OttaPen

Capital Markets

Relationships close deals.Notes keep them warm.

Investment banks, private equity firms, asset managers and venture capital funds use handwritten notes to stand out in inboxes full of pitch decks and quarterly updates.

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Why it works

In a marketof identical decks,

The firm that follows up in ink is the firm that gets remembered. A handwritten note signals intention without saying a word.

Pitch follow-up
01

Deal-flow follow-up

After a pitch or first meeting, a handwritten note arrives when the email thread has gone cold.

Investor note
02

LP and investor updates

Quarterly letters get skimmed. A personal note around a distribution or milestone gets kept.

Founder card
03

Portfolio company support

Congratulate founders on closes, launches and exits in a way that scales across the firm.

Referral note
04

Referral and introduction thanks

The source of your next deal deserves more than a templated email.

Use cases

Moments worthwriting about.

  • Post-pitch thank-you

    Land in the partner's hand the day after the deck is sent.

  • Capital-raise milestones

    Mark first close, final close and distribution events personally.

  • LP anniversary or distribution

    A handwritten note around a distribution outlasts the quarterly PDF.

  • Portfolio founder recognition

    Celebrate wins with founders in a format they will keep on the desk.

Automation

Connected to your deal and investor systems

CRM stage changes, capital events and portfolio milestones trigger notes without adding manual work to the deal team.

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Zapier
  • Make

Testimonials

What people saywhen the card arrives.

I was sceptical that a machine could write like a person. Then I got one in the mail and could not tell the difference — the ink bleeds into the paper exactly the way it should.

Tom Whitlock

Managing Broker, Placeholder Realty

We compared a handwritten follow-up against our best email sequence. The note won on reply rate, meeting rate and, eventually, on revenue.

Grace Adeyemi

VP Marketing, Placeholder SaaS

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Request a sample card written for a capital markets firm.