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Added 6 major US funds active in Europe including Accel, General Atlantic, GV, Salesforce Ventures, QED Investors, and Left Lane Capital. Added 12 accelerators including Techstars, Antler, Plug and Play, MassChallenge, SOSV, Startupbootcamp, and more. Audited and enriched data across 18 countries covering check sizes, fund sizes, portfolio highlights, and sector focus.
Learn moreSet access control when creating a shareable deck. Choose public, password protected, or email gated directly from the creation form. Password-protected decks hash credentials server-side. Email-gated decks collect viewer emails before granting access. View tracking is included for all deck types.
Learn moreCreate a shareable link to a visual pitch deck built from your narrative. Choose compact, standard, or full templates, pick which sections to include, and share a link with investors. Section-specific layouts render traction as metric cards, team as member grids, and financials as structured data. Decks include keyboard navigation, swipe support, fullscreen mode, and password or email gating for access control.
Learn moreBlog posts now generate branded preview images when shared on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Slack. Each card shows the post title, description, category, and author instead of a generic SVG.
Learn moreYou can now search across all your pitches, market analyses, financial projections, and investors from anywhere in the app. Press Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K) to open the command palette, type to search, or jump to any section instantly.
Learn moreThe investor directory now includes over 1,250 venture capital firms, up from 950. New additions include top-tier US funds (Sequoia, a16z, Benchmark, Founders Fund), major European VCs (Atomico, Partech, Speedinvest), corporate venture arms (Porsche Ventures, SAP.iO, Neva SGR, BASF Venture Capital), Italian VCs (P101, CDP Venture Capital, United Ventures), Spanish investors (Seaya, Kibo, JME, Nauta Capital), Nordic seed funds (byFounders, PreSeed Ventures), CEE specialists (Credo Ventures, PortfoLion, OTB Ventures, Inovo, LAUNCHub), Turkish VCs (212, Bek Ventures, Revo Capital), Balkan VCs (South Central Ventures, Eleven Ventures, Fil Rouge Capital), Portuguese VCs (Indico Capital, Armilar, Portugal Ventures), Irish VCs (Atlantic Bridge, Frontline, ACT Venture Capital), sector specialists (Hiro Capital, Pi Labs, Fifth Wall, Five Seasons Ventures), Web3 funds (Greenfield Capital, Fabric Ventures), climate/impact funds (2150, Giant Ventures, SET Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Carbon13), MENA/Africa VCs (Norrsken22, Algebra Ventures, BECO Capital, Wamda Capital, Flat6Labs), and European life science specialists (Andera Partners, LSP, Kurma Partners, Medicxi, Abingworth). Existing investor profiles have also been enriched with fund sizes, check size ranges, portfolio highlights, and investment theses.
Learn moreAI analysis scores are now more granular (5-point scale instead of 3), so you get clearer signal on what's strong and what needs work. Suggestions no longer fabricate statistics - they use placeholders you fill in with your real numbers. Verbose penalties are now section-aware (longer sections like Team and Financials get more room). After re-analyzing a section, you'll see how many points you gained or lost. Batch analysis shows "Analyzing 3 of 8..." progress. Your "Review issues" panel now persists across page reloads.
Each "Fix this first" suggestion now has an "Apply fix" button that replaces only the matched phrase, not the entire section. The full rewrite button has been renamed to "Rewrite entire section" with a warning that it replaces all content. A session counter shows how many analyses you have run, so you can track your AI usage.
Reframed the entire pitch analysis page from deficit-focused ("Needs work", "Critical") to progress-focused ("Building momentum", "Up next"). Lower scores now show amber and blue tones instead of red, which is reserved for truly empty sections. Section labels guide you toward action: "Start here" and "Up next" replace "Critical" and "Needs work". The sidebar highlights your next steps instead of listing failures. Same honest scoring, better motivation.
The AI analysis now properly supports solo founders, especially at angel and pre-seed stages. Solo founders with strong domain expertise, advisory boards, and execution speed (including AI-assisted/vibe-coded products) are no longer penalized on team structure. At angel stage, solo founders are fully accepted. At pre-seed, the system credits solo execution but notes that investors want to see a co-founder pipeline. At seed stage, solo founder is flagged as a concern unless traction is exceptional. New examples and checklist guidance help solo founders write stronger team sections.
New YC Archive lets you explore the complete database of Y Combinator-funded companies. Search by name or description, filter by industry, tags, status (active, acquired, public), or batch. See detailed company cards with location, team size, funding stage, hiring status, and expandable descriptions. Find inspiration, discover competitors, or research successful companies in your space.
Learn moreReorganized the sidebar to help you find things faster. Investor-related tools (database, AI matching, updates) are now grouped under a single Investors entry. Research and tools sections have clearer names. Navigation went from 20+ items to about 14, so you spend less time looking for features and more time using them.
