Best ways to filter in the right target Investor who loves you and your company Investors often receive thousands of emails every week and most successful founders take in- a conversation with them. But Fundraising strategy involves careful planning and targeting the right Investors who can accompany for the rest of the success journey. If not planned well the fundraising will be a time-consuming process. From pitchworks, we present simple 6 filters you should consider before targeting an investor For First-time founders, all investors might look the same but they aren't Whatever may be your approach channels Angleslist, Linkedin, cold emails or twitter the time you take for gathering data is huge and this article is all about saving your time and effort Raising money is enough of a distraction for entrepreneurs. You certainly don't want to lose any more time by wasting it on those who don't really have funds available to put in. Knowing your investor, angles, seed investors, or VC is very important, as Each fund is different each investment is different. Tools like linked-in, angel list, crunch base give you enough information about an investor. Let's take see some of the main filters you might want to consider before of targeting the right now Look at the Past Investments they have made Look at the past investments they have made, this gives you a clear idea of 2 things, 1 are they active now in terms of investments 2 Kind of compnay he/she is investing 3 Number of Exists