# Metal

- [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.
- [Richard AI](https://docs.metal.so/RichardAI.md): Your AI fundraising partner – built to execute, analyse and advise.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/high-resolution-identification/recommended-process.md)
- [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.
- [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.
- [Precision Targeting](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/precision-targeting.md): Identify investors that invest in rounds identical to yours.
- [Investing Velocity](https://docs.metal.so/content/qualifying-investors/activity-levels.md): Qualify investors that are actively deploying capital.
- [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.
- [Recommended Process](https://docs.metal.so/content/accessing-investors/recommended-process.md)
- [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.
- [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.
- [Pipeline Setup](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/recommended-process.md): A recommended process to set up your investor pipeline the right way.
- [Leading KPIs](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/key-metrics.md): With a set of leading KPIs, founders can build foresight into the likely outcome of an ongoing fundraise.
- [Process Velocity](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/process-and-velocity.md): Across large data sets, the velocity at which founders move holds the highest predictive power on the probability of a successful raise.
- [Pipeline Capabilities](https://docs.metal.so/content/pipeline-development/pipeline-capabilities.md): The full set of tools available to manage, organize, and act on your pipeline.
- [Notetaker Setup](https://docs.metal.so/content/meeting-intelligence/recommended-process.md): The setup process for the notetaker to activate Meeting Intelligence across all investor conversations.
- [Pre-Meeting Briefs](https://docs.metal.so/content/meeting-intelligence/pre-meeting-brief.md): Use proprietary intelligence to prepare for investor meetings with structured context, key insights, and tailored preparation guidelines.
- [Post-Meeting Analysis](https://docs.metal.so/content/meeting-intelligence/post-meeting-analysis.md): A structured analysis of every investor call — what worked, what didn't, and what to do differently next time.
- [Desktop App](https://docs.metal.so/content/meeting-intelligence/desktop-app.md): Capture any investor conversation directly from your computer — without a bot joining the call.
- [Investor Updates](https://docs.metal.so/content/investor-relations/investor-updates.md): Feed our agent your context and engage in discourse to guide it toward top-decile investor updates.
- [Follow-on Intelligence](https://docs.metal.so/content/investor-relations/follow-on-intelligence.md): Use data to identify existing investors most likely to Follow On
- [Connecting Zoom to Metal Notetaker](https://docs.metal.so/content/resources/connecting-zoom.md)
- [Metal MCP](https://docs.metal.so/content/resources/metal-mcp.md): Run your raise from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI assistant connected directly to your Metal workspace.