New toggle on the VC analysis page lets you switch between two feedback modes. Coach mode (the new default) gives constructive, improvement-focused feedback that leads with what works and suggests specific next steps. Brutal VC mode gives the raw, unfiltered investor perspective with no sugar-coating. Your preference is saved automatically.
Search 5,600+ Y Combinator-funded companies to find competitors and validate your market. The new YC Competitor Finder in your competitor analysis lets you search by name, description, or industry. YC Market Validation shows how many YC companies operate in your space, batch trends, and popular tags. Use it to benchmark against the best or find competitors you missed.
Learn moreCreate shareable pitch decks from your pitch data with one click. Choose from 3 templates (compact, standard, comprehensive), customize branding with your logo and colors, reorder sections, and control access (public link, password-protected, email-gated, or private). Share a link and investors see a full-screen slide presentation with keyboard and touch navigation. Pro users can remove PitchKit branding.
Learn moreDiscover the right investors for your startup with our expanded investor directory. Browse 950+ European investors by sector, stage, country, and category. Each of our 18 sector-specific pitch guides (fintech, SaaS, healthtech, biotech, gaming, cybersecurity, and more) provides key metrics investors expect, must-have slides, common mistakes to avoid, and what makes investors say yes. Individual investor pages now link to relevant pitch guides, and sector pages show related sectors for better discovery.
Learn moreNew tool to create professional investor updates. Choose from 5 templates (monthly, quarterly, milestone, first update, re-engagement) with built-in guidance for each section. AI can improve any section with one click. When done, copy the formatted update and grab recipient emails from your CRM filtered by status. Paste into your email client and send. Available to all subscription tiers.
Learn moreCurated database of 950 European investors now available. Browse by stage, sector, geography, or HQ country with faceted multi-select filters. Each profile shows fund size, check size, portfolio highlights, and direct contact links (email, LinkedIn, website). Found a good match? Add them to your pipeline with one click. Help us improve the data by reporting inaccuracies or suggesting new investors. Mobile-optimized with responsive layouts.
Learn moreFind the right investors for your raise with our new 4-step AI-powered workflow. Select a pitch and we'll extract your fundraising context, generate an ideal investor profile (stage, sector, geography, check size), match you with investors from our database, and help you build a curated outreach list. Includes fit scores, match reasoning, and one-click CRM population. No matches? You still get your ideal investor profile to guide manual research.
Learn moreCompletely redesigned competitor analysis with a streamlined 4-step wizard. AI now discovers 5 key competitors with per-competitor differentiation and source URLs. No more manual 2x2 positioning - the AI handles it for you.
Learn moreMajor upgrade to our AI prompt engineering: added few-shot examples for more consistent scoring, chain-of-thought reasoning for deeper analysis, counter-examples showing what to avoid, dynamic context injection based on your industry and funding stage, validation with automatic retry on errors, and enhanced Moonshot mode with before/after transformation examples.
Updated marketing site with product-focused messaging, improved mobile responsiveness, and cleaner navigation. New About page design and updated pricing to reflect current features.
Added a reliable export pitch button on individual pitches. It generates a clean Markdown file and we removed non-working formats from the UI for now.
Learn moreNew knowledge base feature: centralized repository that automatically collects all your pitch-related content (pitches, competitor research, market analyses, term sheets) in one place. Plus major term sheet analyzer redesign with tab navigation, search and filtering, and improved navigation throughout.
Learn moreNew tool to understand your competitive positioning. AI extracts signals from your pitch, finds 5-8 real competitors with funding data and sources, builds a feature comparison matrix, and identifies your actual edge. You can edit AI assumptions, add competitors manually, and verify all data through clickable sources. Previously Pro-only, now available for all paid plans.
Learn moreNew beta feature in paperwork tools! Upload your term sheet and get instant analysis of 11 critical areas including liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board rights, and vesting. Includes founder-friendly explanations, risk assessment, and negotiation guidance with ready-to-use conversation starters.
Learn moreGet stage-aware advice on which investors to target! The new investor outreach view analyzes your pitch data and provides specific guidance on investor types, what to look for, and what to avoid based on your funding stage and business model. Includes a demo mode to test different scenarios.
Experience your pitch through an investor's eyes in real-time! The new investor scanner simulates how VCs actually read your deck, showing win/lose moments, time spent on each section, and specific AI-generated investor thoughts based on your actual content. Also includes redesigned "How investors think" section with visual cards and stage-specific guidance.
New Moonshot mode available! Transform your startup content to be bold, clear, and impossible for investors to ignore with concrete reasons, expansion hints, and inevitable market-win endings.
Bug with OpenAI API changes was fixed. This caused lag on narrative debugger. It should now work faster again.
Fixed a bug with ask section analysis, it was sloppy and giving a good score even when funding terms were not mentioned in detail.