vc-fundraising-skill

Turn a startup description into a structured fundraising brief for VC targeting. Ask only the clarifying questions that materially affect investor targeting. Triggers on: "start fundraising", "find investors", "raise capital", "clarify thesis", "I'm fundraising", "help me raise", "find VCs", "we're raising a round".

Draft personalized investor outreach emails and LinkedIn messages using the startup thesis, investor fit rationale, and specific personalization hooks. Saves a final ranked outreach list and exports to CSV. Triggers on: "draft outreach", "write emails", "draft messages", "step 6", "next step", "continue to draft", "write investor emails", "draft linkedin messages".

Enrich public professional contact details for each mapped investor. Uses icypeas_official/bulk-email-finder for batch email lookup, and Exa for any missing LinkedIn URLs. Clearly labels all inferred data. Triggers on: "enrich contacts", "find emails", "get contact details", "step 4", "next step", "continue to enrich contacts".

Convert any or all pipeline JSON files to CSV. Handles flattening of nested objects. Saves CSV files alongside the JSON files in the same directory. Triggers on: "export csv", "convert to csv", "export data", "download csv", "export all", "get csv", "export contacts", "export funds", "export results".

Find venture capital firms that match a startup's fundraising brief. Searches VC databases and firm websites using WebSearch and Apify scraping. Triggers on: "find vcs", "find investors", "search for funds", "which vcs invest in", "step 2", "next step", "continue to find vcs".

Find the right individual people at each candidate VC firm — partners, principals, and associates relevant to the startup's sector and stage. Uses Exa people search and LinkedIn Profile Search Scraper (harvestapi) for accurate, no-cookie profile lookup. Triggers on: "map investors", "find people at funds", "who to contact", "step 3", "next step", "continue to map investors", "find partners at".

Delete pipeline data files to start fresh or re-run from a specific step. Supports full reset or partial reset from a given step onwards. Triggers on: "reset", "start over", "clear data", "reset pipeline", "reset from step", "delete data", "fresh start", "wipe data".

Score and rank VC firms and target investors based on fit with the startup's fundraising brief. Uses a weighted 8-dimension rubric. Produces a prioritized outreach list with clear reasoning. Triggers on: "score vcs", "rank investors", "evaluate fit", "step 5", "next step", "continue to score", "prioritize investors".