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Navigator investor search — Personalized list of the best-fit investors for your startup
Navigator investor search scans the global Crunchbase database of VCs and angels, and rank orders the ones which are most likely to invest in you based on what they've invested in previously. Cut down on hours of research through dozens of databases.
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I've got very annoyed at the registration stage -- why do I have to invent an extra-secure password? Do you really think that somebody's going to hack my account? Why don't you let me decide on my password's complexity myself? And is it too hard to add a social login?
@artem_smirnov Hi Artem - eek, sorry about that. We hear you on this and are going to improve the registration page/password and add social logins. Thanks for the feedback :)
Keep on Rockin!
Pros:Great tool with a great team behind the product! Super useful and great ui!
Cons:none
Got some real and extremely useful intros from the platform.
Pros:Great team and great tool
Cons:Looking forward to coverage in other cities
As a company that is fundraising this looks like an excellent (and much needed) tool. I have a few questions:
1) How does the investor matching model work?
2) Which countries have the best coverage of investors?
3) We're based in NA and I noticed in the onboarding that you ask for revenue in pounds but raise amount in dollars?
Thanks!
@mcaers thanks for your questions
To answer them:
1) The model ranks investors for you based on what they've invested in previously, scanning all available data in Crunchbase. We look at whether they have category or geography focus, or whether they are broad in their previous investment activity. We account for whether they get involved in round sizes like yours. And we also rank according to recency to account for whether their focus might have evolved. We have more info on that here: http://articles.navigator.vc/faq...
2) The US has the best coverage, so you will see a large proportion of US-based investors in your results (though we of course account for whether they have a specific geographic focus). Top 10 countries in order are USA, UK, China, India, Canada, Germany, France, Israel and Spain.
3) Good point! We've been UK focused up until recently so that's a bit of a legacy item :)
Thanks again - let us know if you have any more questions.
I work with founders on a day-to-day basis and meeting the right investors is a HUGE problem they face - especially in the early days. This is a much needed solution that will set them off on the right foot and enable them to spend more time building/growing their company. Awesome work guys!!
Q - how will the filter system work and how granular can people go when searching for investors?
@hustletofame Thanks for the question and feedback Amanda!
Currently our Search returns the top 500 results based on the parameters you set. You can then drill down from those 500 results to focus on types of investors, or where they are based. However, if in your top 500 results there are only say 2 angel investors, you will only have those two results when you filter down. However, we are planning to update the Search soon so that you will be able to set the parameters before the search so that it only returns those filtered items. So you can say show me the top fitting angel investors based in the UK for example.
Let me know if that answers your question!
I somehow forgot to include the demo video I made at 1am 🤦https://youtu.be/nXU_cns8dHM
Seems like a pretty neat tool even though I am not raising money so cant really see what it looks like as I tried to register.
I've used the search and assess functions and really like the new layout.
Pros:Quick, easy and much needed for the market place.
Cons:Looking forward to seeing the new track features.
Will likely use to see how this tool evolves.
Pros:Ease of use, intuitive, responsive.
Cons:Limited categories for accurately matching firms to companies; will be nice to expand the investors list.
Nothing more to add really.
Pros:The product - and the team are here to create frictionless and meaningful intros - highly recommended.
Cons:Once you're intro'd - it's up to you and the team to close :)
Brilliant concept and tool
Pros:Matching investors; seeing investors in my space
Cons:More Oceania region angels
Thanks Greg - we currently run the model only on Crunchbase data but are looking to add additional databases over time. Are you aware of any Oceania-focused databases similar to Crunchbase?
Just learned about it and am still exploring
Pros:Easy to use
Cons:It can help startups to find investment
Thanks Fabian - let us know if you have any questions or further feedback :)
like the concept , thinks is very useful tool for networking
Pros:effective & useful for linking startups and investors quicker
Cons:could improve using feedback actual users
Any way to filter by funding stage? diadem.one is focussing on early stage ones
@aubreed Hi Amaury - not at the moment but improving the filtering of the results is certainly something we will be working on. In the meantime the proxy for stage is what your fundraise target is, so the search results will prioritise investors who invest in rounds in the range that you are targeting.
Are there any other things you'd want to filter investor results by?
@juhaszhenderson Hi Matt, thanks for your comment.
The key differentiation for the Search feature is the matching and ranking investors by fit based on the startup's location, category and fundraise target and comparing it with what the investors have invested in previously.
When fundraising ourselves we found that combing through all the various databases was super useful, but the problem it created was how to research prioritise which investors you should be approaching.
i was searching investment for my start up . it helps me like pro .. i love this more than anything 🤩
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