For founders comparing aventure with a fundraising platform, submit your startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors. We at AI Perks chose Round Funded because its investor database, AI-drafted emails, team workspace, Data Room and tracking links suited how we wanted to raise our round.
What is aventure, and what does it offer?
According to aVenture, it is a research database covering private companies, founders and investors. It is built for venture teams, operators and institutional investors. Users can search for a company or person by name, review funding and contact information, and create a news alert that posts to a webhook. Paid plans add research requests to fill in or refresh a profile.
aVenture’s listed Essential plan is free, requires an email, and has no time limit or card requirement. Its pricing page lists 25 company profile views and 25 people profile views, with no research requests. According to aVenture, research requests, plain-English questions, saved lists and unlimited search results are available on paid plans.
The paid plans have different limits and prices:
- AI Plus: $49 monthly or $490 annually. It includes 500 company and 500 people profile views, along with 30 company and 30 person research requests.
- AI Pro: $199 monthly. The pricing page also lists a yearly launch offer of $588 in year one, then $1,999. The plan includes 5,000 company and 5,000 people profile views, plus 270 company and 270 person research requests.
- Expert: Custom pricing, with custom reports, CRM integration and a dedicated analyst, according to aVenture.
These are aVenture’s research and profile features. Founders weighing it against a fundraising workflow can start by asking whether their main task is researching companies and people, or whether they also need to find investors, send pitches and manage fundraising activity.
How does aVenture compare with Round Funded?
The main difference is the workflow each product supports. aVenture’s features focus on researching company and person profiles. Round Funded helps founders find investors, send pitches and track replies.
| Area | aVenture, according to aVenture | Round Funded |
|---|---|---|
| Main focus | Company and person research | Investor discovery and fundraising workflow |
| Investor discovery | Search company and person profiles | 60,000+ active VCs, angels, family offices and accelerators |
| Outreach | Paid plans add profile research requests | AI drafts personalized emails and follow-ups, sent from the founder’s Gmail |
| Fundraising organization | Saved lists are included on paid plans | Pipeline for investors, stages and next steps, with teammate access |
| Sharing materials | Not listed in the features above | Data Room with a link for the deck, traction, team and ask |
Round Funded’s investor listings can be searched by stage, industry, geography and check size. Investors are filtered to recent activity, with a check in roughly the last 6 months, and emails are verified. The product’s outreach is sent from the founder’s own Gmail, so replies land in that inbox and the email thread belongs to the founder.
Those distinctions matter because profile research and fundraising outreach are related, but not identical, jobs. We at AI Perks wanted a workflow that brought investor discovery and fundraising organization together, so Round Funded was our pick.
Why did we at AI Perks choose Round Funded?
We raised our round through Round Funded. Our decision reflected the tasks we wanted to handle in one convenient interface: finding investors, preparing outreach, coordinating with teammates and sharing fundraising materials.
The investor database was one reason we chose it. Round Funded covers 60,000+ active VCs, angels, family offices and accelerators, with search filters for stage, industry, geography and check size. Its recent-activity filter and verified emails also fit our preference for a clean investor database.
We also valued the AI agent that writes personalized outreach emails and follow-ups for each investor. Messages go from the founder’s own Gmail, rather than separating outreach from the founder’s inbox. That gives the founder ownership of the email thread and means replies land in their inbox.
Team collaboration was another part of our choice. Round Funded lets founders invite teammates into the startup’s workspace. Its fundraising pipeline keeps investors, stages and next steps together, which gives the team a shared place to organize the process.
The Data Room provides one link for a deck, traction, team and ask, and it is free to build and share on every plan. Per-investor tracking links and engagement analytics, including views, deck opens and meeting clicks, come with Round+. We valued having those materials and tracking features as part of the workflow we selected.
aVenture’s offering is centered on profile research, while our choice was based on the combination of investor discovery, AI-written outreach, a convenient interface, teammate access, a Data Room and tracking links. For our fundraising needs, we chose Round Funded.
Which product fits the work a founder needs to do?
A founder comparing these options can make the decision more concrete by listing the work ahead. If the priority is finding information on private companies and people, aVenture describes profile searches, funding and contact details, alerts and paid research requests. Its listed plans also specify profile-view and research-request limits.
If the work includes identifying investors by fundraising criteria, drafting personalized emails, sending pitches and organizing the pipeline, Round Funded covers those tasks. Its investor database can be filtered by stage, industry, geography and check size. The AI drafts outreach and follow-ups, and the founder sends from their own Gmail.
The plans and prices are different too. aVenture’s listed options range from a free Essential plan to paid AI Plus and AI Pro plans, as well as custom Expert pricing. Round Funded offers Round+ at $99 a month, Round Pro at $249 a month, and Lifetime at $899 one-time. Round+ and Round Pro include a 3-day free trial for first-time accounts, and Round Funded has no free tier.
For Round Funded, the plan choice affects usage limits. Round+ supports up to 2,500 investors in the CRM pipeline, email to up to 2,000 investors a month and 2,500 AI credits a month. Round Pro supports up to 5,000 investors in the pipeline, email to up to 10,000 investors a month, up to 6 connected inboxes and 5,000 AI credits a month. Lifetime includes everything in Round Pro, paid once.
The right comparison depends on the work a founder wants to do, not simply on whether a product includes searchable profiles. We at AI Perks wanted discovery, outreach and coordination in one fundraising workflow, which is why Round Funded was our choice. Submit your startup on Round Funded to get matched with investors.
How Round Funded helps founders raise a round
- Submit your startup to get matched with investors.
- Search investors by stage, industry, geography and check size.
- Use the AI agent to draft personalized investor emails and follow-ups, then send them from your own Gmail.
- Invite teammates into your startup workspace and manage investors, stages and next steps in the fundraising pipeline.
- Build and share a Data Room link for your deck, traction, team and ask. On Round+, use per-investor tracking links and engagement analytics.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is aventure?
According to aVenture, it is a research database of private companies, founders and investors. Its features include profile searches, funding and contact information, news alerts and paid research requests.
How much does aVenture cost?
According to aVenture’s pricing page, Essential is free, AI Plus costs $49 monthly or $490 annually, and AI Pro costs $199 monthly. The page also lists an AI Pro yearly launch offer of $588 in year one, then $1,999. Expert pricing is custom.
What does aVenture’s Essential plan include?
aVenture lists 25 company profile views and 25 people profile views for Essential, with no research requests. According to aVenture, research requests, plain-English questions, saved lists and unlimited search results require a paid plan.
Does aVenture include investor outreach?
aVenture’s features include profile searches, alerts and paid research requests. Round Funded is what we chose for a workflow that includes AI-drafted outreach sent from the founder’s own Gmail.
Why did AI Perks choose Round Funded?
We raised our round through Round Funded and chose it for its clean investor database, AI agent that writes emails, convenient interface, teammate access, Data Room and tracking links.