🎯 VCLab · VC Matcher

Stop cold-emailing the wrong investors.

Build a research shortlist from your fundraising profile and specialisations. Review verified portfolio overlaps, stated cheque ranges and geography, then choose who to research next.

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Example Ventures (demo)B2B SaaS · Seed–Series A · India
Portfolio overlapFit evidence
Stage fit
96%
Sector fit
92%
Geo fit
90%
Backed: BrowserStack, Freshworks, Zetwerk

Founders spray hundreds of generic emails, and the one investor who would have said yes was never on the list.

VC matching is not about finding a famous firm. It is about finding the investors who have backed your sector, at your stage, in your geography, with a cheque size that makes sense for your round. VCLab uses your profile and stored portfolio evidence to find research candidates. Stage and current mandate still need your review.

How it works

From your profile to a researched shortlist in four steps.

1

Enter ticket size, sector, geography

Pick your target ticket size, sectors and geography. Choose from 18 sectors and 109 specialisations. VCLab can load tags from your active deck’s saved analysis; review or edit them before finding investors.

VCLab · Match inputs
$500K–$2MTicket size
SaaS / B2BSector
IndiaGeography
2

Review a shortlist with match reasons

Review the overlap behind each candidate: specific portfolio specialisations, broad sectors, geography, stated cheque range and recorded activity. Stage is displayed for your review. A database match is a research lead, so confirm the firm’s current mandate.

VCLab · Results
InvestorStageEvidence
Example Ventures (demo)Seed–APortfolio overlap
Broad Ventures (demo)Seed–BBroad sector
Research Fund (demo)Series A+Verify mandate
3

Open "Why this VC?" for the reasoning

Open the detail panel to review why a firm appears. Verified portfolio companies show shared specialisations; broad sector matches are shown separately. Missing portfolio evidence and cheque ranges stay unknown. Check possible competitors and current investor appetite yourself.

VCLab · Why this VC?
Example Ventures (demo)Why this VC?
Observed portfolio: Clinic Workflow (demo) shares Vertical SaaS
Broad sector: SaaS / B2B Software
Stated cheque range: $500K–$3M (fictional example)
4

Add matches straight to FundLab

From any VC card, add that investor to your FundLab pipeline in one click. No re-entry, no copy-paste. Your matched list becomes your outreach list the moment you hit Add.

Add to FundLab
🗂️Added to FundLab pipeline
To contact
Reached out
What's inside

Built around your profile and relevant portfolio evidence.

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18 canonical sectors
Choose your broad sector and refine it with 109 specialisations. Review each firm’s stage and current mandate before outreach.
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Verified portfolio evidence
Verified portfolio links show companies that share your specialisations. Where a relationship cannot be verified, exposure remains unknown.
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Profile and specialisations
Start with ticket size, sectors and geography. Add or review specialisations manually, or use your active deck’s saved analysis.
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Match evidence
Review specific portfolio overlap, broad sector overlap and missing evidence separately. Check stated cheque ranges and recorded activity before outreach.
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Flows into FundLab
Add any matched investor to your FundLab pipeline in one click. Your shortlist becomes your outreach list without any re-entry.
See it move

Watch a shortlist built in 60 seconds.

See how your profile and specialisations guide investor discovery.

Part of the stack

VCLab is the start of your outreach.

Try the free VCLab preview: two candidates before signup, up to ten and Excel export with a free account. Analyse one selectable-text deck, review its tags and enrich your saved profile shortlist once. The full tool adds broader discovery, manual specialisations, portfolio browsing and the FundLab handoff.

Your shortlist flows directly into FundLab so your outreach begins the moment the match is confirmed.

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Find the investors who are actually looking for you.

Your profile, your specialisations, your next investor shortlist.

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