Antinuous

Venture capital

Map every company in a market and test its technical claims.

Antinuous maps every company in a sector and checks technical claims against the published papers. It drafts the bear case for your memo and tracks portfolio companies between board meetings.

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Use cases

Prepare a brief before a first meeting

First calls come fast, and prep time per call is short.

You ask

I meet the founders of a seed-stage payroll startup tomorrow at 10. Give me their work history, the five closest competitors and their funding, and any past emails or call notes we have with this team.

What it does

  1. Reads tomorrow's meeting from your calendar and past emails and call notes with read-only access.
  2. Searches people and company pages for founder history and competitors.
  3. Checks your CRM for earlier contact with the company.
  4. Writes a one-page brief sheet with a source on each fact.

You get

A cited summary of founders, competitors and past contact with your firm.

Section
What it covers
Where it comes from
Founders
Past roles and companies
People and company pages
Competitors
Closest rivals and funding
Company pages and news
History with us
Past emails and call notes
Your email and notes
Open questions
What to ask on the call
Gaps found in research

What goes into a first meeting brief and where it comes from.

Who it's for

Analysts and associatesMap a market and its companies.
PartnersGet a cited brief before a first meeting.
Platform teamsTrack portfolio companies between board meetings.
Technical advisorsCheck the science behind a deep-tech company.

Works with

Attio
HubSpot
Granola
Gmail
Google Calendar
arXiv
SEC EDGAR

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