I hand-verified 115 UK pre-seed investors — here's the honest data
Hey IH — first post here. I've been building small, useful data products for UK founders, and my first one just launched: a hand-verified list of 115 UK pre-seed investors.
The build: I went investor by investor and verified cheque size, stage, sector, SEIS/EIS usage, and whether they lead or only follow. Took about a week. The uncomfortable finding: a lot of "pre-seed" lists are fiction. Websites say pre-seed; the last ten deals say £1m+ minimums. Firms drift upmarket, partners leave, nobody updates the website.
The honest bit I'm most unsure about: for 62 of the 115 I found a real founder-facing contact route (named partner, fund email, application form). For 53, there isn't one publicly available — and I shipped those as blanks rather than making something up. Would love this community's take: is a list with honest blanks more or less useful than one that fills every row?
It's £79 on Gumroad (30% off this week with LAUNCH30), and it's live on Product Hunt now.
Happy to share the methodology in detail if anyone's doing similar verification work.
— Lotus
Product: https://lotusresearch.gumroad.com/l/uk-preseed-investor-hit-list (£79, 30% off with LAUNCH30)
Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/uk-pre-seed-investor-hit-list?launch=uk-pre-seed-investor-hit-list
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Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
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Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
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Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
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Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Really relatable. How much time do you put into this each week?
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Interesting take. Would you still recommend this approach to someone starting today?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Really solid approach — I'm juggling something similar myself (building Xstream4K on the side), what's been the hardest part for you so far?