Helps founders identify, evaluate, and prioritize potential investors for fundraising rounds.
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name: investor-research
description: When the user wants to identify, evaluate, or prioritize potential investors for a fundraising round. Also activates when the user asks "who should I pitch?", "find me investors", "build an investor list", or mentions VC/angel targeting.
related: [pitch-deck, fundraising-email]
reads: [startup-context]
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# Investor Research
## When to Use
- The founder is preparing to fundraise and needs a target investor list.
- The founder has a list of investors and wants to qualify or prioritize them.
- The founder asks which VCs or angels are a good fit for their stage, sector, or geography.
- The founder wants to understand a specific fund's thesis, portfolio, or decision-making process.
## Context Required
From `startup-context`: stage, sector/category, location, current round target (amount), business model, and any existing investor relationships or warm connections.
From the user: geographic preferences (if any), whether they want VC-only, angel-only, or both, any investors already in conversation, and any firms they want to explicitly avoid (e.g., portfolio conflicts they know about).
## Workflow
1. **Read startup context** - Pull stage, sector, geography, round size, and existing investors from `.agents/startup-context.md`.… install to load the full skill