I just found a secret weapon that could help you close your round: VC Boom. It grades your deck and automates investor outreach. It’s so good, I was astounded.
The creator is Yoan Berno, a former VC — so he knows what investors are looking for. Best of all, most features are free.
This morning, I put VC Boom to the test…
How Chopped Is Your Deck? VC Boom Weighs In.
I fed it the Digital Ocean seed deck that we talked about on the blog last week. Itt’s a really good deck, but it has one glaring omission.
Can VC Boom find it?
VC Boom nailed its assessment, giving the deck 71 out of 100. Right away, it zeroed in on the big problem: no team slide.
VC Boom advised me to add info about the team and why they’re the best people to change cloud computing.
VC Boom says to put the Team Slide right after traction. Personally, I’d make it number two right after the title. But why quibble?
VC Boom did a great job on the deck. Now, can it help me find some investors?
Making a Targeted List of Investors and Drafting Cold Messages
I had VC Boom pull a targeted list of a hundred investors that write checks in the right industry and stage — seed stage cloud startups.
The list was well targeted, pulling in some awesome VCs. But VC Boom can go even further.
I had it draft a message to Mark Nelson at Madrona, a famous early-stage firm.
The message is decent overall, but makes one important error.
It claims that the company’s revenue is “$1MM annual run-rate MRR”. This is very confusing wording that could mislead.
It almost sounds like the company is making $1 million a month. It’s not. It’s actually at $1M ARR.
Also the message is too wordy for my taste. I’d cut it down by at least half.
Still, VC Boom gave us a solid starting point. If we do a little editing here, we’ll have ourselves a solid cold message.
Wrap-Up
Overall, VC Boom is fantastic.
If you’re raising money now, stick your deck into VC Boom and get some advice. And once you’ve perfected your deck, use the tool to message some investors.
Using VC Boom could be the difference between raising millions of dollars and raising nothing at all.
There will be no blog tomorrow. See you guys on Monday!
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