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Raise smarter
Comparisons, fundraising playbooks and the numbers behind how Raised works - grouped by topic so you can find the right rabbit hole.
Fundraising CRMs
Which tool to run your raise in, honest comparisons, and where the spreadsheet stops being enough.
The best fundraising CRM: Raised vs Affinity, Folk, Attio and Notion
Five tools, five different right answers. What each fundraising CRM is actually for, where each honestly wins, and how to choose in five minutes.
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Raised vs Airtable: why the fundraising spreadsheet dies at 40 investors
The base looks perfect for three weeks. Then the raise gets real, and the tracker becomes a diary of a system you used to run.
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Raised vs Notion: a docs tool vs a purpose-built fundraising CRM
The 'Fundraise 2026' page in your sidebar is free and familiar. Here is exactly where it stops being enough, and what to keep it for.
Read more →Pipeline & outreach
The funnel maths, what each pipeline stage actually means, and which twenty investors get this week.
How many investors do you need in your pipeline?
Two exciting conversations feel like momentum, and eleven names is not a raise. The funnel arithmetic, run backwards with honest error bars.
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Investor pipeline stages: from Lead to Invested, and what each one means
'Lots of conversations' is not a stage. Each of the seven stages, its entry condition, and the mistake founders make there.
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Investor tiering: focus your raise on the twenty that matter this week
You have 25 fundraising hours a week and 120 names. Tiering decides - explicitly - who gets them, before your inbox decides for you.
Read more →Warm intros & network
Why referred deals get read, when cold outreach honestly works, and how to map your second degree.
Warm intros vs cold outreach: how investor meetings actually happen
The direction is certain, the multiplier is folklore. Why intros work, the honest case for cold, and how to manufacture warmth systematically.
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Reading investor meetings accurately, and the monthly update that raises your next round early.
The monthly investor update: the quietest fundraising tool you have
An update that needs an apology has already done its damage. The case for boring, monthly, never-missed - as strategy, not manners.
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Product updates
Launches and features from the Raised team.
