About

InvestorLists.vc was born out of Meet.Capital, which provides investor outreach services for early-stage startups.

A couple of years ago, we started gathering lists of investors to help our subscribers, followers, and clients. The first thing we did was to go through investor lists that were being shared and sold around the web and on social media.

What I discovered was very disturbing. Most of the lists circulating on the web have been around for years, and are full of outdated information and broken links. Those overused and outdated lists included many listings that pointed to websites of venture capital funds that are no longer operating, and websites that have been taken down.

So I asked my team to start reviewing the lists we gathered and make sure that the information in them is updated. We deleted the outdated data and created a trimmed-down, useful version of the lists. We also took the time to collect the necessary information from the websites of the VCs included in the lists, and to check for their preferred investment domains and stages.

By simply putting in this manual effort, we were able to create investor lists that actually save your time, and are probably better than any other.

Startup founders, advisors, and investors love and praise our lists in great reviews and testimonials.

Frequently Asked Questions

What data do you include in your lists?

Our lists of investors include their name, website, location, description/thesis, domains, stages, LinkedIn company page, and contact email (we do not provide emails of individuals since those would require the consent of those individuals).

What is included in the databases that come with your paid plans?

When you join our paid plan, you get:

1. A new, downloadable list of 200-700 active investors, or equally valuable resource.

2. Access to an investor database:

   1. When you purchase our yearly plan you get access to our full investor database, and all updates to the database. We keep adding to it as we work on new lists. Currently, it includes more than 10,000 active investors:

      • 3,500 handpicked US angels.  

      • 2,989 active US VCs and other institutional investors.

      • 3,518 active VCs and institutional investors from the UK, EU, and MENA.

      • 1,053 handpicked UK angels.
        

   2. In the monthly plan, you get access to a database of 5,000 active investors, including:

      • 1,500 handpicked US angels.

      • 1,014 active US VCs and other institutional investors.

      • 1,498 active VCs and institutional investors from the UK and EU.

      • 1,053 handpicked UK angels.

What do you mean when you say the investors on your list are active?

For institutional investors such as VC funds, family offices, angel groups, syndicates etc., we check to make sure that they have an active and live website and LinkedIn page. We also check if they made an investment in the last 18-24 months, according to public records (whenever possible).

When it comes to individual angel investors, we look at their public profile on LinkedIn, and check that they are actively investing in startups or sitting on boards and that they describe themselves as investors. We also make sure they are active LinkedIn users (which means they are much more likely to respond when you reach out to them on LinkedIn) and have a premium LinkedIn account (in most cases).

How accurate are your lists?

We check our lists periodically. It is mostly a manual process, by an actual human. Information can change, and humans can make mistakes, of course (AI engines make mistakes too, by the way), but we do our best to keep high standards. Our lists are cleaner than almost any other list out there, including very expensive lists that are sold on certain websites.

Why do you recommend connecting with investors on LinkedIn?

The most effective way to connect with new investors is on LinkedIn. Plain and simple. 
Cold emailing investors is problematic in many ways. In some jurisdictions, it is prohibited or restricted. You are also risking your email account and domain being blacklisted as spam. 
Cold emailing effectively can be quite a complicated and arduous task.

On LinkedIn, on the other hand, you will get better results and spend less of your time. If you reach out to relevant investors who are active LinkedIn users, you will get the highest response rates and the best outcomes. Out lists help you do just that. 

Can I export your lists or save them on my computer?

Yes, all of the lists we share in our weekly email, both for our free newsletter and the more extensive lists we share with our paid subscribers, are fully downloadable.

Our investor databases are not. Unfortunately, we cannot maintain our rights if someone decides to download our full database and resell it, so we have to protect it. You can copy information from the database freely, use filters (Airtable is very convenient in that sense), and add them to your investor CRM (you get a free template of an investor CRM as a bonus when you join our paid plans).