How Grapeleaf works
1 minute starts the conversation.
Founders pitch on video — one minute, then three, then five. Investors watch only what they asked to see, and nobody gets cold-emailed. The warm intro, without the introduction.
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What do you want to see?
Nothing outside this reaches you.
Fifteen minutes of pitches a day, maximum.
Attention has to be earned in one direction only.
Every pitch is three cuts. An investor only reaches the next one by choosing to. Contact details come last, and only if they still want them.
1Minute
The hook
Company, sector, stage, one line. Skip it and the founder is never told — silence is the default, not rejection.
3Minutes
The business
ARR, growth, team, what you’re raising. Unlocked only by a thumbs up on the first minute.
5Minutes
The deep dive
Then — and only then — the deck, the Q&A, the LinkedIns, the email. Nine minutes in, the investor decides whether to say hello.
Grapeleaf steps out at hello. No chat, no broker, no success fee. When an investor introduces themselves, you’re talking directly — email, calendar, however you work.
Investor →
I’m an Investor
VC, angel or scout. You want filtered deal flow you actually chose — and an inbox nobody can reach.
Founder / Operator →
I’m a Founder
Pre-seed to Series A. You want real investors watching your pitch — not another intro request into the void.
Founder and investor? Select both in the registration form.
+220on the waitlist · personal referral links are ready now
- A personal referral link immediately
- Your introductions saved to your account
- Password access to your waitlist account
For investors & scouts
Deal flow you set the terms of.
You pick the sectors, stages, geographies and how many minutes a day you’ll spend. Nothing outside that reaches you. Nothing at all reaches your inbox.
Actually, I’m a founder →01 · Filter
Only what you asked for
Sector, stage, geography, cheque size — change it any time. A daily minute cap keeps a session finite.
02 · Anonymity
You’re “Investor A” until you aren’t
Watch, skip and ask questions without a founder ever learning who looked. Your name appears the moment you choose to introduce yourself — never before.
03 · Quiet by design
One email. Monday.
A weekly digest of new founders matching your filter. No mid-week pings, no founder DMs, no “just circling back”.
An example session, end to end
- 62 founders match today. Watch a minute each.
- Keep six. Everything else disappears, silently.
- Two earn the full nine. Ask anonymous questions.
- Introduce yourself to one. That’s the deal.
Investor / Scout membership
Planned membership · joining the waitlist is free.
Promotional price · standard $2,000 / year or $300 / month.
$1,000/ year
or $150 monthly
- Unlimited filtered deal flow
- Zero inbound, ever
- Anonymous questions until you say otherwise
- No per-intro fees, no carry, no success fees
No per-intro fees, no carry. Investor membership will require verification: fund or angel, work email, and one proof point.
Request investor accessFor founders & operators
Record it once. Real investors watch.
Three cuts of your pitch, always live, in front of verified investors who chose your sector and stage. No warm-intro scavenger hunt, no forwarded deck dying in a thread.
Actually, I’m an investor →01 · Three cuts
One, three, five minutes
Publish all three and you’re live. Every investor who matches your sector and stage can see the first minute — the rest they have to earn their way into.
02 · The funnel
See exactly where you lose them
Views, completion, drop-off timestamps. “Most investors leave your 3 min at 1:48” is a fundable insight. Nobody else gives you that.
03 · Control
Hide from whoever you want
Block named funds and competitors’ investors. Pause your profile in one tap. Contact details stay locked until someone finishes all nine minutes.
Your week, one screen · example
- Saw your 1 min312
- Watched it all194
- 3 min61
- 5 min19
- Unlocked you7
Seven verified investors saw your deck, your metrics and your email this week — because they wanted to.
Founder membership · early access pricing
Planned membership · joining the waitlist is free.
Promotional price · standard $2,000 / year or $300 / month.
$1,000/ year
or $150 monthly
- Three pitch videos, always live
- Full funnel & drop-off analytics
- Public Q&A replies
- One company per account — no agents, no spam
Founder special
The Fundraising Season $350 · 3 months · promotional price (standard $700)
Three rules we won’t trade away.
Investors initiate, or nothing happens
A founder can never reach an investor’s inbox on Grapeleaf. That single constraint is why investors show up at all.
Every investor is verified
Fund or angel, work email, and one proof point — portfolio page, Crunchbase, or a vouch from a member. Founders are handing over nine minutes; the floor has to be real.
A skip is silent
Founders are never told who passed. No rejection theatre, no scores, no leaderboards — just the ones who leaned in.
One price, whichever side of the table you’re on.
No per-intro fees, no success fees, no carry. You pay for the room, not for what happens in it.
FounderBest value
Planned membership · joining the waitlist is free.
Promotional price · standard $2,000 / year or $300 / month.
$1,000/ year
or $150 monthly
- Three pitch videos, always live
- Full funnel & drop-off analytics
- Public Q&A replies
- One company per account — no agents, no spam
Investor / Scout
Planned membership · joining the waitlist is free.
Promotional price · standard $2,000 / year or $300 / month.
$1,000/ year
or $150 monthly
- Unlimited filtered deal flow
- Zero inbound, ever
- Anonymous questions until you say otherwise
- No per-intro fees, no carry, no success fees
Investor membership will require verification: fund or angel, work email, and one proof point.
Request investor accessThe Grapeleaf affiliate program
You already know who should be here.
Grapeleaf grows through introductions. Share your link as soon as you join the waitlist. When paid memberships open, eligible referrals will earn 50% of their first eligible membership payment — up to $500 a head.
Registrations through your link are associated with you. Waitlist registrations alone earn no commission; paid membership activation comes later.