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Reflecting on our Product Hunt launch

Reflecting on our Product Hunt launch - Capital Pilot Last Wednesday we launched Search, the first of our new Navigator features on Product Hunt, the leading site to launch tech products. This was a core element of one of our OKRs for the quarter (signing up 500 new users), so it was a bit nerve-wracking in the lead-up. Was it going to work? How…

After a ton of hard work, we are super excited to present the Navigator investor search to you! Check us out on if you haven't already, and more importantly let us know what you think

Navigator investor search - Personalized list of the best-fit investors for your startup | Product Hunt Navigator investor search scans the global Crunchbase database of VCs and angels, and rank orders the ones which are most likely to invest in you based on what they've invested in previously. Cut down on hours of research through dozens of databases.

In case you missed it - we are live on today. Check out our Navigator investor search feature and let us know what oyu think :)

Navigator investor search - Personalized list of the best-fit investors for your startup | Product Hunt Navigator investor search scans the global Crunchbase database of VCs and angels, and rank orders the ones which are most likely to invest in you based on what they've invested in previously. Cut down on hours of research through dozens of databases.

Launchpad is now Navigator, and we are on Product Hunt today!

Launchpad is now Navigator - Capital Pilot Over a year ago, we branded our fundraising tools for startups as Launchpad in order to differentiate from the other main project we were working on. Since then, Launchpad has evolved quite a bit based on feedback from the community, market trends, and our positioning as a business to help as many f...

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Launchpad: Discover, research and track investors Discover, research and track investors

Ready to raise? Make sure your pitch deck covers the key topics investors need to know

Investor Pitch Deck: What You Need To Know Guide to putting together an excellent investor pitch deck for your startup

Introducing the Investor Navigator. Discover the right investors for your startup instantly.

Investor Navigator - Capital Pilot Find investors quicker! Our machine learning model scans the market to find the right investors for your startup, and gives you the tools to connect.

Cohort analysis helps you show potential investors whether your startup is improving over time

Cohort analysis for startups 101 – Nick Kalliagkopoulos – Medium As part of moving my blog to medium, I will repost a selection of the old posts.

Announcing Capital Pilot's Investor Report: Get unparalleled insight into your startup

Investor Report - Capital Pilot Investor Report Unparalleled Insight Into Your Startup Capital Pilot’s Assessment Report gives you objective feedback on the strength of your startup Whether you need to show potential investors, your team, or your parents that you are on to the next big thing (and if you aren’t our action plan ...

We are rolling out some exciting new features for Launchpad, include public profile sharing and greater access to showcasing. Read on and let us know your thoughts!

Announcing Publishing and Public Sharing - Capital Pilot The nice thing about Capital Pilot is we get to build things that solve our own problems. Like most of you, we are raising our own seed round and we are excited about some new features that we think will help us and, most importantly, help you raise easier and quicker. Read on for more…

3 Reasons Why Startups Should Consider Using Freelancers. From our friends at Crowdskills

3 Reasons Why Startups Should Consider Using Freelancers - Capital Pilot The biggest challenge most startups face is hiring. For founders in this familiar conundrum, you might consider looking at freelancers.

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What kind of startups do you invest in? Consumer? Marketplaces? Companies that are female-founded? Capital Pilot is researching the trends around angel investing in the UK and we’d love to hear from you. Learn more about us and get in touch:

For Investors - Capital Pilot Capital Pilot is the smart way to invest in technology startups on your terms. Invest directly through Launchpad or passively through Autopilot.

We are excited to announce that starting today you can pre-register for Autopilot - the RoboVC from Capital Pilot.

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"The core of our mission at Capital Pilot is helping startups and investors find each other quicker and without the unnecessary stuff that generally happens in the middle." https://goo.gl/cpGtDV

Check out our new article: Announcing the new Launchpad Platform https://goo.gl/cpGtDV

We have an exciting product announcement coming Monday... stay tuned :)

"Any company carrying out R&D is likely to qualify for the relief." https://goo.gl/1ssrkE

"Investor Pitch Deck: What You Need To Know" https://goo.gl/Hrr1UW

Announcing the new Launchpad Platform

Announcing the new Launchpad Platform - Capital Pilot The core of our mission at Capital Pilot is helping startups and investors find each other quicker and without the unnecessary stuff that generally happens in the middle. So we are excited to announce that we are making a huge step forward in that mission, starting next Monday, July 9th. That is whe...

"Not only do R&D tax credits represent a tax break for UK companies investing in innovation but they also let you reclaim up to 33% of R&D costs, even if your project fails." https://goo.gl/1ssrkE

"Once you’ve figured out your eligible R&D activity and mapped the relevant costs, you can claim your tax credits." https://goo.gl/1ssrkE

We've redesigned our resource page - have a look and let us know what you think! Tools to navigate your fundraise.

Startup Funding Resources from Capital Pilot There is a lot to know when raising capital for your startup. Here are some excellent startup funding resources to help you along the way.

"Top fintech investors by amount invested between 2013 and 2017" https://goo.gl/SXFrnC

"What should your startup financial model look like?" https://goo.gl/2hZGVg

"39 percent of the startups we looked at attended an accelerator programme, the most common being Fintech Innovation Lab London, followed by FutureFifty, Seedcamp and Barclays Accelerator and ELITE." https://goo.gl/SXFrnC

"It’s an investor pitch deck, not a research paper." https://goo.gl/Hrr1UW

5 Things We Learned about the Fintech Marketplace https://goo.gl/SXFrnC

"However, if Brexit did have an impact on fintech, it only did so in the second half of 2016, where investment was down 30% overall from 2015." https://goo.gl/SXFrnC

10 Common Mistakes Startups Make in their Investor Pitch https://goo.gl/Hrr1UW