing-investors/via-portfolio-founders.md): The below documentation provides visibility into how founders can use the network of portfolio founders of target investors to land introductions.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/high-resolution-identification/recommended-process.md)
- [Key Metrics](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/key-metrics.md): As is the case with any process, it can be helpful to track key metrics to understand the health of the pipeline and effectiveness of the raise process.
- [Process Velocity](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/process-and-velocity.md): In our experience of observing thousands of raises, a high-velocity process is the most predictive element that defines the probability of a successful raise.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/recommended-process.md): A recommended process to set up your investor pipeline.
- [Investing Velocity](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/activity-levels.md): Qualify investors that are actively deploying capital.
- [Precision Targeting](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/precision-targeting.md): Identify investors that invest in rounds identical to yours.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/recomme.md)
- [Similar Investments & Thesis](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/similar-inv.md): Research a given investor's prior work in your operating space.
- [Valuation Ranges](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/valuation-ranges.md): Based on the fund strategy, investors have different views on the valuations at which they invest.
- [Connecting Zoom to Metal Notetaker](https://docs.metal.so/content/resources/connecting-zoom.md)
- [Introduction](https://docs.metal.so/introduction.md): An overview of the platform's core capabilities.
- [Getting Started](https://docs.metal.so/quickstart.md): A step-by-step process to set up Metal after account creation.