The Shortlist

Issue 01 · Silicon Valley · Est. 2026

For Investors

Pre-screened Silicon Valley founders, filtered to your thesis.

Lauren reads every application personally. Founders surface to you the moment they qualify, only the ones who fit what you back.

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For Investors.

How It Works

Three steps. Zero cold inbound.

  1. 01

    Tell us your thesis

    Stage focus, sectors, check size, and what you wish you saw more of. The sharper this is, the better the founders we surface.

  2. 02

    Receive qualified founders

    Founders surface to you the moment they qualify against your thesis, with Lauren's stamped summary attached. Continuous, not batched.

  3. 03

    Take the meeting

    Every founder we route has been reviewed in full. Your time goes into real conversations, not first-line filtering.

What you receive

Lauren's stamp on every founder we route.

Each founder arrives with their deck, full application, and a short note from Lauren on why they fit your thesis. You only see founders she has read in full.

You set the volume. Tell us how many founders a month you want to review, and we never exceed that number.

A note from the editor

The best funds rarely see the founders worth their time.

Inbound is broken. Cold deck, cold intro, cold DM. Partners spend hours reading applications that should never have reached them. The Shortlist filters at the door. By the time a founder arrives in your queue, they have already been read in full, mapped against your thesis, and stamped. That is the version of deal flow worth your hour.

Lauren Jisser, Editor-in-Chief.

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Partner spots are limited and reviewed monthly. Five business days to hear back.

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