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How to find investors for your startup
The seven steps below are the whole method. The generator turns them into a shortlist: pick your stage, industry, region and check size, and we surface active investors filtered to funds that wrote a check in the last 6 months, not a stale directory.
- Only ACTIVE investors, filtered to a check in the last 6 months
- Partner-direct emails, not info@ black holes
- Covers the US, Europe, LATAM, Asia, MENA, and Africa
Built on 60,000+ investor profiles. Filtered to last investment under 6 months. VC, angel, family office, and accelerator.
How to find investors, step by step
Finding investors is a targeting problem, not a volume problem. The founders who close rounds write to a short, well-matched list and follow up; the ones who stall send hundreds of cold emails to names copied from a ranking. Here is the method in seven steps.
- 1
Fix the round before the list
Write down the stage, the amount, the instrument (a SAFE at pre-seed and seed, a priced round from Series A) and the milestone the money buys. Every investor filter you apply next depends on those four facts, and an investor can tell in one paragraph when they are missing.
- 2
Match on stage first, then sector, then geography
A seed fund does not write pre-seed checks and a Series A fund does not lead a $500K round. Filter the catalog by the stage you are raising, then the sector the investor has actually backed, then the region, in that order. Stage cuts the most names; geography cuts the fewest.
- 3
Use activity, not fame
A fund that made several investments in your sector this year is a warmer lead than a famous name that has not. The Round Funded catalog tracks investments on record per investor; sort by it and read the last few deals before you write.
- 4
Build a list of 40 to 60, not 400
Pick the investors whose stage, sector and check size fit, and stop. A short list you research one by one converts; a long one you cannot personalize does not. Split it into a first wave of 15 to 20 and keep the rest for the second week.
- 5
Find the person, not the firm
Pitches go to a partner or an associate who covers your space, not to an info@ address. Open the investor profile, find the person whose portfolio matches, and write to them by name. If you have a warm path through a founder they backed, use it; if not, a precise cold email still gets read.
- 6
Write the three-line email and send it from your own inbox
Line one: what you do and for whom. Line two: the traction number that matters at your stage. Line three: the ask and the round. Send it from your own Gmail so the reply lands in your inbox and the thread belongs to you. Follow up once after five business days.
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Track every send and reply in one place
A spreadsheet works for ten investors and breaks at forty. Keep the list, the status of each conversation and the follow-up dates on one board, so the second wave goes out on time and nobody is emailed twice. Round Funded gives you the list, the outreach and the pipeline in one place.
Created by founders from top global accelerators
How it works
Three steps. Real names. Zero dead funds.
- 01
Tell us what you're raising
Stage, industry, region, and check size. The more specific, the tighter the list.
- 02
We filter 60,000+ investors
By stage, sector, geo, check size, and recent activity. Funds that have not written a check in 6 months get dropped.
- 03
Get names, checks, and emails
Partner names, recent deals, check size, and verified partner-direct emails. Ready to reach out.
A peek at three investors for a seed fintech founder
These three came back for a seed-stage fintech founder raising $2M in the US. Sign up to search the full database.
Better Tomorrow Ventures
SF-based, fintech-only seed fund. Active: 5 fintech seeds in the last quarter. Check size: $1M to $3M. Strong fit for US fintech founders with early revenue.
Anthemis Group
Fintech specialist across the US and Europe. Active: led and followed 8 deals this year. Check size: $500k to $4M. Known for a deep fintech operator network.
Nyca Partners
New York fintech fund, seed to Series B. Active: recent seed checks into payments and infra. Check size: $1M to $5M. Strong for regulated fintech.
Sign up to search 60,000+ investors with check size, partner names, and verified emails.
How to actually work an investor list
A list is raw material. Four moves that turn names into meetings.
01
Filter to active, then filter again by fit
A list of 500 investors is useless. Cut to the 30 to 50 that match your stage, sector, and geo AND wrote a check recently. A tight, relevant list beats a huge stale one every time.
02
Email the partner, not info@
Info@ and generic fund inboxes are a black hole. Find the partner who leads deals in your sector and email them directly. Our database gives you partner-direct emails verified in the last 90 days.
03
Check the fund wrote a check this quarter
Half the funds in a directory like Crunchbase are effectively dead: no new fund, no recent checks. Reaching out to them wastes weeks. Only email funds with a recent, relevant investment.
04
Batch your outreach, do not blast
Send 20 to 30 personalized emails a week, not 300 identical ones. Investors talk. A blast that reads as mass mail kills your reputation. Personalize the first line to each fund's recent deal.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from Crunchbase or PitchBook?
Crunchbase and PitchBook tell you who exists, including funds that have not invested in years. We filter to ACTIVE investors (a check in the last 6 months) and give you partner-direct, verified emails so you can actually reach them. We are built for outreach, not just research.
Is this really free?
Finding your matches is free. Round+, our paid product, unlocks the full searchable database of 60,000+ investors, verified emails, and bulk outreach from your own Gmail. You do not need it to see your first matches.
Do you include angel investors and family offices?
Yes. The database covers VC funds, angel investors, family offices, and accelerators. For pre-seed founders, angels often make up most of the list. For Series A and up, VC funds dominate.
I'm not in the US. Will I find investors?
Yes. Round Funded is built for founders raising from anywhere. The database covers Europe, LATAM, Asia, MENA, and Africa, plus cross-border funds that invest globally. The tool works in 12 languages.
How current is the investor data?
We update weekly: last investment date, partner moves, fund closes, and thesis changes. Funds that go quiet get filtered out, so you are not emailing a dead fund.
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