Looking Forward→

Some friction is necessary. Bcc is not.

We each hold a part of the same founder network, but our inboxes do not connect it. Warm introductions need trust and intermediaries; they do not need bcc hell, stale decks, or thread clutter.

Connect your data sources

Connect GMail, upload your LinkedIn Connections CSV and a portfolio CSV to enable your agent.

Curate your network

Use the agent to quickly build your list of valuable connections worth introducing founders to.

Trust Founders

Trust the founders you'd put your reputation behind. They will be able to see your connections.

Forward intros

Intro requests show all the materials being forwarded and await your review. Approve to forward from your inbox, or request changes.

Share fundraising materials

Write your blurb. Upload your deck. Version control keeps both current, so every intro you send goes out with your latest materials.

Invite connectors who know you

Bring in the people who'd vouch for you. When they accept, their investor networks become visible: warm paths to the investors you'd otherwise have to cold-email.

Request and track

One-click intro requests through your connectors. They review and forward from their own inboxes. You see every step: requested, forwarded, replied.

Pay it forward

Help other founders meet the investors you met along the way. Share your warm intro network, and pass along their intro requests.

Founder

Sends a request through someone who knows the recipient

Pick a forwarder you trust on the recipient’s profile. Write them a private note, attach a blurb, and hit send. The forwarder always controls what reaches the recipient.

1st degree intro request

Request intro to Alex Rivera

Ask Sarah Park to introduce you. Sarah Park sees your private note and the blurb package; Alex Rivera receives only what Sarah Park chooses to forward.

Intro pathDirect forwarder
SPSarah Park
Can intro
Alex RiveraAR
Message to Sarah ParkPrivate to forwarder
Why you are asking Sarah Park
Hey Sarah — I noticed Alex Rivera is someone you can intro me to. We're closing the seed round for Lumen Labs in the next few weeks and Alex's thesis looks like a strong fit. Totally fine to pass if it doesn't feel right.

This note helps Sarah Park decide whether to forward the intro. It is not sent to Alex Rivera unless Sarah Park copies it.

BlurbSaved to your blurbs
Start from existing blurb
Copy content and settings from a blurb, then override anything for this request.
Compose a new blurb
Write one on the fly. It will be saved to your blurbs after sending.
Existing blurb
Lumen seed pitch▾
Copied settings
H1H2

We're Lumen Labs, and we make AI agents reliable in production by replaying every run against your evals. We've been growing 80% MoM for the past three months and are over $30K MRR.

Connector

Reviews the request in their inbox

Each request lands with the founder’s blurb, a private thread with the requester, and a clear decision card. Accept to forward, or pass with a note.

Intro request inbox

Sarah wants to introduce Maya Chen

Review the blurb and attached context. If it looks relevant, reply to Sarah here.

Intro
MC
Sarah Park wants to introduce Maya Chen
This thread is private between you and Sarah.
Thread with SarahPrivate to you and Sarah
Looking ForwardAfter intro

Reply here if you want to follow up with Sarah.

Reply to Sarah
BlurbFrom the requester

We're Lumen Labs, and we make AI agents reliable in production by replaying every run against your evals. We've been growing 80% MoM for the past three months and are over $30K MRR.

MaterialsAttached by the requester
Lumen seed deck v3
Deck attached to this intro
View deck →
Investor

Receives a polished intro email

The intro arrives with the company, founder, blurb, and deck right there — sent on behalf of someone you already know. One click opens the request to act on.

For founders

Network discovery

See exactly who is reachable through the investors and founders that trust you, and which one can make the intro.

Blurbs & decks

Compose your pitch and upload your deck. Share via link on or off the platform, with access controls and expiration on every link.

Intro tracking

Follow every intro in real time: requested, forwarded, replied. Always know exactly where things stand.

For connectors

One-click forwarding

Approve a request and the intro sends instantly. The blurb, deck, and founder profile are already attached.

Sent from your email

Connect your Gmail to your account so intros come from you. The recipient sees a real person vouching, not a platform address.

A chain of trust

Only people within your network of trust can see the contacts you choose to share and are willing to make intros to.

Ready to make intros?

Why we built Looking Forward

We're Jamie and Dan, founders of Coasts (YC F25) and now Looking Forward, too. Jamie previously worked at Y Combinator, where he built the CRM and Investor Database used by all YC founders for their Demo Day raise. Raising after Demo Day is a totally different experience and far more of an outbound process than raising during the batch. We built Looking Forward because we needed it ourselves.

Our post-batch outbound fundraising looked like:

  • Reaching out to founders and investors we knew well
  • Asking them for warm intros to VCs and founders backed by our target VCs
  • Sending multiple versions of blurbs and decks for them to forward
  • Watching them hunt down contacts and start messy email threads

It took weeks to get our blurbs forwarded, and it was painful for every intermediary (thank you so much for your help). We're all part of a powerful trust graph, and most of us want to help each other out. Looking Forward is the tool we wish someone had built for us. Its job is to make trust easier to act on, so founders can finish raising and get back to building.