The Pro Directory

Raise your round like a pro.

4,500+ vetted VC firms with full partner data. AI Firm Match for your top 150 in 60 seconds. Validated emails so your outreach lands. The toolset built for founders running a real raise.

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From $83/mo billed annually. Cancel anytime.

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The problem

If you don't find the right investors for your round, what else matters?

Three friction points break most fundraises. The good news: they're all fixable inputs.

1

You're going after the wrong funds.

Stage mismatch. Sector mismatch. Check-size mismatch. You burn weeks pitching firms that were never going to invest — and the mismatch only becomes obvious after you've already pitched.

2

You don't have nearly enough in your pipeline.

A proper pipeline needs 150 to 200 firms. Most founders start with thirty, run dry by month two, and wonder why the meetings dried up. Qualified volume is the math of fundraising, and most founders don't have it.

3

You're pitching investors who can't deploy capital.

Funds close. Partners leave. Theses shift. You spend weeks pitching firms with no capital to write right now, and they rarely tell you upfront.

Pro fixes the inputs. The rest works.

Inside Pro

Everything you need to run a real raise.

Five tools. One subscription. The toolset behind every founder who actually closes a round on time.

01

The same data Pitchbook charges $25k+/yr for.

Full thesis, fund size, partner roster, recent investments, exit history on every firm. Pitchbook is built for institutional analysts. The Pro Directory is built for founders running raises.

Replaces
PitchbookCrunchbase Pro
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AI Firm Match: your top 150 in 60 seconds.

Tell us your stage, sector, check size, and timeline. The model ranks all 4,500+ firms by fit and surfaces your top 150 with the specific reason each one matches. The output is a target list you can actually run.

Replaces
100+ hours of manual researchDozens of different data sources
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Skip the info@ graveyard.

Each partner profile shows their direct email when we have it, plus LinkedIn, X, operator background, and the deals they've led. These are real check-writers, validated where possible — not info@ catch-alls nobody reads.

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info@firm.com guessesGeneric databases
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Run your raise without a spreadsheet.

Save firms with status (researching, contacted, meeting, passed). Take notes. Track every conversation. The CRM that fits how a fundraise actually runs — without you maintaining it.

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200-row Notion tableAirtable nobody updates
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Updated weekly. Never stale.

Funds close. Partners leave. Theses shift. We refresh firm data weekly and respond to bad-data flags within 48 hours. No 2022 fund sizes. No partners who left a year ago.

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Stale databases‘Update next quarter’ promises
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All five. Built in. $83/mo billed annually.

How it stacks up

The Pro Directory vs everything else.

Plenty of options claim to help you find investors. Only one was built specifically for fundraising founders — your time, your inbox, your pipeline, your close.

The Startupverse · Pro Directory

Pro Directory

Everything to run your raise. Nothing else.

  • Top 150 firm matches in minutes. A fully-customized list built around your company minutes after sign-up.
  • Validated investor emails. Plus LinkedIn and X so you can multi-thread every conversation.
  • Built-in CRM workflow. Save, tag, track touches in one place.
  • Always fresh data. We're constantly adding new firms and refreshing existing ones. Your list never goes stale.
  • Personal support. Hit an issue or spot a bug? We've got you covered.
  • Just for founders. 100% focused on the needs of US-based fundraising founders.
$83/mo$999 billed annually · cancel anytime
What everyone else gives you

Pitchbook

$25k+ / yrinstitutional
  • ×Built for analysts, not founders raising money
  • ×100s of hours of research to build your target list
  • ×No workflow. Export to Excel and start over.

Crunchbase Pro

$1k+ / yrsales tool
  • ×Built for sales teams, not raising founders
  • ×100s of hours of research to build your target list
  • ×Stale partner data, limited verified emails

Free investor lists

FreeDIY
  • ×Dozens to choose from. None as comprehensive as ours.
  • ×Stale data, missing partners, no verified emails
  • ×Fine if you want to do 90% of the work yourself

Your existing investors

Goodwillwarm intros
  • ×Most try to help — networks are smaller than you need
  • ×Cap on how many warm intros they'll make per round
  • ×You're one of many. Their availability sets the pace.
The honest answer

Should you buy this, or pay for a Custom VC List?

Custom VC List · $2,500 - $4,000 one-time

Hands-off. We do it for you.

Hand us your profile. Two to three weeks later, you get a vetted, ranked list of 100-200 firms with our team's take on each one. Best when you want fundraise outputs without running the process.

Pro Directory · $999/yr

Hands-on. The toolset to run it yourself.

Build and run the list yourself with AI Firm Match doing the heavy lift, partner emails to make outreach land, and a built-in CRM tracking your pipeline. Best for ongoing fundraising and proactively building investor relationships.

Many founders use both. The list to fast track their current raise, the directory because fundraising never stops.

What founders say

From founders who've actually run a raise on it.

