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Ok startups, you filled out all the investor applications, but NO REPLIES! What now?
Don't ask people you don't REALLY know for warm intros to investors!
A well written cold email beats a WEAK warm intro.
So, here is a list of the best cold investor email templates/tips:
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Don't ask people you don't REALLY know for warm intros to investors!
A well written cold email beats a WEAK warm intro.
So, here is a list of the best cold investor email templates/tips:
..
1/ @alliejanoch, CEO of @mapistry shares screenshots of her actual emails & her strategy!
"I thought the best way ...[is]... to find an investor who had started a successful startup earlier in their career (this is less common than you might think)" https://blog.usejournal.com/how-i-turned-a-cold-email-into-a-2-5m-seed-round-c33bd80f5590
"I thought the best way ...[is]... to find an investor who had started a successful startup earlier in their career (this is less common than you might think)" https://blog.usejournal.com/how-i-turned-a-cold-email-into-a-2-5m-seed-round-c33bd80f5590
2/ @mwseibel, CEO/Parter at @ycombinator has a great video on the cold email.
Unique takeaway: "Investors are not interested in a long history of how you came up with the idea or jargon" https://www.ycombinator.com/library/65-how-to-cold-email-investors
Unique takeaway: "Investors are not interested in a long history of how you came up with the idea or jargon" https://www.ycombinator.com/library/65-how-to-cold-email-investors
3/ @SarahADowney, Op Parter at Accomplice offers some great copy/paste-able templates.
"The goal... shouldn’t be to get money...It's to get the investors to like you and feel like you put thought into having them–not just any random person with a fund" https://startupsventurecapital.com/how-to-cold-email-pitch-a-vc-372548fa1a35
"The goal... shouldn’t be to get money...It's to get the investors to like you and feel like you put thought into having them–not just any random person with a fund" https://startupsventurecapital.com/how-to-cold-email-pitch-a-vc-372548fa1a35
4/ http://invstor.com wrote this one, and it's super tactical/detailed!
The key
s:
“Should I open this?”, “Is this person legit?”, “What do they do?”, “Does this company have momentum?”, “Can they pull it off?” “What do they want from me?”
http://invstor.com/learn/the-email-pitch
The key
s:“Should I open this?”, “Is this person legit?”, “What do they do?”, “Does this company have momentum?”, “Can they pull it off?” “What do they want from me?”
http://invstor.com/learn/the-email-pitch
5/ @hunterwalk at @homebrew put out this cold email gem.
"A good cold email beats a weak warm introduction!" https://hunterwalk.com/2018/10/05/a-strong-cold-email-always-beats-a-weak-warm-one/
"A good cold email beats a weak warm introduction!" https://hunterwalk.com/2018/10/05/a-strong-cold-email-always-beats-a-weak-warm-one/
