The hard part of a raise is rarely the pitching. It is building the list.
Weeks of Crunchbase tabs and half-updated portfolio pages, then 200 emails to discover most of those firms stopped writing checks in 2024.
There is a free tool that skips all of it. Enter your stage, geography, and up to three sectors. Get your top 20 matches, with check sizes and theses attached.
👉 Find your top 20 matches — free, no signup
Why These 20 Are Different
Two filters run underneath, and both matter more than list size.
▫️ They are active. Every investor shown has done at least 2 deals in the last 12 months. That one filter removes most of what makes a scraped list useless.
▫️ They match your profile. Stage, sector, and geography, across 5 stages, 21 sectors, and 11 regions.
You also get what most lists leave out: check size and thesis on every card. A $25K angel and a $15M fund are different conversations, and knowing which one you are looking at saves you the email.
You can browse all 293 manually if you would rather work the full set.
Then Pitch Them, September 17
The tool exists because of the event behind it: VC Pitch Conf, virtual, September 17. Your matches are the investors you get paired with there.
With a startup ticket:
▫️ 20 guaranteed 1:1 pitches, 7 minutes each, matched by stage, sector, and geography
▫️ 2.5 hours, non-stop. No travel, no cold outreach, no intro requests
▫️ 293+ investors attending, all actively deploying
Free for everyone:
▫️ 4 hours of keynotes and panels with a16z Speedrun, Antler, SOSV, B Capital, Plug and Play, Entrepreneurs First, 500 Global, and Alumni Ventures
▫️ Free entry for investors, plus 2 hours of co-investor, LP, and GP matchmaking
Around 1,000 founders and investors are joining. Investors also get the full event deal flow, roughly what a team sources in three to six months.
👉 Join VC Pitch Conf — code RUBEN10 for 10% off the pitch ticket
What to Have Ready Before You Pitch
Seven minutes rewards preparation more than any other format. Everything below is inside the premium libraries.
The 4 VC Corner Libraries
▫️ Investor Lists — 10,000+ verified check-writers, including 200+ AI angels, 2,500 SaaS angels, and family offices cutting pre-seed checks
▫️ Pitch Decks — 300+ that raised, including 26 that raised $400M and Rippling’s $200M memo
▫️ Financial Models — the 13-week runway system, the SaaS model, the SAFE calculator
▫️ Resources — every playbook, including what top VCs look for in 2026 and what they check in diligence
The 5 AI Corner Libraries
▫️ Claude & Anthropic — every Claude system and setup
▫️ Prompting & Context Engineering — the prompt packs and frameworks
▫️ AI Agents — build, deploy, and run agents end to end
▫️ AI Tools & Models — what to use, what it costs, what works
▫️ Business & Investing — AI applied to money and operating
FAQs:
Q: How do you find the right VCs for your startup?
A: Filter by stage, sector, and geography, then confirm the investor has deployed capital recently. A free matching tool returns your top 20 from 293 investors, all with at least two deals in the last 12 months, showing check sizes and theses.
Q: How do you know if an investor is still actively investing?
A: Recent deal activity is the cleanest signal. Many published lists include firms that stopped writing checks years ago, so a two-deals-in-twelve-months filter removes most dead entries before you send a single email.
Q: What is VC Pitch Conf?
A: A virtual 1:1 pitch conference on September 17, 2026. Each startup ticket includes 20 guaranteed seven-minute pitches with investors matched by stage, sector, and geography.
Q: Is the VC matching tool free?
A: Yes, with no signup. You enter your stage, geography, and up to three sectors and see your top 20 matches with check sizes and investment theses.
Q: Can investors attend VC Pitch Conf for free?
A: Yes. Investor attendance is free, including two hours of co-investor, LP, and GP matchmaking plus access to the event’s full deal flow.
Espectacular, Ruben!