I'd been chasing the wrong firms for two months before I ran AI Match. It surfaced fifteen funds I'd never heard of that were a perfect fit. Three of them took meetings the first week.
[Founder name pending]
[Company · Stage · Raise size]
The partner emails alone paid for the year. I stopped pitching info@ and started getting replies. The CRM keeps me sane during a process that's normally a spreadsheet nightmare.
[Founder name pending]
[Company · Stage · Raise size]
Pricing

The same fundraising tools others charge $25,000 for. Priced for founders.

One directory, one workflow, three ways to pay. Start with the plan that matches how you fundraise.

Enterprise data tools · $25k+/yrConsultants · $10k+Junior analyst · $8k+/mo
★ Best value · 7 months free
Annual
$83/mo
$999 billed once a year. Locked in.
SAVE $789 vs monthly
That's 7 months free.
Start with Annual
Cancel anytime · keep access through your paid period

Quarterly

90 days at a time. Most flexible mid-raise.

$387
every 3 months
$129/mo · save 13%Choose Quarterly →

Monthly

Low commitment. Cancel anytime.

$149
per month

Cancel in 2 clicks

From your account in Stripe. No phone call. No friction.

Full access through your period

Quarterly & annual stop renewing. You keep using it til the date.

Same toolset across all plans

Every feature unlocked on every plan. The only difference is how often you pay.

Already on Free? Upgrade keeps everything you've saved and unlocks contact info, AI Match, and the full pipeline workspace.

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Frequently asked

Real questions, straight answers.

How is The Pro Directory different from Pitchbook?

Pitchbook costs $25,000+ per year and is built for institutional analysts at funds and banks. The Pro Directory is built for founders running raises and costs $999/year. Same depth on US venture firms — partner rosters, fund sizes, recent investments, exits — but presented as a fundraise toolset, not a research database. AI Firm Match is something Pitchbook doesn't offer.

Why pay for The Pro Directory if I can scrape Crunchbase or LinkedIn for free?

Time and accuracy. Three weeks of LinkedIn scraping produces a list of firms that mostly don't fit, plus the partner contacts you find are often wrong or out of date. Crunchbase has thin data on partners and no AI matching. The Pro Directory gets you a ranked, validated list in 60 seconds and refreshes weekly, so it doesn't go stale on you mid-raise.

How does AI Firm Match work?

You answer a short profile: stage, sector, check size, timeline, traction. The model ranks all 4,500+ firms in the directory by fit against your profile and surfaces your top 150 with a specific reason each one matches. You can re-run it any time as your profile evolves. It's the closest thing to having a fundraising analyst on demand.

What's included with the partner contacts?

Each partner profile shows their direct email when we have it, LinkedIn URL, X handle, operator background, prior firms, focus stages and sectors, and the specific deals they've led. We validate emails where possible. You get the data you'd need to write a warm-cold email that actually reaches the partner, not the info@ inbox.

Should I buy The Pro Directory or pay for a Custom VC List?

The Custom VC List ($2,500-4,000) is a hands-off, vetted, ranked list with our team's take. Best when you want a finished list and don't want to run the process. The Pro Directory is the ongoing toolset to build and run the list yourself. Many founders use both — the list to kick off the raise, the directory to run it. If you're between rounds or planning multiple raises, the directory is the better long-term investment.

How often is the data updated?

Firm data refreshes on a rolling weekly cadence. New firms are added as we identify them. If you flag bad data on any firm — wrong partner, fund closed, sector off — we typically update within 48 hours. No quarterly snapshot model.

Is there a free trial?

We don't run a free trial. The Free Directory is the way to try us before you pay — up to 75 saved firms with basic data, no credit card. Pro is for founders ready to actually run a raise, where the AI Match, partner emails, and CRM start paying for themselves the first week.

Can I cancel anytime? What happens with the annual plan?

Monthly: cancel any time, no commitment. Quarterly and annual: cancellations stop your next renewal but you keep full access through the period you've paid for. We don't pro-rate or refund mid-period, but there are no surprises either. You can cancel from your account in two clicks via Stripe.

Do you offer refunds?

No partial or pro-rated refunds. The same logic as the cancel policy: monthly stops next billing, quarterly and annual stop next renewal but keep access through the paid period. If something is genuinely broken on our end and we can't fix it for you, email us directly and we'll make it right.

Can my whole team use one Pro account?

Each Pro account is set up for one founder. If a co-founder needs access, they can sign up separately. We don't currently offer team plans, but if your team needs shared access, email us and we'll work it out.

What if I'm pre-seed or just starting to think about raising?

Start with the Free Directory. It gives you up to 75 firms saved with basic data — enough to learn the landscape without paying. The Pro Directory pays for itself when you have a clear sector, stage, and check size and you're moving toward outreach in the next 90 days. We'll connect you to free fundraising resources in the meantime.

The Pro Directory

Your next ninety days don't have to look like the last ninety.

The right firms. The right partners. The right inputs. From $83/mo billed annually. Cancel anytime.

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