--- url: 'https://qubit.capital/blog/how-qubit-runs-a-raise' title: The Qubit Capital Process for Running a Raise author: name: Sagar Agrawal url: 'https://qubit.capital/blog/author/sagar' date: '2026-07-08T12:30:00+05:30' modified: '2026-08-04T18:00:44+05:30' type: post categories: - Fundraising tags: - fundraising assistance - investor mapping - investor outreach - startup fundraising image: 'https://qubit.capital/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/featured-banner-16.webp' published: true --- # The Qubit Capital Process for Running a Raise TL;DR - **We map your investors, build the materials and run the outreach.** You take the meetings. - It opens with a free call that checks one thing: whether your round is defined enough to take to investors yet. - Nobody gets contacted until you have seen the list and struck off the funds you already know are wrong. - Outreach goes out in waves, warm routes first, so a weak message never reaches the whole list at once. - $215 million closed to date for 237+ startups, drawn from a 20,000-investor network. You are deciding whether to run your raise in-house or hand the outreach to an outside team. That choice settles who builds the investor list, who sends the emails and who chases the replies. Most fundraising firms will show you outcomes and stay vague about the method. Below is the sequence we run, in the order it happens. Here is the [Qubit Capital](https://qubit.capital) process step by step, in the order it happens: the fit call, investor mapping, outreach sequencing, the materials and the timeline. Table of Contents - [What has to be true before we start](#what-has-to-be-true-before-we-start) [The fit call and what it screens for](#the-fit-call-and-what-it-screens-for) - [Investor mapping](#investor-mapping) [How the list is built and filtered](#how-the-list-is-built-and-filtered) - [What the founder sees](#what-the-founder-sees) - [Outreach and sequencing](#outreach-and-sequencing) [Who does the sending](#who-does-the-sending) - [How replies are handled](#how-replies-are-handled) - [The materials](#the-materials) [What we build, what the founder owns](#what-we-build-what-the-founder-owns) - [Timeline and milestones](#timeline-and-milestones) - [Where the line sits between us and you](#where-the-line-sits-between-us-and-you) - [What one engagement produced](#what-one-engagement-produced) - [Conclusion](#conclusion) - [Key Takeaways](#key-takeaways) ## What has to be true before we start A raise starts once the round is defined and the numbers behind it hold up. That means a stated amount, a stated stage and a model that supports both. Without those, outreach burns investor attention that you only get to spend once. The entry point is a free consultation call with an investment strategist. The engagement that follows is hiring the team, not buying a subscription. ### The fit call and what it screens for The fit call is a screen in both directions. It establishes stage, sector, geography and the size of the round you are trying to close. - **Stage.** We work with early through late stage companies, so the call places you on that line. - **Sector.** Our site names twelve industries, and the call checks that yours is one we can map against. - **Round shape.** Amount, use of funds and the story that connects them. - **Readiness.** Whether the deck and model exist yet, or need building first. Nothing is charged for that call. If the round is not defined enough to take to investors, the honest answer is to fix that first. ## Investor mapping Investor mapping produces a named list, not a database export. The point is a set of funds and angels who plausibly write your cheque, at your stage, in your sector. A list you still have to sort yourself is not a shortlist. This is the step that most defines how the rest of the raise goes. It is also the part of the Qubit Capital process that the founder sees least of. ### How the list is built and filtered The starting pool is our investor network, which our own figures put at 20,000+ investors. Matching narrows that pool against the round you defined on the fit call. - **Stage fit.** Whether the fund actually leads or follows at your stage. - **Sector fit.** Whether they have backed adjacent companies rather than merely listed the sector. - **Cheque size.** Whether your round is large enough, and small enough, to matter to them. - **Geography.** Where they deploy, which is often narrower than where they say they look. ### What the founder sees You see the list before anyone is contacted. That matters. Founders usually know of two or three funds to strike off, and a few to add. Investor discovery and mapping is a named part of what an engagement includes. It is not a bolt-on that arrives after outreach has already started. ## Outreach and sequencing Outreach runs in waves, with warm routes first. Send to the whole list at once and a flawed message reaches every investor at once. Sequencing keeps most of the list in reserve while the first wave tells you what is landing. Warm routes go first because a shared connection changes the reply rate more than any subject line does. Cold waves follow, ordered by how well each investor matched. ### Who does the sending We do. Qubit Capital runs the research and the outreach, and the founder