593 investor organizations appear in funding rounds announced between August 28 and October 24, 2026.
Figure 1. What the main list gives you: every entry has an investor name, stage and recorded deal history; contact fields are partial. Source: The Enduring Founder investor database, "Last 60 days" tab, built October 27, 2026. Field presence does not establish current accuracy.
The Enduring Founder investor database connects each of them to the startups they backed, the observed stage, any recorded lead role and a source link.
A recent investment is the most concrete reason you can give an investor for your email, but only after you have checked it.
This guide takes you from one database entry to a verified outreach brief and a short first email.
Below is the full method, from choosing an entry to pressing send.
Inside you'll find:
1. Pick One Deal Worth Investigating, Not the Busiest Investor
2. Read the Announcement Before You Quote It
3. Turn the Deal Into a Fit Hypothesis You Can Defend
4. Find the Right Person, Not Just the Listed Contact
5. Fill In a Seven-Line Outreach Brief (Plus a Prompt That Drafts It)
6. Write the Email Around Four Things
1. Pick One Deal Worth Investigating, Not the Busiest Investor
Most founders sort an investor list by activity and start at the top. That is the wrong filter.
Open the database in the "Last 60 days" tab. Look at the "Stages" and "Startups backed" columns, find activity near your stage, and choose one company whose customer or problem may be relevant to yours. If you want an investor that leads, use "Rounds led" to find recorded leadership worth checking.
The other tabs serve different starting points:
Deals (evidence): one row per startup-investor pair, with the source link. Use it to verify a specific investment.
Startups: start from a company similar to yours and see who backed it.
Angels and Institutions & corporates: separate lists for individual angels and for non-VC investors.
Previous backers (unconfirmed): earlier investors whose participation in the new round is not documented. Never treat these as recent checks.
→ Deal count is a starting signal, not a ranking. A very active investor can still be a poor fit, and an investor with no recorded lead roles may have led rounds outside this dataset.
Know the limits before you filter. The workbook has no structured sector, geography or check-size field, so those need separate research. A large round does not tell you how much any single participant invested. Coverage is selective and mainly US, and dates refer to announcements, not to when money moved.
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