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Newsletter · Issue 01

October 21, 2026 · 5 min read

Investors don't fund pitches. They fund people they already know.

Signal NYC recap, plus why only 1 in 10 VC deals come in cold and three things to do before your next raise.

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Playbook

September 17, 2026 · 18 min read

The Investor Relations Playbook for Early-Stage Founders

The complete outreach methodology we refined across nearly a decade and hundreds of raises: investor segmentation, messaging, follow-up cadence, meeting conversion, and the honest numbers behind cold outreach. Nothing held back.

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