takes the conversations that come back. That split is the whole design. Sourcing is volume work that scales with a team. An investor meeting is not something anyone can sit in for you. ### How replies are handled Replies are triaged and routed to you with the context attached. Follow-ups on silent threads stay with us, so a non-reply is chased rather than quietly written off. Interest gets a calendar slot. Rejections get read for the reason, because ten similar rejections are a message about the round, not about the list. ## The materials The deck, the model and the data pack are built against what investors ask for. They are working documents for a live process, not a design exercise. Pitch deck creation, financial model creation and data room creation are all named parts of an engagement. Materials are built after mapping, not before it. What a seed fund wants to see differs from what a growth fund opens first. ### What we build, what the founder owns - **Pitch deck.** Built for the round you defined, and revised as investor questions repeat. - **Financial model.** The numbers behind the ask, in a form a partner can pull apart. - **Data room.** Set up so diligence does not stall while documents are hunted down. The deck, the model and the data room are built for your round and belong to your company. Ownership terms are confirmed in writing when the engagement is scoped. ## Timeline and milestones A raise runs through named checkpoints in a fixed order. Each stage has an output that either exists or does not. That is what makes it a milestone rather than a status line. | Stage | Output | | --- | --- | | Consultation call | Round defined, stage and sector agreed | | Investor mapping | A named, filtered investor list | | Materials | Pitch deck, financial model, data room | | Outreach waves | Opened conversations with matched investors | | Investor conversations | Founder-led meetings and follow-ups | Each stage is defined by its output rather than a fixed number of weeks. A seed round in a crowded sector and a growth round with a warm bench move at different speeds, so the schedule is set against your round on the consultation call. Ask for a stage timeline on the consultation call, against your round and your sector. That answer is worth more than an average. ## Where the line sits between us and you A managed raise works because the split is clean. We take the volume work that scales with a team, and you take the work that only a founder can do. - **We run the research and the outreach.** Mapping, sequencing, sending and follow-ups sit with our team. - **You take the investor conversations.** A founder in the room is what moves a round, and that is never delegated. - **We build the materials against live investor questions.** The deck and model get revised as the same objections repeat. - **Scope is agreed before work starts.** What the engagement covers is set against your round and confirmed in writing. That division is the whole design. Sourcing is volume work, and a team will always grind through more of it than a founder juggling a company. An investor meeting is the opposite. Nobody can sit in it for you. ## What one engagement produced Our [UK fintech AI case study](https://qubit.capital/case-studies/uk-fintech-ai) runs through the full shape of an engagement, covering fundraising assistance, investor discovery, outreach, the data room, the deck and the model. On named outcomes, our own figures record Ivent Pro securing 500,000 euros in seed funding. Across the client base, those figures put the total at over $215 million raised for 237+ startups. Read the case study for the sequence rather than the headline number. The order of the steps is the part that transfers to your raise. ## Conclusion The Qubit Capital process is a defined sequence rather than a package. It opens with a call that screens the round. Mapping then produces a named investor list. Materials are built against what those investors ask for. Outreach runs in waves, and the founder takes every investor conversation. The engagement is sized on that first call, against the round you are actually running. What carries it from there is the work itself and the outcomes behind it. Want your round mapped and the outreach run for you? [Book a free consultation with an investment strategist](https://qubit.capital/startup-services/fundraising-assistance). ## Key Takeaways - **The process starts with a free call.** A consultation with an investment strategist screens stage, sector and round size before any outreach. - **Mapping beats exporting.** A pool of 20,000+ investors is filtered on stage, sector, cheque size and geography into a named list. - **The founder approves the list first.** Nobody is contacted until you have struck off the funds you already know are wrong. - **Outreach runs in waves, warm first.** Sequencing keeps most of the list in reserve while the early wave shows what lands. - **Materials come after mapping.** Pitch deck, financial model and data room are built against what the mapped investors ask for. - **Scope is set to your round.** Stage, sector and target amount define the engagement, agreed in writing on the first call. - **Our own figures.** Over $215 million raised for 237+ startups, with Ivent Pro securing 500,000 euros in seed funding.