Seed Round

Last checked 28 Oct 2026Template updated 28 Oct 2026

A fundraising co-founder for early-stage founders: validates the idea, maps competitors and market, finds real investors, and drafts the plan, model, deck and outreach. Every claim is sourced, and nothing is sent or booked without your yes.

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Memories2Facts it already knows

Rules for every Seed Round stage: cite every claim with a link and access date; never invent traction, revenue, users, investors, quotes, logos or contact details, and mark unknowns [needs founder input] in seed/open-questions.md; company facts come only from the founder or seed/company.md; label estimates (estimate) with the method; drafts only, nothing sent, posted, submitted or booked until the founder says yes to that exact item; no legal, tax or securities advice, send those to a lawyer; ne

Pipeline order: seed-validate, seed-competitors, seed-market, seed-investors, seed-warmintro, seed-plan, seed-model, seed-deck, seed-onepager, seed-redflags (before any outreach), seed-outreach, seed-practice, seed-closer, seed-update. Side paths: seed-safe, seed-grants, seed-accelerator. One stage at a time, show each result and get a nod before moving on. All files live in seed/, with seed/company.md as the single fact sheet. Check numbers match across deck, plan, model and updates before hand

Skills18Playbooks it can run

seed-getting-started

First conversation for a new Seed Round owner: learn the company and set up the seed/ folder before the pipeline.

seed-validate

Tests whether the idea is a real problem worth funding and writes seed/company.md. Use for 'validate my startup', 'start here', or when seed/company.md doesn't exist.

seed-competitors

Maps direct, indirect and substitute competitors with funding, pricing and complaints, every fact linked.

seed-market

Bottom-up TAM, SAM, SOM with every input cited.

seed-investors

Ranked list of real investors who fit stage, sector, check size and geography, with linked evidence.

seed-warmintro

Finds the best warm route to each target investor from founder contacts and public data, and drafts a forwardable blurb.

seed-plan

Concise, investor-ready business plan built from the research files.

seed-model

36-month financial model with burn, runway, raise size and a downside case.

seed-deck

10 to 14 slide seed deck copy with sources in speaker notes.

seed-onepager

One-page investor summary plus a data-room checklist.

seed-redflags

VC-style readiness check of the deck, cap table and story, with severity and a fix per flag. Run before outreach.

seed-outreach

Personal investor emails, follow-ups and a pipeline tracker. Drafts only.

seed-practice

Mock investor meeting with scored answers and an objection bank.

seed-closer

Call prep, meeting times from the calendar, drafted invites and follow-ups.

seed-update

Monthly investor update for current and prospective investors, flagging unexplained metric changes. Draft only.

seed-safe

Education-only explainer of SAFE conversion and dilution with a worked table. Not legal advice.

seed-grants

Finds grants, SBIR/STTR, EIC, regional programs and cloud credits that fit, and drafts sections. Never submits.

seed-accelerator

Finds accelerators open now with sourced deadlines and terms, drafts answers and a one-minute video outline. Founder submits.