Warm investor introductions inside your founder community

What investor introductions for startups look like on Milvao

Founder communities and programmes often include angels, operators who invest, and people at funds. Founders want warm introductions to them, and investors want to hear only about companies that fit what they back. A public post in the group works for neither: it puts a founder's raise on display and drowns investors in pitches.

In Milvao an introduction request is an ask for a conversation. Investor members list what they are open to discussing as skills, for example "Angel investing: B2B software" or "Advice on raising a seed round", and turn on introduction requests only if they want them.

Sample requests from founders

Made-up examples. Note that each asks for a conversation, not for money.

• "Building inventory software for pharmacies, about to raise pre-seed. Would like to talk to an angel who has backed B2B SaaS in India." (sample)
• "Want advice from someone who has raised from a micro VC on how they ran the process." (sample)
• "Looking to speak with an investor who knows agritech supply chains, for feedback on our model." (sample)

How an investor introduction works

1. 1The founder writes to your community's number describing the company, the stage and the kind of person they want to speak to.
2. 2Milvao writes a brief and the founder confirms it. Links and numbers in the message are removed before the text goes to the AI, so a deck link is not part of the brief.
3. 3The founder chooses whether their number may be shared if someone agrees.
4. 4Milvao asks the investor member who lists that focus and ranks highest. They see the brief only, not the founder's name or exact words, and have 48 hours.
5. 5On Accept, both get each other's name and number. Any deck, call or follow-up happens between them.

Keeping investor members willing to help

Investors stay in a community's request pool only if requests are relevant and rare. Milvao sends a request only when the brief matches a focus on their profile, caps it at two in any seven days, and lets them PAUSE during a busy period. A decline tells nobody anything.

If your organisers want to read every investor request before anyone is asked, the owner can switch the community to Approve each match. Matching mode applies to the whole community; on a single request, an operator can also turn off automatic matching once it arrives. See reviewing requests.

Honest limits

• Milvao does not check who is an accredited or active investor, verify startups, or advise on any investment. Your team decides who belongs in the community.
• It makes no promise that an introduction leads to a meeting, a term sheet or funding.
• It does not share or store pitch decks. Requests are text only.
• One investor is asked at a time and at most three per request, so it is not a way to send a raise to many investors at once.