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playbook-fundraising

Generates funding-round first lines and list filters for cold email campaigns.

678|243|Updated Mar 10, 2026
Search Tags:#sales outreach#cold email#list building#lead personalization#funding round#clay workflow#fundraising signal
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/growthenginenowoslawski/coldoutboundskills --skill playbook-fundraising
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: playbook-fundraising
Source: https://github.com/growthenginenowoslawski/coldoutboundskills/tree/main/skills/playbooks/playbook-fundraising
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/growthenginenowoslawski/coldoutboundskills --skill playbook-fundraising

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Cold email personalization about a prospect's funding round often fails because databases mix in secondary sales, PE stakes, and stale dates, and spintax cannot conditionally render a variable. This playbook produces a verified, copy-ready funding sentence per company plus the list-building filters that select funded companies.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Three-lane signal routing: separates "ever raised" list filtering (free search filter), per-row copy line generation (the tested path), and "raised in the last 30 days" (documented as unsolved due to 3-4 month index lag).
  • Code-enforced fact guards: domain-equality check, equity-stage filter, and 12-month recency window all run in code before the model, so the AI only chooses wording and cannot invent a round.
  • Self-erasing output variable: funding_line carries the whole sentence including the leading "Saw" and trailing period, so abstaining rows render nothing instead of broken copy like "Saw .".
  • Use Case: Building a cold email campaign targeting recently funded startups — filter the TAM to equity-stage companies, generate a first line like "Saw you raised $52M in the Series B." per lead, and push it as a custom variable to the sequencer.

Quick Start

Ask the assistant to generate funding-round first lines for a list of company domains using the fundraising playbook, then push the funding_line variable into the email body on its own line.

Frequently Asked Questions about playbook-fundraising

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I write cold email first lines about a prospect's funding round?▼

Look up the company by domain, verify the returned domain matches exactly, filter funding events to equity stages within 12 months, then let a locked prompt phrase only the clause. Code wraps it into a complete sentence like "Saw you raised $52M in the Series B."

How do I build a list of recently funded companies for outreach?▼

Apply a funding-stage filter with equity stages plus a funding_date window of 180 or 365 days when building the list. Note that people-database funding indexes lag 3 to 4 months, so a true last-30-days list has no proven automated path.

Can I use spintax to conditionally show a personalization variable?▼

No. Spintax is a random chooser with no knowledge of whether a variable is populated, so it renders broken text like "Saw ." on empty rows. Use a self-erasing whole-sentence variable or split the list into separate campaign variants at upload time.

Why does my funding data show wrong companies or wrong round types?▼

Website filters can match vendors listing your target as a customer, so always assert returned domain equality. Databases also record secondary sales and PE stake purchases as rounds, which must be excluded since that money never reached the company.

What are the limitations of funding-signal data for cold outreach?▼

Funding indexes lag 3 to 4 months, raised_at dates were measured off by up to two months, and total_funding figures fold in debt and secondary sales. The playbook therefore forbids dates, totals, valuations, and investor names in copy.

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