Update Templates
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The Visible “Standard” Investor Update Template
Our Standard Monthly Investor Update template put together from best practices and tips from Visible users.
Jason Lemkin Investor Update Template
The following template is based off of a Jason Lemkin blog post, "10 Hacks to Have Happier Investors." In the post Jason states, "Send out Monthly Investor Updates — 48 Hours After the Month Ends. This is your best hack. The key here is not to spend a ton of time on it." Jason goes on to explain what he likes to see in an update which is laid out below.
Bloomberg Beta Investor Update Template
Bloomberg Beta is an early-stage venture fund backed by Bloomberg that invests in startups making work better, focusing on machine learning. They prefer to be the first capital into a company. The template below is based off of the update template in their manual for startups.
Kima Ventures Update Template
An Update template put together by Jean and the team at Kima. Quickly fill in the quantitative and qualitative data Kima finds most useful.
GitLab Investor Update
A 6 part template put together by the team at GitLab. Built for investors to quickly read and locate the information that is most relevant to them.
Shoelace: Investor Email
A template based off of Reza Khadjavi's, Founder & CEO of Shoelace, investor update email used to wow investors.
Coding VC: Investor Update
An investor update template from Leo Polovets, the general partner at Sosa Ventures.
Digital Currency Group Update
A monthly investor update template recommended by the team at Digital Currency Group.
YC Series A Investment Memo Template
The following is based off of the Y Combinator Series A Guide. The team at YC suggest that founders should write an investment memo when pitching potential investors. The memo is intended to be sent to investors before meeting with an investor. The text below is directly from the original YC template.
86 Repairs Quarterly Investor Update
This is the template that Daniel Estrada, CEO and Co-Founder of 86 Repairs, uses for his quarterly investor updates. Daniel finds the "How can you help" section to be the most valuable section of his quarterly updates.