Why Send Investor Updates?

Regular investor updates are key in keeping your investors engaged in your business so that they can provide assistance in their respective areas of expertise.

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Previously, my emails to our team and investors were staid, boring, plain text emails with a link to a google spreadsheet. When I crafted my first Visible Update, it was polished, professional and painless. Visible did all the heavy lifting. I can include beautiful visualizations without much effort.

Dharmesh Shah - Founder & CTO of HubSpot

Successful companies share a few key traits…so do unsuccessful ones, and investors understand this. Regular investor updates are key in keeping your investors engaged in your business so that they can provide assistance in their respective areas of expertise. They are also a sign of an active and engaged entrepreneur who values what her or his stakeholders bring to the table. Perhaps most importantly, consistent investor updates help stop inbound and asynchronous requests and give you time back to focus on building your company.

How you can get started with successful investor updates?

It’s actually a lot easier than you may think. Good investor updates don’t have to be long and they don’t have to be time consuming, especially if you are smart about how you are pulling in data to your reports. In working with thousands of early and growth stage companies, we have a few things for you to keep in mind when putting together your next investor update:

One to Many

By setting the expectations early for your investors, you head off any time wasted by responding to one-off requests.

Short Narrative

Provide a short narrative on what’s changed since your last update. Things like key wins, setbacks and hires are important to include

Comparable Metrics

User comparable metrics and be sure to include things like cash in the bank, net burn and runway

Specific Asks

Make specific asks. Your investors know potential partners, customers and key employees

Need more inspiration? We have curated a list of the best investor update and startup KPI content on the web, straight from some of the most successful angel investors and venture capitalists in the business. We are also happy to help you get started.

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