# Warm investor introductions inside your founder community

> Investor introductions for startups in a WhatsApp community often happen as public asks or forwarded decks. With Milvao, a founder describes privately what they are building and who they want to speak to. An investor member who has opted in to requests sees a short brief and decides. Numbers are shared only after they accept. Milvao makes consented introductions; it does not arrange, advise on or promise funding.

Source: https://milvao.com/use-cases/investor-introductions · Updated 2026-11-05

## Key takeaways

- Milvao introduces two members who both agreed. It does not raise money, vet deals or give investment advice.
- Investor members see a brief first, decline privately, and get at most two requests in any seven days.
- Decks and links travel after the introduction, between the two people, not through the brief.
- Communities that want an organiser to check every investor request can use Approve each match.

## 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. The founder writes to your community's number describing the company, the stage and the kind of person they want to speak to.
2. Milvao 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. The founder chooses whether their number may be shared if someone agrees.
4. Milvao 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. On 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](https://milvao.com/help/requests/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.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Milvao a fundraising platform?

No. It introduces two members of your community after both agree. It does not list deals, collect money, match on investment terms or give advice. What happens after the introduction is between the founder and the investor.

### Can an investor see which startup asked before accepting?

They see the brief the founder confirmed: what the company does, its stage and what kind of conversation is wanted. The founder's name and number come after they accept.

### Can founders send their deck through Milvao?

No. Requests are text only and links are left out of the brief. Founders share a deck directly once both have each other's number.

### Can we keep investor requests away from other founders?

Requests go only to members whose profile lists the matching skill, so founders who don't list investing are not asked. Limiting a request to one group, such as an investors group, is planned.

## Sources

- [Milvao Help Center: How requests work](https://milvao.com/help/requests/how-requests-work) (checked 2026-11-05)
- [Milvao Help Center: Review a request and choose who to ask](https://milvao.com/help/requests/reviewing-requests) (checked 2026-11-05)

## Related pages

- [Milvao for founder communities](https://milvao.com/for/founder-communities)
- [Milvao for accelerators](https://milvao.com/for/accelerators)
- [Mentor matching](https://milvao.com/use-cases/mentor-matching)
- [Who sees what](https://milvao.com/privacy-and-consent)