MatCap — We help founders get access, faster.

The intro engine

Access is the hard part. Here's how we get you it.

Most founders don't lose because the company is weak. They lose because they can't get in the room. The intro engine is the same playbook, run for every founder we work with.

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Draft the blurb.

We sharpen your one-paragraph pitch until it's tight and forwardable — the thing an investor reads in ten seconds and says "send them over."
02

Send it to the right investor. If they accept, we make the intro.

We send your blurb to the investors who actually fit your stage, sector, and check size. Once they opt in, we make the intro for you two to get to know each other — warm and vouched for, never a cold email.
03

Coach through the raise.

Online sessions with your peers and one-on-one office hours with us. Deck, signaling, term sheets, when to push and when to walk — you don't learn the patterns on your own round.

See the intro engine by the numbers →

Live · last 30 days

Firms we've gotten founders in front of.

Pulled live from our database. Founder & investor names omitted to respect stealth raises.

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Online sessions

Raise in your own lane. Never on your own.

The intros do the heavy lifting. The sessions are the augment — optional, always useful. Show up when you need them, get back to building when you don't.

Talk it out.

Struggling to close? Get on with founders who've already done it and work through it together — same stage, all vetted, all going for the same thing.

Ask investors directly.

Monthly AMAs with credible investors. Ask the question you actually want answered — no pitch, no pressure, no performance.

We're behind the scenes.

You own the raise and run it your way. We're in your corner the whole time — intros, strategy, gut-checks whenever you need them.

Special guests

The investors and operators who show up for our founders.

A few of the people who've joined our sessions and AMAs to help the founders we work with.

Julian Weisser

Solo Founders

Elizabeth Yin

Hustle Fund

Cyan Banister

Long Journey

Charles Hudson

Precursor

Jeff Morris Jr

Chapter One

Eric Ries

The Lean Startup

Jack Selby

Thiel Capital

Art Levy

CBO, Brex

Christian Keil

a16z

Cam Doody

Brickyard

Mike Randall

Monsoon

Delian Asparouhov

Founders Fund

Lori Berenberg

Bloomberg Beta

Niko Bonatsos

Verdict Capital

Shriya Nevatia

Superhuman

Learn online. Raise in your own lane. Support from us behind the scenes.

Portfolio

Companies we're working with.

A few of the founders we've helped raise. Real intros, real outcomes.

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Community

More than a fundraise.

Founders who work with us get a seat in every MatCap room: dinners, retreats, fireside chats with operators and investors who've been there. The people in the rooms come from everywhere.