What does it take to run a 1,500+ investor fundraise?
A database is only the beginning. A concentrated fundraise means turning 1,000–2,000 relevant investors into researched contacts, personalized outreach, structured follow-ups and an active pipeline — within a few weeks, not several months.
| 3-month fundraise | Round.Guru | OpenVC | Foundersuite | Fundex | DIY with your AI | Fundraising advisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-month cost | See current Scale price Scale · 2,000 targets / campaign | ~$297 | ~$447 | $3,000+ | >$700–1,000 + founder time | $9k–75k+ |
| Fundraise pipeline / outreach capacity | ✓ 2,000 funding targets per campaign | ✕ Native direct outreach capped at 5 investors/day ~450 over 90 days | ✓ Up to 1,500 investors on Platinum | ✓ Campaigns supported 1,200 database contact unlocks included per quarter; more available | If you build it | ✓ Limited by fundraiser capacity |
| Concentrated 1,500+ investor outreach | ✓ Designed for it | ✕ Native throughput is too low for a concentrated 1,500-investor campaign | △ Possible More manually / batch operated by the founder | ✓ Possible Materially more expensive with database access | If you build it | △ Depends on advisor capacity Usually human-limited |
| Investor data ready to use | ✓ Verified, fundraising-specific & updated continuously | ✓ Investor data available | ✓ Investor data available | ✓ Verified / enriched | If you source, clean & verify it | ✓ Usually |
| Personalized outreach + structured follow-ups | ✓ AI-personalized outreach at 1,500+ scale Structured follow-ups; you review and send every message | ✓ AI drafts a personalized email Automatic follow-ups; throughput-limited | △ Bulk personalization through tokens / mail merge Follow-ups remain more founder-operated / batch-based | ✓ Per-investor personalization Multi-step sequences + reply detection | △ Potentially, if you build and maintain it | ✓ Human-managed |
| AI capabilities | ✓ Native fundraising AI Assistant — research investors, build campaigns, identify contacts, prepare outreach and follow-ups, and work with pipeline history Open MCP — let the AI that already knows your company use Round.Guru fundraising data and tools | △ AI drafts personalized investor emails Founder selects targets, reviews and sends No public MCP | △ AI email generation on Premium only Standard bulk personalization uses tokens / mail merge, not AI No public MCP | △ AI-assisted drafting, email scoring & investor recommendations Campaigns and sequences remain user-configured No public MCP | △ Your AI may already deeply understand your company You build the investor data, fundraising context, CRM, outreach infrastructure and integrations | Usually human-led rather than AI-operated |
| Time to send your first letter | ~10–20 minutes | Setup + investor-by-investor workflow required | Setup + list / pipeline configuration required | Setup + campaign / targeting configuration required | Days of research, enrichment, prompts, integrations & testing | ~3–10 days |
| Managed fundraise | ✓ Available · platform included $1,000 onboarding + $200 per qualified call Up to 2,000 targets over 3–4 months; no outcomes guaranteed | ✕ Not offered | ✕ Not offered | ✓ Available From $18,000 / 3 months + 3% of amount raised | ✕ Not offered | ✓ Available $9k–75k+ |
| Bottom line | The fundraising machine, ready to run with minimal intervention | Great low-cost toolkit, but native direct outreach is intentionally throughput-limited | Powerful self-service toolkit, more founder-operated | Closest end-to-end software equivalent, at a higher price | Maximum flexibility, maximum setup burden | Minimum founder effort, maximum upfront cash cost |
Your AI already knows your company.
Round.Guru gives it the tools to fundraise.
Your existing AI may already know your product, market, competitors, positioning, deck and fundraising strategy from months of working together. Round.Guru’s MCP lets that AI work with structured investor data, live campaigns, outreach history, follow-ups and pipeline state — without teaching another AI your company from scratch.
“You know our company and the round we’re raising. Find 200 additional investors that genuinely fit and exclude everyone already in the pipeline.”
“Research the most relevant person at each fund and prepare personalized intros for the next 100 investors.”
“Review everyone who has not replied after five days and prepare the next follow-up based on what you know about our company.”