50 investor research prompts for Claude, in five steps
50 copy-paste prompts for researching investors with Claude or ChatGPT: define your raise, map the firms, read their deals, find the decision maker, route the outreach.
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DocSend alternatives for founders in 2026: what to check
Choosing a DocSend alternative for your pitch deck? The six things that matter when sharing a deck with investors, and a look at SendNow, our partner.
VC Boom Blog5 min readThe family office playbook: who to contact, and why
A practical system for raising from family offices: find the ones that fit, map the people, use warm paths, write for one person, then learn and repeat. With Claude prompts.
VC Boom Blog10 min readCold email to investors: what 1,962 real sends taught us
We read 1,962 cold emails founders sent to investors through VC Boom. 50 got replies. Here is what those 50 had in common, with the honest numbers.
VC Boom Blog7 min readRaising solo when the money is for distribution
The product works and the users are real. The capital is for acquisition, not research. Here is how to frame that ask, which investors can actually write the cheque, and the four numbers that carry the pitch.
VC Boom Blog5 min readWhere the AI money sits: 7,242 investors, mapped
We counted every investor tagged AI in our database: 7,242 of them, across 56 countries. Here is the stage split, the geography, and the cheque-size band most solo AI founders are actually raising into.
VC Boom Blog3 min readThe Investor Memo a Partner Forwards Without Editing
How to use VC Boom's Memo Writer to build the two page memo a partner forwards to their team, and why resending the deck kills warm replies.
VC Boom Blog7 min readHow to Use Outreacher to Send Cold Investor Emails That Get Replies
A walkthrough of VC Boom's Outreacher agent: how it writes short, high-signal investor emails, how to send them in batches of 20, and how to read the reply data.
VC Boom Blog7 min readBuild Your Data Room In Week One, Not Week Six
How to use the VC Boom Data Room Curator to build, pressure-test and maintain your data room before an investor asks for it.
VC Boom Blog7 min readHow Sourcer Cuts 47,000 Investors Down To 90 Who Can Say Yes
A walkthrough of the Sourcer agent: how to build a shortlist of investors who can actually write your cheque, and how to cut it down honestly.
VC Boom Blog7 min readThe Enricher Walkthrough: Fund Names Into Named Partners
How to turn a raw list of fund names into named partners with verified emails, and why skipping this step kills most cold outreach before it starts.
VC Boom Blog7 min readRun Your Fundraise Like a Sales Pipeline
How to give every investor conversation a stage and a dated next action, and what to do when a fund goes quiet for eleven days.
VC Boom Blog7 min readHow to Run Your First Deck Score and Fix the Right Two Slides
Upload a PDF, get seven dimension scores in under 90 seconds, and learn the discipline of fixing only your lowest two slides before re-scoring.
VC Boom Blog6 min readLiquidation preference, explained: who gets paid first when you exit
What is liquidation preference? The term sheet clause that decides whether founders keep millions or walk away with nothing. Plain-language breakdown.
VC Boom Blog10 min readHow to handle a down round in 2026 without losing the company
Down rounds are brutal but survivable. Learn how to structure terms, keep your equity, and preserve board control when valuation drops.
VC Boom Blog10 min readThe option pool shuffle: the term sheet move that quietly dilutes founders most
The option pool shuffle dilutes founders 5-10% before a VC invests a dollar. Learn the math, spot the clause, and negotiate it out of your term sheet.
VC Boom Blog11 min readThe cold emails that got investor replies were shorter than you'd guess
We analyzed 6 months of outreach data. The best cold email length investors actually replied to was under 100 words. Here's what worked.
VC Boom Blog10 min readOne deck dimension predicts who raises. The other six don't.
We scored 1,200+ decks and tracked outcomes. One dimension predicts fundraising success. The rest? Noise. Here's what actually moves the needle.
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