Startup Fundraising

Builds a driver-based FP&A operating model linking business inputs to P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow outputs. Use when building an annual plan, preparing investor materials, running scenario analysis, or stress-testing the business.

Writes cold investor outreach under 100 words - a subject line built on the company's strongest verifiable metric, a personalized why-them opening line, traction before the ask, and a low-friction meeting request - delivered as three subject options, the email body with word count, and a follow-up line for five days later. Use when a founder asks "write a cold email to this VC", "how do I get an investor meeting", "pitch my seed round over email", or is starting investor outreach. Do NOT use for choosing which investors to contact - use investor-targeting instead - or for post-investment monthly updates - use investor-update-writer instead - or for non-investor sales outreach - use cold-email-craft instead.

Audits whether a seed-stage company clears the Series A bar - benchmark metrics, narrative, team, and data room - and produces a red/yellow/green readiness scorecard with a 90-day gap-closing plan. Use when a founder asks "am I ready for Series A", "what metrics do I need to raise an A", "what goes in a Series A data room", "should I raise now or wait two quarters", or is deciding when to open an A process. Do NOT use for a general pre-pitch hygiene check at any stage - use fundraise-readiness-audit instead - or for choosing which round to raise at all - use fundraising-stage-selector instead.

Decodes every clause of a VC term sheet into plain English, marks each term founder-favorable, market-standard, or investor-favorable, and flags deviations in priority order. Use when a founder asks "what does liquidation preference mean", "is this term sheet normal", "explain participating preferred", "what is the option pool shuffle", or receives a term sheet and needs to understand it before responding. Do NOT use for planning counters, trades, and negotiation strategy - use term-sheet-negotiation instead; do NOT use for choosing between a SAFE and a priced round - use safe-vs-priced-round instead.

Drafts a monthly or quarterly investor update - TL;DR, consistent metric block (revenue, growth rate, burn, runway), highlights, honest lowlights, a specific ask, and next-period priorities - in a repeatable one-screen format. Use when someone asks "write my investor update", "what should go in my monthly update", "how do I tell investors about a bad month", or when a founder is due to report to their cap table. Do NOT use for updates to internal teams, executives, or non-investor stakeholders - use stakeholder-update instead. Do NOT use for crafting the fundraising story for new investors - use fundraising-narrative instead.