A practical system for tracking investor outreach at seed: build your list in waves, use statuses that mean something, follow up within 48 hours, and run a weekly pipeline review solo.
The honest answer, with data: DocSend's 2023 research shows founders contacted 66 investors on average at seed. Here is the funnel math from target list to meetings to term sheets, and what changes the ratio.
An honest comparison of five tools founders use to track a raise: Airtable, Streak, Attio, Notion, and Savvo. What each is best for, where each breaks, and a summary table.