raise-strategy

name	raise-strategy
description	Use to synthesise everything known about the startup and its fund pipeline into a full fundraising strategy memo — raise parameters, sequencing, a milestone map, a month-by-month timeline, risks, and this week's next actions. Run after the profile, readiness, pipeline, and any fund dossiers exist. Use when asked to "build a fundraising strategy", "how should we run this raise", "what's our raise plan", or "sequencing strategy".
allowed-tools	Read Write
metadata	{"track":"fundraising"}

raise-strategy — the fundraising strategy memo

Pulls the whole namespace together into one plan: how much to raise, on what instrument, who to approach in what order, which milestones unlock which investors, and what to do this week. A strategy document, not a pitch — honest about what's missing.

Invocation

raise-strategy

Steps

1. Load all available context (read what exists; don't error on absence): .spine/raise/profile.md (required → raise-init if absent), readiness.md, pipeline.md, and every funds/*/dossier.md (read their handoff headers for fit_score/recommended_action to sequence by).
2. Write .spine/raise/strategy.md — seven sections:
   • Current state — brutal honesty: what you have, what a fundable round in this sector typically needs that you lack, the single biggest risk, and a one-line verdict ("fundable now at [tier], not yet at [tier] without [X]"). Anchor on readiness.md if present.
   • Raise parameters — recommended amount, instrument, valuation-cap range (from comps), timeline, and a minimum-viable close, each with a rationale.
   • Sequencing — who first (pull Tier-1 / highest-fit_score funds from the pipeline and dossiers), parallel vs. sequential with a recommendation, and the specific lever to create urgency.
   • Milestone map — which proof points unlock which investor tier, with target dates consistent with the profile's milestones.
   • Month-by-month timeline — from now to close, with hard dependencies flagged.
   • Risks & contingencies — each risk, its probability, and a specific fallback. Add a row for any fund whose dossier scores legitimacy < 60.
   • This week — next three actions — concrete, specific, doable in seven days.
3. Report. Summarise the recommended raise and the first three actions, and point to raise-outreach <fund> for each Tier-1 fund once dossiers exist.

Spine I/O

• Reads: .spine/raise/profile.md, readiness.md, pipeline.md, funds/*/dossier.md.
• Writes: .spine/raise/strategy.md.

Notes

• Every fund named in the sequencing/timeline must come from pipeline.md or a dossier — never invent funds or fit scores.
• "Current state" must acknowledge gaps, not cheerlead; the strategy is only as useful as it is honest.
• Re-run it as traction grows — new milestones change which funds are reachable.