We sat on the investment committee. We built the layer we wished the firm had.
Charlotte and Reid are second-time founders who have spent their careers on both sides of the fundraising table. Between them: more than half a billion dollars raised for founders, a nine-figure exit, and the rarest combination in venture tech. Investor instinct, founder scar tissue, and the technical chops to build the product themselves.
Capwave gives investors back the two things that actually make a fund: judgment and relationships.
We started on the founder side.
Capwave for Founders helps founders run a raise properly, and more than 1,500 have raised on it. Working with them, we saw the other side of the table had the same problem in reverse: decks unread, meetings started from zero, promises lost between the call and the CRM. So we built the investor side, separately, with its own data. Pipelines never cross.
The round you would have missed.
When a company on the founder side scores high against your thesis, you get a scored first look with the reasoning shown, before it is on anyone's list. Every introduction is double-opt-in.
- Scored first looks, matched to your thesis
- Warm paths to the right investors
- Only what matters. No noise.
This happened in the legal industry already.
Two years ago, law firms faced the same three doors: a general assistant, their incumbents adding AI on top, or a ready-built platform for legal work. They chose the platform, and Harvey, which does not own a model, was valued at $15.5 billion in September 2026. The moat was domain depth. Private capital is about eighteen months behind on the same curve.
Proven investors. Proven founders. Engineers who ship.
"The best investors will spend their time on relationships and judgment. Everything else should already be done by the time they sit down."
CHARLOTTE, CO-FOUNDER
Charlotte Ketelaar
Founder and operator. Ran a boutique investment bank that helped founders raise more than half a billion dollars. Watched the system reward connection over capability, and is building Capwave to change it.
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Reid Williams
Second-time technical founder. Took his previous company to a nine-figure exit. Capwave's CTO and engineering force.
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Capwave arrives already configured around your portfolio, not a template.
New agents ship monthly. The promise stays the same: you focus on relationships and judgment. Everything else is handled.