Pilot FAQ

Everything in the Prewire paid pilot.

A flat $149 paid pilot: a 4 weeks window, 8 total of hand-curated briefs for solo GPs and micro-VCs backing U.S. pre-seed and seed AI and B2B SaaS. Below, every question worth asking before you sign up.

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Who it's for

Solo GPs and micro-VCs backing U.S. pre-seed and seed.

Prewire is for investors whose time is the bottleneck, not their fund size. If you write checks between $100k and $500k and want pre-seed and seed AI and B2B SaaS companies kept on your radar between accelerators and Demo Days, the pilot is built for you.

This is not a network. There's no shared CRM, no warm-intro marketplace, and no scrape-everything firehose. Two briefs a week, hand-curated against the thesis you describe during the intake interview.

What's in each brief

A full 14-field startup record, not a one-liner.

Every Prewire brief is a single company assembled by a human researcher from multiple sources. Skim it, save it, or move on. Every field is filled in.

NameCompany name and one-line tagline.
SourceWhere the lead was first seen — Demo Day, newsletter, accelerator.
SectorVertical(s) with priority ranking applied to your intake thesis.
StagePre-seed, pre-seed + seed, or seed — never more advanced.
GeographyCity + region, mapped to your intake geography preferences.
RoundRound size band and instrument (SAFE, priced, etc.).
FoundersBackground, prior companies, and current status checks.
SummaryTwo-paragraph description of what they're building and why now.
PricingPricing model and the rough revenue trajectory if disclosed.
TractionConcrete signal — pilots, design partners, repeat usage — not vanity growth metrics.
Lead investorIf known — the partner pushing the round forward.
Co-investor interestWho else has been circling, including notable angels.
Allocation readHow well the lead maps to the intake you submitted (1–5).
Source signalA quote from the original announcement or speaker notes.
How it works

Tell us your thesis. Get two briefs a week.

  1. 1

    Intake

    Submit the thesis intake form: sectors, stage, check size, founder profile, calibration anchors, and the success criterion you will judge Prewire on.

  2. 2

    Calibration call

    A 30-minute interview so we can pin down what "overlooked" and "match" mean for you — not for the average fund.

  3. 3

    Two briefs a week

    Every Tuesday for four weeks, two companies delivered to your inbox with full source provenance and a one-line allocation read.

What it costs

One flat fee. Eight briefs. Four weeks.

You are invoiced at the end of week one. There is no subscription, no rollover, and no automatic renewal. If Prewire isn't producing useful leads for your thesis by week three, we refund the unused portion — no friction.

Pilot fee$149
  • Window4 weeks
  • Briefs delivered8 total
  • Cadence2 per week · Tuesday
  • Per brief5–10 startups
  • IntakeGoogle Form + 30 min call
What this isn't

A firewall between you and the things you already don't need.

Not a Crunchbase replacementThere is no public directory to search. Briefs only land in your inbox.
Not a shared CRMNo multi-investor pipelines, no tags, no dashboard built for a team.
Not a warm-intro marketplacePrewire is read-only. We surface the lead, you take the next step yourself — no LinkedIn scraping, no automated intros, no brokered handoffs.
Not an AngelList integrationNo syndicate flows, no rolling funds, no co-invest alongside the fund.
Not a portfolio trackerDeal-by-deal history is not in scope for the pilot.
Not an open startup databaseBriefs are private to you. Companies are never listed publicly by Prewire.

If you want a public startup database, a shared CRM, or a warm-intro exchange, Prewire is not the tool. The pilot is built to validate one job: a founder raises pre-seed or seed, and Prewire surfaces them to you inside two weeks if they fit.

FAQ

The questions that come up most days.

Anything else? Email us and we'll answer personally, usually the same day.

Pilot details

Four weeks. Eight briefs. One short intake interview.

Submit the intake form, schedule a half-hour calibration call, and your first two briefs land the following Tuesday. You're invoiced at the end of week one — flat fee, no subscription to cancel.

Pilot fee$149
  • Window4 weeks
  • Briefs delivered8 total
  • Cadence2 per week · Tuesday
  • Per brief5–10 startups
  • IntakeGoogle Form + 30 min call
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