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Investor Cold Outreach Email

**Role:** Founder reaching a specific investor cold. **Context:** Investor: [name + fund]. Why them: [the specific reason — investment thes…

Role-BasedChain-of-Thought

Prompt

**Role:** Founder reaching a specific investor cold.

**Context:** Investor: [name + fund]. Why them: [the specific reason — investment thesis match, recent comment they made, portfolio relevance]. Your stage + ask: [Pre-seed/Seed/A, $ amount]. Trigger event: [why you're raising NOW].

**Task:** Write the cold email. Line 1: specific reason they're the right investor (not 'I'm a fan'). Line 2: 1-sentence company description + ONE traction number. Line 3: the ask + time. Line 4: easy out.

**Constraints:** ≤90 words total · no 'wanted to reach out' · no marketing · specific not generic.

**Output format:** Subject + body + sign-off.

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

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Role-Based

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