Flowlie is a fundraising intelligence tool, while Round Funded centers on investor search and founder-owned email outreach. We at AI Perks looked at Flowlie and chose Round Funded for our round; submit your startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors.
What is Flowlie, and how does it compare with Round Funded?
Flowlie describes its product as fundraising intelligence for founders from Pre-Seed to Series B. Its stated approach includes mapping a founder’s network to identify possible warm introductions, alongside research covering transaction history and investment distribution for more than 10,500 firms.
Flowlie also says its product can build investor target lists, support round planning, calculate dilution and share decks with view tracking. Its outreach activation feature generates introduction-request messages and sends them through LinkedIn and email. Flowlie says its Pro plan adds a fundraising CRM, meeting analysis and calendar integrations. Meeting analysis includes a notetaker and extracts thesis insights, concerns and next steps.
Round Funded takes a different approach. Founders can search a database of 60,000+ active VCs, angels, family offices and accelerators by stage, industry, geography and check size. Investors are filtered for recent activity, defined as a check in roughly the last six months, and their email addresses are verified.
We chose Round Funded because we wanted a database-led workflow, AI-written emails, a convenient interface, teammate access, a Data Room and tracking links. We raised our round through Round Funded. That was our choice for our own fundraising process, not a recommendation that every founder should follow the same route.
What did we look for when choosing a fundraising platform?
Our preference was for a workflow that brought investor discovery and outreach together. Round Funded provides a fundraising pipeline where founders can keep investors, stages and next steps in one place. Its AI drafts personalized outreach emails and follow-ups for each investor.
Outreach is sent from the founder’s own Gmail account, so replies arrive in the founder’s inbox and the email thread belongs to the founder. That detail suited our preference for keeping investor communication under our control.
Team collaboration and sharing mattered to us, too. Round Funded lets founders invite teammates into the startup’s workspace. Its Data Room lets a founder put a deck, traction, team information and an ask behind one link. The Data Room is free to build and share on every plan. Per-investor tracked links and engagement analytics, including views, deck opens and meeting clicks, are included with Round+.
These were practical reasons for our decision, rather than a claim that one fundraising process works for every startup. A founder who prioritizes network mapping may weigh Flowlie’s stated features differently. We wanted database search, founder-owned outreach, collaboration and sharing, so Round Funded was our pick.
How much do Flowlie and Round Funded cost?
According to Flowlie, Starter costs $49 per month and includes one team member and 100 AI credits per month. Its listed features include investor database access and target lists, LinkedIn integration, network mapping, warm-introduction discovery, round planning, a dilution calculator and deck sharing with view tracking.
Flowlie says Pro costs $99 per month, supports up to five team members and includes 250 AI credits per month. The plan adds a fundraising CRM, investor meeting analysis and Google and Microsoft calendar integration. Flowlie lists an extra 100 AI credits as a $40-per-month Pro add-on and says annual billing offers 25% off.
Flowlie’s pricing page shows a seven-day free trial label beside Starter and no free plan, and its Get Started buttons lead to an invite-only signup. Flowlie also said in 2023 that it is not a marketplace and does not handle transfers of funds.
Round Funded has no free tier. Its plans are Round+ at $99 per month, Round Pro at $249 per month and Lifetime at $899 one-time. Round+ and Round Pro include a three-day free trial for first-time accounts. Lifetime includes everything in Round Pro, paid once. Founders can submit a startup to get matched with investors through the application page.
Round+ allows up to 2,500 investors in the CRM pipeline, emails up to 2,000 investors a month and includes 2,500 AI credits a month. Round Pro allows up to 5,000 investors in the pipeline, emails up to 10,000 investors a month, supports up to six connected inboxes and includes 5,000 AI credits a month. We chose Round Funded for its overall workflow, not because a particular price or plan is the right fit for every founder.
What can founders do with Round Funded?
Round Funded combines investor discovery, outreach and pipeline organization. Search filters help founders narrow the database by stage, industry, geography and check size. Founders can then keep prospects and their next steps organized in the fundraising pipeline.
AI-written personalized emails and follow-ups support outreach, which is sent from the founder’s own Gmail. Round Funded’s site and product work in 12 languages. Founders can also invite teammates into their startup workspace to collaborate.
The Data Room offers a single link for a deck, traction, team and ask, and is available to build and share on every plan. Round+ includes per-investor tracked links and engagement analytics. To submit your startup on Round Funded, founders can use the application page to get matched with investors.
How Round Funded helps founders organize fundraising
- Submit your startup to get matched with investors through the application page.
- Search the investor database with filters for stage, industry, geography and check size.
- Organize investors in the fundraising pipeline, with each investor, stage and next step in one place.
- Use AI to draft personalized outreach emails and follow-ups, then send them from your own Gmail.
- Build and share a Data Room link; with Round+, use per-investor tracked links and engagement analytics.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Flowlie?
Flowlie describes itself as a fundraising intelligence tool for Pre-Seed to Series B founders. It says its product maps founder networks for potential warm introductions and includes investor research and outreach activation.
How much does Flowlie cost?
According to Flowlie, Starter costs $49 per month and Pro costs $99 per month. Flowlie lists a 25% discount for annual billing and a $40-per-month Pro add-on for 100 extra AI credits. Its pricing page shows a seven-day free-trial label beside Starter.
What does Flowlie Starter include?
Flowlie says Starter includes one team member, 100 monthly AI credits, investor database access and target lists, LinkedIn integration, network mapping, warm-introduction discovery, round planning, a dilution calculator and deck sharing with view tracking.
What does Flowlie Pro add?
Flowlie says Pro supports up to five team members and includes 250 monthly AI credits, a fundraising CRM, meeting analysis and calendar integrations. Its meeting analysis feature adds a call notetaker and extracts thesis insights, concerns and next steps.
How does Round Funded differ from Flowlie?
Flowlie describes a workflow that maps a founder’s network to find warm introductions. Round Funded centers on searching its investor database and sending AI-drafted outreach from the founder’s own Gmail. We chose Round Funded for its database, interface, teammate workspace, Data Room and tracking links.