The Mintround blog
Practical writing on fundraising, pitch decks, and investor outreach for early-stage founders.
11 cold-email mistakes that get founders marked as spam
Eleven concrete cold-email mistakes, from unverified lists and generic blasts to the wrong ask, that get founder outreach ignored or marked as spam.
The investor CRM spreadsheet: a template that actually works
The columns that matter in an investor CRM, how to run the pipeline through them, and how to seed the whole thing from a verified CSV export.
How to research an investor in 15 minutes before a meeting
A 15-minute checklist to research an investor before a call, covering portfolio, thesis, recent deals, socials, mutual connections, and what they pass on.
11 cold-email mistakes that get founders marked as spam
Eleven concrete cold-email mistakes, from unverified lists and generic blasts to the wrong ask, that get founder outreach ignored or marked as spam.
Angel or VC: who should you email first at pre-seed?
How angels, micro-funds, and institutional VCs differ at pre-seed, and a practical order for who to email first so your round builds momentum.
How many investors should you contact to close a round?
The funnel math behind a raise, realistic conversion ranges, and why a list of 15 to 30 investors is almost never enough to close a round.
From CSV to booked calls: a 7-day investor outreach workflow
A concrete seven-day plan that turns a raw investor CSV into cleaned segments, personalized emails, batched sends, follow-ups, and tracked replies.
How to find any angel investor's email address (2026 guide)
The practical ways to find an angel's real email - firm domain patterns, LinkedIn, portfolio pages, and verified directories - and why guessing bounces.
The investor email template that gets replies
A short, copy-paste cold email template for investors, plus the four lines that decide whether you get a reply.
Do cold emails to VCs actually work?
Yes, when they are short, specific and sent to the right partner at a verified address. Here is what separates the cold emails that get replies from the ones that get ignored.
How to get a warm intro to an investor
A warm intro skips the cold-email queue. How to find the right connector, make the intro easy to forward, and use the double opt-in the right way.
How to write an investor update that keeps people warm
A short monthly update turns investors who passed into investors who lean in. The simple structure to use, and why consistency beats polish.
How to cold-email an investor (templates that get replies)
Cold outreach works when it is short, specific, and easy to say yes to. A structure that gets opens, plus a template you can copy.