How long should a VC cold email be?

Under 200 words, ideally closer to 120. Investors triage dozens of cold emails a day, so a tight email that leads with the one-liner and traction respects their time and gets read. Detail belongs in the deck you link, not the email body.

What should a VC cold email include?

A clear subject line, a one-sentence description of what you do, two or three traction metrics, a why-now line, a brief team signal, and one specific ask — usually a short intro call. Anything beyond that dilutes the message.

Why does the ask need to be specific?

A vague 'let me know if you're interested' gives the reader nothing to act on. A concrete ask — '15 minutes next week to share our deck' — is easy to say yes to and is the single biggest lever on reply rate.

Should I personalise the opening line?

Yes. A genuine, specific reason you are emailing this investor — a thesis they wrote, a portfolio company they back — signals you did your homework and dramatically lifts replies. The tool leaves room for this; always edit it before sending.

Is anything I type stored?

No. The email is built entirely in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Copy it out before closing the tab.

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Get past the investor inbox triage

Most VC cold emails fail not because the company is weak, but because the email is long, vague, and buries the ask. Investors decide in seconds. This builder assembles a tight, structured cold email — one-liner, traction, why-now, team, ask — and keeps a live word count so you stay under the threshold where emails actually get read.

How it works

The tool follows the structure experienced founders use for investor outreach. It opens with your personalised hook and a single-sentence description, leads with traction because numbers earn attention, adds a why-now line to convey urgency and timing, drops a short team-credibility signal, and closes with one specific, low-friction ask. It assembles these in the proven order and counts words so you can trim until the email is scannable in under thirty seconds. The subject line is generated from your one-liner so it previews the value before the email is even opened.

Tips and example

Replace the placeholder opening line with a real, specific reason you are emailing this investor — never send a generic intro.
Lead with your strongest metric. £40k MRR, growing 22% MoM beats three soft qualitative claims.
Make the ask a yes/no with a low cost: “15 minutes next week?” converts far better than “would love to chat sometime”.
Link your deck rather than attaching it; keep the body short and let the curious click through.