VC Stack

You’re busy and constantly on the move, so every tool in your stack needs to be simple and fast. We run Efficient VC and have invested in 30+ companies, and these are the tools we consistently recommend to other VCs.

Superhuman Mail is a must have for any VC, their Instant Intro feature is famous for VCs specifically.

When someone introduces you to a new person over email, you trigger Instant Intro (Cmd+K → “Instant Intro” or Cmd+Shift+I). Superhuman Mail then automatically:

• Replies to the thread
• Thanks the person who made the introduction
• Moves that introducer to Bcc (so they're politely removed from the thread)
• Leaves you and the new contact continuing the conversation

It’s designed to save you from manually writing that “Thanks for the intro, looping you out” message every time which is helpful if you're doing it all day. Use this Superhuman Mail Discount to get a free month to try it out.

Superhuman Mail actually now has a scheduler built in, which makes it nearly instant to send someone your availability. If you’re just doing 1:1 meetings, this feature is more than enough and you don’t need another tool for scheduling.

Use something simple and fast like folk CRM. It has a Chrome extension so you can quickly add contacts from LinkedIn/X when you’re on the computer.

You don’t need anything more than Granola AI. We’ve stopped taking notes since we started using Granola because it’s so reliable (although you do get a scratch pad if you do want to write anything down). It records the entire transcript and also cleans up your notes with AI. This is a must-have. Works on macOS and iOS.

Use an AI browser like Dia that allows you to ask any questions on any page you're on.