Fundraising platforms key challenges
Limited access to warm intros
Limited access to warm intros
Founders often struggle to identify and connect with investors who are genuinely aligned with their vision. Cold outreach results in low response rates and wasted time.
Lack of prioritized investor directories
Lack of prioritized investor directories
Fundraising platforms provide investor directories, but they don’t indicate the warmth or relevance of connections, making it hard for founders to prioritize outreach.
Low engagement and retention
Low engagement and retention
Fundraising platforms miss opportunities to keep founders and investors engaged by not offering features like warm intros or trust-based recommendations.
How Village helps you address these challenges
Sort investors by connection warmth
Sort investors by connection warmth
1
Sync founder networks to your platform
Use the Sync Network button to allow founders to connect their network data seamlessly.
2
Sort investors by warmth score
Use the People Sort API to rank investors based on trust and relationship strength.
Help founders find warm intros to investors
Help founders find warm intros to investors
1
Embed the Find Intro button
Enable founders to request introductions to investors through trusted connections using the Find Intro button.
That's it!
ROI
For founders
• Higher Investor Response Rates: Warm introductions increase investor response rates by 50%.• Faster Fundraising: Reduce time-to-close by up to 30%.
For fundraising platforms
• Increased Revenue: Platforms can upsell warm intros as a premium feature to founders.• Higher Engagement Rates: Founders and investors spend more time on platforms offering trust-based insights.
• Improved Retention: Founders are 40% more likely to renew subscriptions when they secure more successful intros.