Every VC fund is already in a database. None of them tell you which partner owns your sector, what that person has personally backed, or whether they are still deploying. Causo reads the partner, not just the firm.
Reviewed August 2026
Five hundred and thirty-eight new funds in one year, on top of everyone already investing. Getting a list of them is trivial and nearly useless. A fund page tells you stage, sector and cheque size; it does not tell you that the partner covering commerce used to run product at a retailer, sits on one board, and has not led a deal in nine months.
You upload your deck. Causo reads it, then reads the firms and the people inside them, and comes back with the individual partner whose own thesis matches what you are building — with the reasoning behind the score.
Backs early commerce-enabled companies with real logistics foundations, and works hands-on with founders on scaling operations. Came to investing from operating: founded a company, ran product at a large ecommerce retailer, and led distribution and ecommerce at a consumer brand before that.
A real profile from the catalogue with the identity removed. The thesis, stage, sectors, portfolio and cited sources are exactly as Causo holds them.
The fund row is the easy half and every database has it. This is the half that decides the meeting, and it has to be assembled from the partner’s own trail. A real profile from the catalogue with the identity removed.
| Fund-level data | Partner-level data | |
|---|---|---|
| Stage and sector | Published on the fund page | Differs per partner |
| Cheque size | Published | Varies by who sponsors it |
| Who to email | A general inbox | The individual |
| Thesis | Firm-level and generic | Personal, in their own words |
| Still deploying | Not stated | Visible in recent deals |
| Why you specifically | Not answerable | Their background against yours |
Filtering funds by stage and sector produces a longlist that everyone else also has. The useful step is going one level down to the partner: which individual at that firm covers your sector, what they have personally backed, and whether they have led a deal recently. Causo reads partner pages, portfolios and announcements and returns the individual rather than the firm.
The partner, wherever you can identify the right one. A general inbox is screened by an analyst against a broad filter; a partner reads their own mail and is the person who would sponsor your deal internally. Getting the right partner wrong is worse than either, so it is worth the research.
A fund’s website almost never says it has stopped. Recent activity does: deals announced in the last two quarters, new fund closes, and whether the partners are still publishing. Causo reads recency as part of the match, because a fund at the end of its cycle is a dead lead that looks warm.
Fit with the partner’s own thesis first, then stage, sector and cheque size, then whether the firm has capacity in its current fund. The first is the one no database holds and the one that decides whether you get a meeting.
Not usually. A large fund writing a small cheque means less attention and a higher bar at the next round, because their model needs you to be a fund-returner. What matters more is whether your cheque size is normal for them and whether a specific partner wants to sponsor it.
A fund invests other people’s money under a mandate, with partners, an investment committee and a fund cycle that shapes when it can deploy. An angel invests their own money and decides alone, usually faster and earlier. Angels often come before a fund will look at you at all.