300+ VCs That Accept Cold Pitches - No Warm Intro Needed for Funding in 2026

Exclusive Database: 300+ Angel Investors & VC Funds That Accept Cold Outreach in 2026

Here’s what founders get wrong about cold email: They think it doesn’t work.

It does - if you know who to target.

The data tells a brutal story.

90% of founders fail at cold email, not because the channel is broken, but because they lack precision. VCs receive 40 pitches daily and spend just 3 min 40 sec per deck - so generic blasts get deleted.

Yet when founders send highly personalized, targeted emails to investors who actively welcome inbound, reply rates jump to 15–25% - a stark contrast to the 1–5% baseline.

The missing piece?

The right investor list.

Most founders pitch to random names from Crunchbase.

Instead, Mark Cuban invested $100M+ in companies that reached him cold. Factmata raised $1M, Mapistry $2.5M, and Talkdesk (went on to a $10B exit) all started with cold emails.

Because they targeted investors with open inboxes.

The angel vs. VC gap is real.

Angel investors respond to cold outreach at significantly higher rates than VCs, since angels actively search for deal flow.

Yet founders often don’t have angel lists.

They default to VC cold emails, get ghosted, and blame the channel.

Warm intros still win:

10–34% response rate vs. 2–10% cold.

But not every founder has network access.

For those without warm intro pipelines, cold email / Linkedin outreach to the right investors becomes viable.

Especially when follow-ups increase response rates by 66%.

Personalization transforms results.

Investors care about research.

Did you read their recent deals?

Note their sector focus?

Reference a portfolio company solving your problem?

With advanced personalization, reply rates hit 80%.

Generic? 7% at best.

Geography matters too.

Founders in Ireland see 17% cold email reply rates; US rates hover at 5%.

But within the US, founders targeting investors who explicitly accept cold inbound see 10–20% reply rates (2–4x the average).

The missing link:

A curated list of investors willing to engage cold.

Not gatekeepers.

Not mega-funds buried in warm-intro networks.

But active angels and smaller seed VCs who check their inboxes, read inbound, and write checks - even without introductions.

The 300+ Cold-Accessible Investor Database Includes:

Investor Name, Company (Angel or VC)
Geography, Investment Sector
Investment Stage, Check Sizes
Lead Deal Status
Best Entry Points
and more!

Filter by sector + geography.

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Personalize and follow up.

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