Why Lenz never sends an email you haven't approved
An investor intro is a first impression you only get once. So Lenz drafts, and you decide.
Bharath Lokanadhan ·
Lenz finds investors who fit your round, drafts the intro and every follow-up in your own Gmail, and keeps the pipeline up to date. There is one thing it will not do: send an email you haven't seen.
That is a deliberate choice, and it is worth explaining.
A first email to an investor happens once
Most outreach tools are built for volume. If one message in a thousand lands badly, it doesn't matter much, because there are always more names.
Fundraising doesn't work like that. The list of investors who fit your stage, sector and cheque size is short, and they talk to each other. An intro with the wrong fund name, a stale traction number or a tone that isn't yours can't be unsent. Writing a draft is cheap. A bad send can cost you that investor for good.
What Lenz does, and what it leaves to you
Lenz does the slow parts:
- It builds the list: who invests at your stage, their LinkedIn profile and a way to reach them.
- It writes a first draft for each person, based on what they have actually backed.
- It schedules follow-ups and records every reply in your pipeline.
You make the calls that need judgement. Every draft sits in your approval queue until you edit it, approve it or throw it away. Nothing leaves your Gmail without that step, and follow-ups work the same way.
It is faster anyway
Checking a good draft takes seconds. Writing one from scratch, after researching the fund, takes most of an hour. The approval step costs you very little, and it keeps you in the conversation, which is where you need to be when an investor replies.
Lenz is in early access. If you are raising soon, join the waitlist and we'll let you know when you're in.