Champion

/ˈtʃampiən/ • noun

someone who thumps the table.

for founders.

see how investors see you

Explain once. Get clarity.

We've built second brains of some top investors. Grounded in how they actually think and decide.

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Eager to listen

Champion listens like a partner, thinks like an investor, and helps you see your company the way a VC would.

How it works

Explain once

Explain what you're building, why now, why you. Share your pitch and context.

See gaps

Get structured feedback on your pitch. Know what you're underplaying — and what's unclear.

Talk to Champion

A short AI-led conversation to go deeper than the deck. This will be a 10-20 mins audio call.

Get perspective

See how a specific investor is likely to view your company. Hooks. Concerns. First-meeting signals.

For the Uninitiated

Notes, signals and conversations at the intersection of AI and VC.

Ryan Hoover

Founder of Product Hunt

All that matters is winning

The job of an investor is to source, pick, win, and help. But as AI and public data erode the edge in sourcing and picking, winning allocations becomes the only thing that truly matters.

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Introducing Fast Round

Ryan Hoover

Founder of Product Hunt

A tool to help founders fundraise by discovering which investors follow them on X and connecting via DM.

Dear VC Partner: Your Firm is Falling Critically Behind. And It's Probably Because of You

Dr. Gopinath Sundaramurthy

Ensemble VC

Argues most VC firms have failed to adopt AI meaningfully within their organizations, and explains why superficial AI usage doesn't create durable competitive advantage.

Standardizing Early-Stage VC Rounds

Dinesh Pai

Founders Office @Zerodha, Leading Investments @Rainmatter

Why early-stage investment rounds in India take too long and a proposal to standardize terms and due diligence timelines.

AI in Private Markets: Today's Alpha, Tomorrow's Infra

Donald Lee-Brown & Terran Mott

Research Team at Positive Sum

How AI is automating diligence and operations, with 70% of private market AI tools highlighting time savings.

Indian Pre-Seed VCs & Minimalism

Akshat Chhapolia

Helping Founders & CHROs hire hard-to-fill roles

A satirical yet insightful take on the 'minimalist' communication style of Indian pre-seed VCs and the realities of fundraising.

The 10x VC: Moonfire's Tech-First Vision

Mattias Ljungman

Founder & Managing Partner at Moonfire

Using AI to redefine venture and build the era of the bionic VC, enhancing execution with data and algorithms.