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Published October 8, 2026 · Updated November 11, 2026
The answer in 60 words: angels and VCs active in your category are found for you and approached with traction, not a cold deck. This Valley play finds firms and angels with a thesis matching your space, plus the partners at each, with no list to bring, leads with one metric that makes them lean in, and runs a warm, patient cadence of two spaced touches, because fundraising is a long game. One run, LinkedIn only.
This article describes the play exactly as published on joinvalley.co/playbooks on October 8, 2026. Valley makes the product, so read it as the maker's own guide, not a review.
Valley is an AI outbound platform that finds the people most likely to buy from you - from live buying signals, natural-language search, or your own lists - qualifies them against your ICP, researches each one, and sends personalized messages across email and LinkedIn that get 15-45% reply rates, against a category average of about 2%.
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Give your sales team
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Who this play finds, and why they reply
How to find investors for a startup is usually answered with a database and a cold deck, and both fail for the same reason: the list is not matched to a thesis and the message asks for time before it earns it. The play fixes both. Valley finds firms and angels whose thesis matches your space and names the partners, and the first message is a number.
The example on the play: venture and angel investors that invest in my category at seed to Series A, and their partners. Stage and category are yours to set.
How the play runs
The flow, as the product shows it: Find the investors › Traction note › LinkedIn.
Valley finds the investors (AI step). Firms and angels with a thesis matching your space, plus the partners at each. No list to bring.
Lead with the metric. One number that makes them lean in. The deck comes second.
Warm, patient cadence. Two touches, spaced. Fundraising is a long game.
Before you launch
Describe your target market so Scout can find the right starting point.
Setting | Value |
|---|---|
Audience | Valley finds them |
Cadence | One-time |
Cadence tag | One-time |
Sending channel | LinkedIn only |
Example search
Venture and angel investors that invest in my category at seed to Series A, and their partners
Review the audience, message and sending settings before starting. The channel shown is the sending channel for this play, not the source of its prospects.
Give your sales team
an unfair advantage.
What the message says
Lead with the metric. One number that makes them lean in, in the play's words; the deck comes second. The message is the metric, the one-line context that makes it impressive, and a low-pressure ask.
Warm, patient cadence: two touches, spaced. Fundraising is a long game, and an investor who passes now is a relationship, not a lost lead.
When this is the wrong play
You want advisors rather than money. Recruit advisors finds operators and makes a bounded ask.
You have no metric yet. The play leads with one; without traction, it is a cold deck with extra steps.
You want warm intros to investors. Ask your network for intros goes through people you know.
Pick the metric for the thesis. A firm that invests in product-led companies leans in at retention; a firm that backs outbound-led companies leans in at pipeline efficiency; an angel who was an operator leans in at the number they used to own. The play finds the thesis, and the one metric in the first message should be the one that thesis cares about.
Related plays
Recruit advisors: The operators you want around the table, found for you and approached with a real role.
Ask your network for intros: A warm, low-pressure referral ask to first-degree connections who know your buyers.
Pitch journalists and analysts: The people covering your category, found for you and pitched with a story, not a press release.
Open the play itself: Reach investors for your raise on the Valley playbook library, or browse all 58 plays.
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FAQ
How do I find investors for a startup on LinkedIn? Valley finds firms and angels with a thesis matching your category and stage, plus the partners at each. No list to bring.
What should the first message say? One metric that makes them lean in. The deck comes second.
How many messages? Two, spaced. A warm, patient cadence.
Which investors does it find? Venture firms and angels active in your category at the stage you set, and their partners.
Is it one-time? Yes, one run per raise.
