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24 alternatives to The Syndicate: Semil Shah @ Haystack.vc a pre-seed VC fund

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Syndicate: Semil Shah @ Haystack.vc a pre-seed VC fund launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Twenty Minute VC: Semil Shah @ Haystack▲69
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The Twenty Minute VC: Sarah Guo, Investor @ Greylock▲70
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VCWiz▲370
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VC Club▲130
The Venture Capital community on Slack
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The Platform▲313
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Follow[the]Seed VC▲77
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Raizer▲282
Where founders find investors for their startups
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SeedInvest▲242
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The Twenty Minute VC: Nabeel Hyatt, Venture Partner @ Spark Capital▲68
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VCbacked▲181
I built this for anyone whose business revolves around funded startups — whether you're a VC tracking new raises, a sales team targeting high-growth companies, a recruiter staffing fast-scaling teams, or an agency looking for clients with fresh capital to spend. The problem I kept running into: Crunchbase has data but no contacts. Apollo has contacts but isn't curated for VC-backed companies. PitchBook and CB Insights are $5–25K/year and overkill for most use cases. We manually verify every contact and add 500+ new leads monthly.
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VenturesList 2.0▲265
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PieShell▲88
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The Twenty Minute VC: Sasha Orloff, Founder & CEO @ LendUp▲64
Raising $150m, Meeting Yuri Milner & Changing Mobile Finance
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Beezer Clarkson @ Sapphire Ventures▲76
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The Twenty Minute VC: Sean Flynn, Partner @ Shasta Ventures▲72
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Request For VC▲229
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The Twenty Minute VC: Bijan Sabet, General Partner @ Spark Capital▲62
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