Match scoring
Each investor card shows a % match against your company profile based on stage, industry, geography, and check size.
Find Investors: a startup investor directory that feeds your pipeline
A filterable directory of venture firms, angels, family offices, accelerators, and other backers. Filter by stage, sector, geography, and check size; open a full profile; see a match score against your company; and add a promising name straight into your fundraising pipeline.
- Investor typesVC, Angel, Family Office, Accelerator
- Match score% fit
- Filters5+ axes
app.nautis.io/investors
What is Find Investors?
A startup investor directory is a searchable list of funds, angels and other backers with what they invest in. Find Investors in Nautis lets you filter by investor type, ticket size, stage, mechanism, industry, technology and operating country, shows a % match against your company profile, and adds any investor to a fundraising round with Add to Pipeline, the deal form already filled in.
A target list is the least glamorous part of a raise and the one that decides most of it. Pitch the wrong 50 investors and your deck quality barely matters. The job here is narrow: get from "everyone who has ever written a check" to the few dozen who back your stage, your sector and your geography at a size that fits your round.
The filters are the tool. Investor Type, a min and max Ticket Size in rungs from $5K to $1B, and five multi-select sections: Investment Stages, Investment Mechanisms (equity, SAFE, convertible notes, debt, grants), Industries, Technologies and Operating Countries. They combine with AND across sections and OR within one. Pick Seed and Series A, add FinTech, and you get investors who do (Seed or Series A) and FinTech. The filters also live in the URL, so a co-founder can open exactly the view you built.
Each card can show a % match badge, scored on stage, industry, geography and check size against your company profile. Open the profile to see how each factor contributes. Treat it as a sort order for your attention, not a verdict. If you want to understand how angels in particular fit into a raise, read what an angel investor database is for.
Built for
- Founders building a target investor list
- Teams without a built-in investor network
- Operators wanting one source of truth for outreach
Capabilities
What you can do with Find Investors
Everything ships out of the box. No setup, no plugins, no extra tools.
Multi-axis filters
Filter by investor type, ticket size, stages, mechanisms, industries, technologies, and operating countries.
Full profiles
Open any investor to see their description, investment focus, match breakdown, website and LinkedIn links, and operating countries.
One-click pipeline add
Add an investor to a Fundraising CRM round without leaving the directory.
Use cases
How startups use Find Investors
Building a seed list from zero
Set Investment Stages to Seed, your country under Operating Countries, your sector under Industries, and a Ticket Size band around the check you need from a lead. Scroll until you see "You have reached the end of the results." That's your universe. Add the strongest 30 to a round and leave the rest for a second wave.
Raising on a SAFE
Under Investment Mechanisms, pick SAFE so you're not spending first meetings with funds that only do priced equity. Keep the round's valuation cap on the Fundraising CRM round so the terms and the list stay together.
Checking a warm intro before you take it
A friend offers to introduce you to a fund. Search its name, open the profile, and read Investment Focus and Operating Countries before you say yes. A 20% match isn't a reason to decline, but it's a reason to ask your friend why they think it fits.
Keeping a long list without polluting the live raise
Create a separate round called Watchlist in the Fundraising CRM and add investors there with Add to Pipeline. When you open the real round, move the best of them across.
Quick start
From zero to using Find Investors
- 1
Open Find Investors
Sidebar → Fundraising → Find Investors.
- 2
Apply filters
Narrow by stage, sector, geography, and check size to your fit.
- 3
Review match scores
Check the % match badge and open the profile to see how each factor contributes.
- 4
Add to a round
Click into a profile and add the investor to the right Fundraising CRM round.
Nautis investor directory vs a hand-built spreadsheet vs a standalone investor database
| Need | Hand-built spreadsheet | Nautis Find Investors | Standalone investor database |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter by stage, sector, country and check size | Only what you typed in | Yes, plus mechanisms and technologies | Usually yes |
| Fit against your own company | Your judgment | % match with a per-factor breakdown | Varies by product |
| Move a name into a raise | Copy and paste | Add to Pipeline, deal form pre-filled | Export or an integration |
| Outreach and follow-ups tracked | Another tab | In the Fundraising CRM, same workspace | Sometimes built in |
| Depth of firm data | As deep as your research | Description, focus, match, website, LinkedIn, countries | Often deeper |
| Export the list | Yes | Not from the directory; from the CRM once added | Usually yes |
Plans and limits
- The Investors module must be enabled on your plan. Adding someone to a round needs create permission on the Investor CRM module.
- Investor deals are limited on Launch, so a large target list may need Voyage or Fleet. Check pricing.
- Every plan starts with a 14-day trial with no card.
What Find Investors doesn't do
- It doesn't send messages. You get Visit Website, LinkedIn, and Crunchbase and Twitter icons where available. Outreach is tracked once the investor is in a round.
- There's no save or favourite button separate from a pipeline. A holding round is the workaround.
- You can't export from the directory page itself.
- The directory is shared across all Nautis users. Check the firm's current website before reaching out, since focus and partners change.
Find Investors questions
How do I use a startup investor directory without spamming everyone in it?+
Filter hard before you contact anyone. Stage, sector, country and check size should all match your round, and the profile should make sense to you after reading it. Fifty well-chosen investors beat 300 loosely chosen ones, and a pipeline makes the follow-up manageable.
Is the match score the same as the free Investor Match tool?+
They use the same idea: fit by stage, sector, geography and check size. The free Investor Match shows your top matches without an account. In the app, the score uses your full company profile and sits next to Add to Pipeline.
Are my searches and notes visible to other companies?+
No. The directory is shared, but your filters, favourites and notes stay private to your organization.
What if I only have one fundraising round?+
Add to Pipeline skips the round picker and opens Create Deal straight away. If you have no round yet, the dialog tells you to create one in the Fundraising CRM first.
Can I browse the directory before signing up?+
Yes. Public investor profiles are browsable on the investor directory pages. Filters, match scores and Add to Pipeline are in the app.
Why does an investor I expected not show up?+
Most often it's a filter — particularly Investor Type or Ticket Size. Click Clear all in the filters panel and try the search again.
Can I save an investor for later without adding them to a pipeline?+
Adding them to a pipeline is the way Nautis tracks investors you're interested in. Create a 'Watchlist' or 'Long list' round if you want a holding place separate from your active fundraise.
How is the match score calculated?+
It scores each investor against your company profile across stage, industry, geography, and check size. Open the profile panel to see the breakdown per factor.
Where do the filter options come from?+
Investor types, stages, mechanisms, industries, technologies, and countries are managed centrally for the whole Nautis directory. New options appear automatically as the directory grows.
Can I export the list?+
Not from this page. Once investors are in a pipeline, you can manage and export from the Fundraising CRM.
How can I improve my match scores?+
Complete more of your business profile — stage, industry, geography, and check-size context all feed the match algorithm.
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