Using ChatGPT to Speed Up Your Raise: Prompts That Actually Help
Using ChatGPT to Speed Up Your Raise: Prompts That Actually Help
Raising capital in 2025 isn’t just about building decks and cold emailing—it’s about moving fast, staying sharp, and leveraging AI.
If you’re not using tools like ChatGPT to shortcut the process, you’re leaving speed (and money) on the table.
This guide shares real prompts founders are using inside Capitaly.vc to save 30–50 hours during a fundraise—across decks, emails, investor targeting, and narrative refinement.
Let’s dive into what actually works.
What This Post Covers
- How to use ChatGPT to craft better decks, faster
- Prompts to improve your investor outreach
- AI workflows to refine your narrative and metrics
- How Capitaly founders use GPT to prep for weekly calls and intros
- 20 high-impact prompts you can copy and paste today
Why AI Is Your Fundraising Co-Founder Now
Most founders aren’t bad at raising—they’re just slow and repetitive.
ChatGPT (and tools like it) can help you:
- Move from 0 to V1 of your pitch deck in 30 minutes
- Turn notes into polished investor emails instantly
- Run competitive analysis without digging through Google
- Rehearse pitch Q&A and bulletproof your narrative
- Generate different story angles for different investor types
It’s like having a full-time analyst + comms strategist + ghostwriter on your team.
20 Prompts That Actually Help Founders Raise Faster
1. 🧱 Build the deck structure
Prompt:
“I’m raising a $1.5M pre-seed round for a vertical AI platform in construction tech. Give me a slide-by-slide pitch deck outline that highlights traction, team credibility, and GTM moat.”
2. 🧠 Clarify your problem statement
“Here’s my current problem slide: [paste text]. Rewrite this in a punchier, investor-friendly way using real-world urgency.”
3. 📈 Polish your traction narrative
“My traction is: $24K MRR, 18% MoM growth, 40% gross margin. Frame this traction as a compelling story in one slide paragraph.”
4. 🎯 Segment your investor targets
“Build a list of investor personas most likely to invest in a vertical AI SaaS company pre-revenue. Include thesis focus and what matters to each type.”
5. ✉️ Write your cold outreach
“Write a short, punchy cold email to a pre-seed investor who invests in AI/infra startups. Hook with credibility and close with a soft CTA.”
For more templates, check out: 15 Best Cold Email Templates to Improve Investor Email Outreach
6. 🤖 Differentiate your startup with AI lingo
“Help me position my AI startup to sound more technically credible and different from every ‘GPT wrapper’ startup out there.”
7. 📊 Pressure-test your metrics
“I want to pitch a CAC of $220 and LTV of $1300. Help me justify these numbers and preempt investor pushback.”
8. 🥊 Combat the ‘why you’ question
“Write 3 responses to ‘Why are you the right founder to build this?’ using founder–problem fit and unfair insight.”
9. 🗺️ Draft your GTM slide
“Create a clear, 3-part GTM strategy slide for an early-stage B2B SaaS product selling to dental clinics.”
10. 🔎 Spot red flags in your deck
“Here’s my deck: [paste link or summary]. Identify any red flags a VC might raise.”
AI-Powered Narrative Refinement
One of the fastest ways Capitaly founders improve is by reframing their story for investor psychology.
11. 🧠 Use founder psychology
“Rewrite this pitch from the POV of a contrarian founder with deep insight and high agency: [insert intro blurb or deck summary].”
12. 📢 Tweak for different investors
“Rewrite this pitch intro for: (a) a former operator-turned-angel, (b) a Gen Z scout fund, (c) an institutional VC partner.”
13. 🧬 Explain your ‘unfair advantage’
“Summarize our moat in one bold sentence that makes a VC say, ‘That’s why this will win.’”
14. 💀 Anticipate kill questions
“What are the top 5 kill questions an investor might ask about this startup? And how should I answer them?”
Fundraising Workflow Prompts
15. 🧭 Weekly Capitaly call prep
“Give me a 1-minute elevator pitch I can use in a Capitaly Weekly Call based on this: [paste idea/traction].”
16. 🔄 Update emails for investors
“Draft a short monthly update email to investors and prospects with 3 wins and 1 ask.”
17. 💡 Cold email follow-up
“Write a follow-up to this cold email that feels human, not desperate. Include one small traction win.”
See: Elevating Your Investor Outreach: Mastering Follow-Up Emails
Competitive Edge Prompts
18. 🔍 Run competitive gap analysis
“Compare our AI dental platform with [competitor]. What’s our strongest positioning angle?”
19. 🕵️ Backchannel what investors want
“Based on recent investments from XYZ Capital, what themes are they leaning into? How can I tailor my narrative?”
20. ⚡ Create urgency
“Write a final call email to push a soft-circled investor toward committing, using FOMO and timeline pressure.”
Bonus: Automate This With Workflows
If you’re using ChatGPT Plus, Claude, or agentic tools via Capitaly CRM—you can:
- Auto-generate weekly update drafts
- Pre-fill pitch decks with metrics
- Match investor bios to cold email tone
- Rewrite for investor type, stage, or persona
This isn't just about prompts—it's a workflow accelerator.
Conclusion
Using ChatGPT isn’t a “hack”—it’s how smart founders compress time.
From pitch decks to investor memos to follow-up emails, every part of your fundraise can move faster with the right AI prompt stack.
Use these prompts, save 30+ hours, and get sharper faster.
Subscribe to Capitaly.vc Substack (https://capitaly.substack.com/) to raise capital at the speed of AI.
