| name | map-investors |
| description | Map VCs and angels active in a domain. Output is usable as introducer surface — for each investor, surface portfolio companies that overlap with the user's target list. Writes to <WORKING_FOLDER>/domain-notes/<domain-slug>/investors.md. |
| disable-model-invocation | false |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch, Bash(mkdir *), Bash(test *) |
Map Investors
For each investor, list their relevant portfolio companies + ones that overlap with the user's outreach targets. The point isn't to pitch the VC — it's to find the people who could introduce the user to the founders they want to meet.
Inputs
$ARGUMENTS:
- Required:
<domain>.
- Optional:
--stage=<seed|series-a|growth|all> (default seed,series-a).
- Optional:
--geography=<region> — defaults USER_LOCATION + global.
- Optional:
--n=<count> (default 15).
- Optional:
--cross-ref=<domain-slug> — overlay portfolio against another domain note.
Examples
/career:ecosystem investors "ai evals"
/career:ecosystem investors "devtools" --stage=seed --geography="EMEA"
/career:ecosystem investors "ai agents" --cross-ref=ai-eval-startups
Procedure
1. Paths + load
Read crm/companies.md (for target companies). If --cross-ref, read that domain note's company list.
Output: ${WORKING_FOLDER}/domain-notes/${domain-slug}/investors.md.
2. Enumerate
For each investor / fund, capture:
- Name (firm + lead partner if known).
- Stage focus.
- Geography focus.
- Domain thesis (1 line, cited).
- Recent investments in the domain (last 24 months) — names + dates.
- Portfolio overlap with user's target / cross-ref list — this is the high-signal field.
- Public outreach surface: do they have a public submission form, an investor email, conferences they regularly attend.
- Is the lead partner active on a public surface (substack, twitter, podcast).
3. Write the note
# Investors — {{domain}}
> Domain: {{domain}}
> Stage filter: {{stage}}
> Geography: {{geography}}
> Cross-ref: {{cross-ref or none}}
> Surveyed: {{date}}
## High overlap with target list
| investor | lead partner | stage | recent {{domain}} investments | overlap with my list | outreach surface | source |
## Domain-active, no overlap (background)
(same columns)
## Inactive in this domain (for the record)
| investor | last domain investment |
## Sources
1. ...
4. Print summary
note: domain-notes/<domain-slug>/investors.md
high-overlap: <n>
domain-active: <n>
next:
high-overlap → introducer surface — note who in your network connects to these partners
follow-up → /career:outreach draft (light, soft-touch templates only)
Guardrails
- This skill maps; it doesn't recommend pitching. The output is introducer surface, not a target list.
- Portfolio overlap claims must be backed by Crunchbase / public announcements / firm portfolio pages. Cite sources.
- Don't surface stealth bets that require non-public knowledge.
Failure modes
- Domain has no clear investor cluster → write the note as
## Status: niche too early/quiet for clear VC mapping and surface adjacent investors.
