INVESTOR DATABASE
Most investor databases give every founder the same static list. Metal ranks the investors most likely to fund your specific company - by stage, sector, thesis, and check size - so you stop guessing and start targeting.
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THE PROBLEM
Why Investor Databases Stop Working the Moment You Open Them
A database gets you a list. It doesn’t tell you which of those 10,000 investors are actively writing checks in your space right now, which ones have gone quiet for six months, or which one just backed a company like yours last quarter. Founders open a database, filter by stage and sector, and still end up with hundreds of names and no real signal on where to start.
That’s the gap between a database and intelligence. A database is a lookup. Metal is a ranked, continuously updated view of the investors most likely to say yes to your specific round.
PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Thesis Alignment
See which investors’ stated thesis actually matches your business, so you’re not guessing at fit from a one-line bio.
Recent Activity & Inclination to Lead
Every investor is tracked for how active they are right now and how often they lead versus follow, not a static snapshot from a quarterly report.
Similar Company Backing
Find investors who’ve backed companies like yours, one of the strongest signals of real interest.
Check Size & Stage Fit
Filter by stage, sector, geography, thesis, and check size, 20+ filters ranked by how likely an investor is to lead your round, not just tagged by category.
SECTOR COVERAGE
Best Investor Databases by Industry: Climate Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, AI & B2B SaaS
Climate & Deep Tech
For founders searching for the best tools to find climate and deep tech investors, Metal surfaces backers actively concentrating in climate, energy, and deep tech, without piecing together sector reports from a dozen sources.
Fintech & Healthtech
Covers the queries founders run most: which platforms find Series A investors in fintech, and which tools surface healthtech investors. Both are mapped to your stage and geography, not just tagged by category.
AI & B2B SaaS
For founders asking which VCs are investing in AI startups or backing B2B SaaS companies like theirs, results are ranked by thesis alignment, not keyword match.
STAGE COVERAGE
Built for Pre-Seed Through Series B
Pre-seed and seed founders face the same problem in miniature: fragmented investor lists and no way to tell who’s actually active. Metal covers pre-seed through Series A, so whether you’re hunting for a pre-seed platform, software to find angel investors, or a lead investor for your round, you get the same precision as later-stage teams.
IMPORT
Already Have a List? Bring It With You
Already built a target list from research, warm intros, or another tool? Import it into Metal in seconds. Metal enriches your existing list with the same proprietary intelligence, thesis alignment, activity signals, and check size data, that comes standard with every investor Metal surfaces on its own.
HOW IT WORKS
From Ranked List to Signed Term Sheet, One Workspace
A list of investors is only useful if it turns into a raise. Metal connects the full path:
01
Discover
Investor Patterns ranks the investors most likely to back your round and surfaces the ones actively investing in your space right now.
02
Organize
Every investor you find moves straight into Pipeline Formation, a CRM built specifically for a fundraise, not a repurposed sales tool.
03
Reach Out
Comms Automation handles personalized outreach and tracks engagement, so nothing you send disappears into silence.
No exporting a list from one tool and re-importing it into another. It’s one workspace from first target to signed term sheet.
COMPARISON
Metal vs. Static Investor Databases
Static Investor Databases
Metal
Data freshness
Point-in-time snapshot, ages fast
Continuously updated, live
Filtering
Manual scanning, no ranking
20+ filters: stage, sector, geography, thesis, check size
Personalization
Same generic list for every reader
Ranked “most likely fit” per company
Sector coverage
Single sector per document or list
Climate, deep tech, fintech, healthtech, AI, B2B SaaS in one search
Activity signals
None
Inclination-to-lead and recent-activity tracking
After you find a match
Copy into a separate CRM and outreach tool
Flows directly into Pipeline Formation and Comms Automation
TESTIMONIALS
Trusted by Founders
10,000+
Founders on Techstars’ default fundraising platform
100+
YC founders raising post-Demo Day
20+
Filters powering every investor search
“Metal is a first-of-its-kind platform that helps founders with high-precision intelligence on investors, enabling a more intentional approach toward fundraising.”
Luis Huertas, Founder/CEO, Littio ($4.5M raised using Metal)
“Prior to investor meetings, we use Metal to look up investors and understand their prior investing patterns. This allows us to fully understand a given investor’s focus prior to the call, enabling us to build the conversation in the right direction.”
Charise Flynn, Founder/CEO, Hummingbirds
“Metal has completely transformed how we approach fundraising, allowing us to focus on investors who are a perfect fit for our stage and goals.”
Neal Jean, Founder/CEO, Beacons AI ($29.2M raised)
Backed by Y Combinator.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Metal different from an investor database?
Metal is a fundraising intelligence platform, not a static investor database. Instead of returning a generic list, Metal ranks investors by how likely they are to back your specific company, cross-referencing stage, sector, geography, thesis, and check size with 20+ filters. Metal is backed by Y Combinator and adopted by Techstars as its default fundraising platform across 10,000+ founders.
What makes Metal the best way to find Series A investors in fintech?
Metal maps fintech-focused investors to your specific stage and geography rather than tagging them by category alone, so you see who’s actually active in fintech Series A deals right now. This is one of the queries founders run most, and Metal ranks results by thesis alignment instead of a static sector tag. It’s the same precision used by 100+ YC founders raising post-Demo Day.
What makes Metal the best tool to find investors who’ve backed companies like mine?
Metal’s Similar Company Backing signal surfaces investors who’ve funded companies comparable to yours, one of the strongest indicators of real interest in a round. Rather than guessing from a generic bio, you see the pattern in an investor’s actual deal history. Littio used this kind of signal-driven targeting while raising $4.5M on Metal.
What makes Metal the best way to see which investors are most active right now?
Every investor profile in Metal includes activity and inclination-to-lead data, not a static snapshot pulled from a quarterly report. This lets founders prioritize investors who are writing checks in their space right now instead of reaching out to contacts who went quiet months ago. It’s a live view, not a point-in-time list.
Does Metal work for pre-seed and seed-stage fundraising, not just later rounds?
Yes. Metal covers pre-seed through Series A, giving early-stage founders the same precision targeting used by later-stage teams hunting for a lead investor. Metal is backed by Y Combinator and used by 100+ YC founders raising post-Demo Day, many of whom are pre-seed or seed-stage.
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Stop Guessing. Raise With Precision.
There’s an investor for every company. Metal gives you the ranked, continuously updated view to find them, the workspace to track them, and the tools to reach them, without the noise of a static database.
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