Claude Skills by oncesylvia

Prepare a founder for a live cold or first call with an investor — a 30-second opener, the core narrative beats, objection handling, a voicemail script, and a clear close/ask. Use when a founder says "I have a call with an investor", "help me prep a cold call", "what do I say on the phone", "write a voicemail for a VC", or is nervous about a live investor conversation. Coaches a real, two-way conversation — not a script to read robotically.

Write short, personalized cold fundraising emails to investors (VCs, angels) plus a polite follow-up sequence. Use when a founder says "write a cold email to an investor", "draft an outreach email to <fund/partner>", "help me email a VC", or wants to improve an existing cold email. Enforces real personalization and truthful traction — refuses spray-and-pray.

Use fundraising agents, scouts, syndicates, and accelerators as warm-intro channels — and vet them so you don't get burned or hurt your raise. Use when a founder says "should I use an FA / placement agent", "success-fee fundraising", "how do I find a scout / syndicate", "should I join an accelerator to raise", "找 FA / 融资顾问 / 后付费募资", or has run out of their own warm intros and wants network-bringing channels. Honest on when these help vs hurt, fees, and red flags.

Deep-dive due diligence on a single investor (VC fund, angel, or accelerator) before a founder reaches out or takes a meeting. Use when a founder says "research <fund/partner>", "tell me about <investor>", "should I take money from <fund>", "what's <partner>'s thesis", or is prepping for an investor call. Builds a fact-checked profile from live free sources — thesis, recent checks, the right partner, conflicts, red flags, and smart questions to ask — never invented.

Build a tiered, stage- and sector-fit list of investors (VCs, angels, micro-funds, accelerators) for a founder's raise, using free public sources and live web search. Use when a founder asks "who should I raise from", "find investors for my startup", "which funds invest in <sector> at <stage>", or wants to build or qualify a fundraising target list. Never invents firms or partners — every name is researched live and carries a source link.

Diagnose why fundraising outreach isn't converting — you've sent lots of cold emails / DMs / intro requests and gotten few or zero replies or meetings, and need to know the real bottleneck. Use when a founder says "I sent 100 emails and got nothing", "no replies from investors", "why isn't my outreach working", "my fundraising is stuck", or wants to fix the funnel instead of sending more. Localizes the failure to targeting, hook, readiness, or channel — and says honestly when the answer is "s...

Run a fundraise like a sales pipeline — track every investor conversation, its stage, the next action, and follow-up timing in a simple file-based CRM. Use when a founder says "track my fundraising", "set up an investor CRM", "who do I need to follow up with", "update my pipeline", or wants to manage investor outreach and momentum. Produces and maintains a plain-text/CSV tracker, no SaaS required.

Sharpen a founder's fundraising story before they reach out — the one-liner, the elevator pitch, and the round narrative (problem, why now, wedge, traction, why you, the raise). Use when a founder says "help me with my pitch", "what's my one-liner", "tighten my elevator pitch", "what's my fundraising story", or before building a target list or outreach. This is the foundation the other skills draw on — do this first if the story is fuzzy.

Get warm introductions to investors. Writes the forwardable (double opt-in) intro the founder sends to a mutual connection, plus the ask that makes saying yes easy, and ways to find warm paths. Use when a founder says "ask my contact to intro me to <investor>", "write a forwardable intro", "I have a mutual connection to <fund>", or wants to turn a connection into an investor meeting. A warm intro beats the best cold email — route here whenever a path exists.

Find the right human at an investor (the partner / principal / senior investment manager who owns your deal) AND map the warm-connection paths to reach them. Use when a founder says "who at <firm> should I talk to", "how do I get a warm intro to <investor>", "find a connection to <fund>", "who can introduce me", or is stuck going from a target firm to an actual person and a path in. Works from the founder's own authorized data (Gmail, exported LinkedIn connections, contacts) + public sources ...