Nerve for investors
Run sourcing AND portfolio without trading depth for breadth.
VC and angel work runs on two pipelines at once. Nerve handles inbox triage, sourcing follow-ups, and meeting prep, and flags the founders and LPs you haven't been in touch with, so your week stays on the decisions that compound returns.
The problem
Why this is broken today
Investing is a relationship-density business. Deal flow comes from your network, portfolio support requires depth across companies, LP communication requires consistency across cycles. Each pipeline is its own mental load. Good instincts don't help much when the relationships behind them go cold, and keeping all three warm takes more discipline than one person's week can hold.
The standard answer is a CRM (Affinity, Attio, custom) and a weekly cadence. Both help. Neither solves the actual problem: the structural work between the calls. The followup with the founder you said you'd talk to in two weeks (now four). The portfolio company drift you noticed in the last update but never wrote up. The LP question from the AGM that's been sitting in your inbox.
The cost of the structural slippage is hard to measure but real: passes on deals you would have led if you'd remembered the followup, portfolio companies that didn't get the help they needed when it mattered, LPs that stop introducing you to their network because you're slow to respond.
What Nerve does
What changes when an agent team is in the loop
Inbound deal flow, triaged
Nerve triages your inbox, flags the pitches and intros waiting on a reply, and drafts the follow-up or the pass note for you to approve.
Founders you haven't checked in with, flagged
Nerve tracks when you were last in touch with each founder it sees in your email and calendar, and flags the ones going quiet before a problem shows up in the next update.
LP and founder email drafted for approval
Replies to LP questions, founder check-ins, intro requests. Nerve drafts from the thread in front of it; you edit and send.
Built by a founder on the raising side of the table
Patrick raises for Nerve while building it. The investor-side workflow is dogfooded with real fund and angel relationships in the loop.
How it works
Three steps to the agent team running
Connect your inbox and calendar
Gmail or Outlook, your calendar, Slack, and HubSpot if you track deals there. Nerve doesn't connect to fund admin platforms or LP portals today.
Daily briefing across deals AND portfolio
Deal threads needing followup, founders you haven't checked in with, LP items waiting on a response, meetings to prep.
Approve drafts on the go
Founder followups, portfolio intros, LP replies, deal-pass notes. Nerve drafts; you ship. The structural work moves at decision speed.
FAQ
Common questions
How is this different from Affinity?
Affinity is a relationship CRM. Nerve does the follow-through from your inbox and calendar: drafts the reply, flags relationships going quiet, and preps your meetings.
What about deal-flow confidentiality?
Your data stays in your account, isn't pooled with other customers, and Nerve never trains AI on it.
Will it send emails to founders or LPs without my approval?
No. Every external communication is a draft you approve. Investor-founder and investor-LP relationships are too important to autopilot.
Can I share deals with co-investors?
Not in Nerve today. An account belongs to one person, and there's no deal sharing.
Does this work for angels and for funds?
It works for one investor's inbox and calendar, which fits an angel or an individual partner. Fund-wide setups aren't self-serve; talk to Patrick.
Workflows and guides
For investors, read these next
How to track investor follow-ups with Claude (and not drop a single one)
A working founder's guide to tracking every investor conversation in flight, with Claude doing the heavy lifting. The system, the prompts, the failure modes, and how Nerve closes the loop.
How to write investor updates with Claude (without taking up a Sunday)
A founder-grade guide to monthly investor updates. The structure investors actually read, how Claude does the heavy lifting, and how Nerve makes the loop close without rewriting.
Claude MCP integration for Gmail: a working founder's setup guide
How to wire Gmail to Claude over MCP so an agent can triage, search, and draft from your real inbox. The 15-minute setup, the gotchas, and what changes when it's live.
Claude MCP integration for Google Calendar: real meetings, no swivel-chair
How to wire Google Calendar to Claude over MCP so an agent can find time, book meetings, and reason about your week without screenshots or back-and-forth.
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