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The Mintround blog
Practical writing on fundraising, pitch decks, and investor outreach for early-stage founders.
How to find the right investors for your startup
Targeting beats spray-and-pray. Build a focused investor list by stage, sector, and cheque size, and skip the funds that were never going to say yes.
Pre-seed vs seed: what each round means and who funds it
The line between pre-seed and seed is fuzzy, but the expectations are not. What each round buys, what investors look for, and who writes the cheques.
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.