VC Rater maps European VCs and angels by stage, sector, cheque size and track record, then ranks them against your raise. You start every week with a shortlist that fits, not a database dump you have to qualify by hand.
The ecosystem runs on warm intros and insider knowledge most founders outside London, Amsterdam or Berlin never get handed. So you cold-email names off a database, half of them aren't writing cheques at your stage, and you can't tell who actually leads rounds.
It's a lot of effort spent on funds that were never a fit. The right shortlist puts that time back where it belongs: into building.
It maps each fund's real thesis: stages, sectors, geographies, cheque range, instruments, partner backgrounds, and the deals they've closed in the last 24 months. Built on mapped European VC and angel data, not a keyword search.
Then it scores every investor against your profile and ranks them. Genuine fit, not a generic list you still have to vet.
Stage, sectors, geography, cheque size, and whether you need a lead. Two minutes.
Each investor gets a structured thesis from public sources, scored against your profile.
Every match comes with a score and a plain-English reason. Export to CSV and start at number one.
Every criterion is weighted by you. Care more about cheque size than fund tier? Slide it up and the ranking re-sorts around what matters to your raise. Not a fit for your stage? That fund's left off your shortlist automatically.
Matching is live today. Next comes the layer that turns a shortlist into a closed round, so you spend less of your week on fundraising and more of it building.
Credible routes to investors you don't already know, so your raise isn't capped by your network.
Timing against runway, parallel process, and follow-up that signals you know how this works.
Translate your product into the market story investors actually evaluate at your stage.