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How to find investor leads
Describe the investor market you want to reach
Add your target fund type and the title you want to contact, say early-stage VC funds or growth equity managers. Sculptor searches Clay's B2B contact data for matching investors.
Sculptor sources contacts and enriches each row
Sculptor searches Clay's people database filtered by fund type, firm name, and title, then waterfalls through 150+ providers to find a verified work email. Only rows with a match include a verified email address.
Firm name and verified email, ready to send
Your table shows firm name and, for matched rows, a verified contact email. Push to Smartlead, Instantly, or your sequencer to launch your investor outreach campaign.
Why Clay for finding investor leads
B2B database scoped to investment firms
Pinpoint investor contacts using Clay's B2B company database with filters for industry, firm size, location, and funding stage. Layer title keywords like "General Partner" or "Fund Manager" to narrow results to the right people in minutes.
Verified work emails from 150+ providers
Get verified work emails for matched investor rows. Clay waterfalls through 150+ providers sequentially and only charges credits when a provider returns a hit, flagging catch-alls so your bounces stay low.
Claygent researches firm strategy and portfolio
Get fund focus, portfolio companies, and recent deals for each investor row. Claygent browses Crunchbase, PitchBook, and each firm's website to extract the freshest context for personalized outreach.
Push investor lists to Smartlead or Salesforce
Send enriched, verified investor rows directly to Smartlead or Salesforce in one step. Your outreach sequence launches automatically without any manual export or reformatting.
When one provider doesn’t have it, Clay automatically checks the next one. It really helps our inbound and outbound motions because we can leverage the best source of data. I’ve never seen a tool that was so easy to do this process.
Frequently asked questions
How does Sculptor find active investor leads?
Sculptor takes your target sector or geography, queries investment-data sources like Crunchbase and Dealroom to identify active funds, then runs Claygent to confirm each contact is a current investor. It returns fund name and GP email in a single table, using waterfall enrichment across providers like Hunter, Dropcontact, and People Data Labs to maximize email coverage.
How accurate are the investor emails Clay returns?
Clay's waterfall enrichment queries 10+ email providers in sequence, lifting coverage from roughly 30% with a single provider to 80% or higher. In Clay's own test of 4,700+ contacts, combining providers like Findymail and Dropcontact tripled verified email rates. Claygent adds a layer of recency by confirming each person is still an active investor before the email lookup runs.
Can I find investor leads for a whole list at once?
Yes. Paste multiple sectors or geographies into the Sculptor prompt, upload a CSV of target criteria, or pipe rows from an existing Clay table. Sculptor builds one row per investor across your entire list, then waterfall enrichment runs GP emails in bulk. Push the finished table to HubSpot, Salesforce, or export as a CSV for your fundraising outreach.
Is it legal to collect and email investor contact data?
CAN-SPAM requires a working opt-out link in every outbound email and prohibits misleading headers. Under GDPR, B2B cold outreach to investors can rely on the legitimate interest basis (Article 6(1)(f)), but you must document a Legitimate Interest Assessment, disclose how you obtained the data, and honor erasure requests. In California, CCPA protections now apply to business contact data after the B2B exemption expired in 2023.
Always check the rules for your jurisdiction before launching outreach, and keep a suppression list to honor opt-out requests promptly.