Cold emailing can work for raising capital - but only if you know who to email. Building that list from scratch can take months.
Rashid learned this the hard way. In 2019, his fintech startup needed significant capital to operate, but the founding team lacked the network for warm introductions to angels and VCs. Cold emailing was the only path forward, and that meant manually collecting investor data from Crunchbase, AngelList, LinkedIn, VC websites, and angel groups.
Weeks of work produced a list of roughly 700 investors. The outreach got them on calls with notable names - including a cofounder of Wish.com and an executive partner of FF Ventures - but without traction, those conversations did not lead to investment. The startup did not make it.
That experience led Rashid to a realization. If cold emailing could work to raise money, and building the list was the hardest part, then a product that solved the list-building problem could help thousands of founders who were in the same position.
From 700 to 125,000+ Investors
Angel Match launched as a database of angels and VCs with verified contact information. The initial release on Product Hunt featured 40,000 investors and generated ,000 in revenue in the first week - a signal that the problem was real and widespread. Today, the database has grown to over 125,000 investors.
Version 4.0 expands the platform significantly. Users can filter investors by location, investment focus (industry or niche), investment stage, and investor type. Each profile includes email addresses, phone numbers, LinkedIn profiles, X and Facebook links, past investment data, job titles, and geographic data.
Beyond the database, Angel Match now functions as an all-in-one fundraising tool. Users can send emails to investors directly from the platform through the Email Outreach section, then track all communications from the built-in CRM.
