Work Here?
Overview
Metal builds data-driven fundraising software for founders in the early-stage venture market. It helps founders find and engage the right investors by using historical venture deal data to provide real-time guidance on who to approach and when. Its CRM shows investors’ past investing patterns (e.g., whether they tend to lead or follow deals), enabling founders to tailor outreach and avoid mismatches. The platform is accessed via a subscription model that gives users tooling to structure and streamline fundraising—from researching and targeting to outreach and deal tracking. Compared with generic fundraising tools, Metal focuses on data-backed investor targeting and behavior insights to improve efficiency and increase the odds of a successful funding round.
About Metal
Industries
Data & Analytics
Venture Capital
Enterprise Software
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$1.3M
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
2023
Get referred to Metal
See people who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- By April 2026, Metal counted over 100 YC-backed paying founders.
- Rebel Fund invested in June 2026 and gave portfolio companies 25% off plans.
- Metal launched Salesforce and Affinity integrations in January 2026, expanding enterprise distribution.
What critics are saying
- Salesforce, Affinity, and DealCloud already bundle relationship intelligence, squeezing Metal’s differentiation.
- Metal depends on YC and Techstars channels; either platform can replace it quickly.
- If founders stop paying after one raise, subscription retention collapses into a single-project tool.
What makes Metal unique
- Metal’s YC partnership made it the default fundraising platform across YC in June 2026.
- It combines investor discovery, warm-intro mapping, outreach automation, and CRM in one workflow.
- Metal’s investor profiles track lead, follow-on, sector, and stage patterns from deal history.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?
Funding
Total Funding
$1.3M
Below
Industry Average
Funded Over
2 Rounds
Y CombinatorIndustry standards
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 11%1 year growth
↑ 16%2 year growth
↑ 6%Metal, a Pakistan-based startup founded by Airlift's Usman Gul, has secured a strategic investment from Rebel Fund, a venture capital firm specialising in Y Combinator-backed companies. Gul announced the partnership via social media, though investment terms and size were not disclosed. Rebel Fund uses a data-driven investment model and proprietary machine-learning algorithm called Rebel Theorem 4.0 to identify top-performing startups. The fund has backed over 300 companies, focusing on the top 10% of Y Combinator batches, with a nearly 100% deal win rate. As part of the partnership, Rebel Fund portfolio companies will receive 25% off all Metal plans. Rebel's investing partners are Y Combinator alumni who co-founded companies including Reddit, Instacart and Gusto, now valued at over $100 billion collectively.
{Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction and does not present itself as the truth. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.} Fundraising expert Usman Gul has successfully raised funds for Metal, a fundraising startup that will help raise funds for startup founders. Backed by Y-Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz, Metal seeks to make the […]
There are no jobs for Metal right now.
Find jobs on Simplify and start your career today
About Metal
Industries
Data & Analytics
Venture Capital
Enterprise Software
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$1.3M
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
2023
There are no jobs for Metal right now.
Find jobs on Simplify and start your career today