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The funding-round play

Fresh capital converts problems from chronic to urgent. But the whole market saw the announcement, so the winner is the one who says something specific a week later, not the one who says congratulations first.

Trigger

A company in your ICP announces a seed, Series A or B round.

Window

Days 7-45 after announcement. Day-one congratulations are spam signals now; the buying window opens when the hiring plan lands.

Strict qualifier

The round is real (Companies House / press verified), the company fits your strict qualifier, and the money maps to the problem you solve.

The angle

Not congratulations. A specific observation about what the raise makes urgent, and one question about how they plan to handle it.

The message

One hypothesis: "raised to scale X, which usually breaks Y first." Under 80 words, no exclamation marks, evidence attached for the approver.

The gate

Corporate subscribers only (sole traders screened), suppression check, LIA on file, source disclosure in first contact.

Evidence attached to every draft
  • Funding announcement with source link
  • New roles posted since the round
  • What the founder said the money is for

This play, on your ICP, behind the gate.

Every draft this play produces arrives in the approval queue with its evidence attached, and a named human decides. Join the cohort and it can be running within a fortnight of the scoping call.

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