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BADideas.fund's personal outbound strategy

We’ll share the exact tools that work best for BADideas.fund in the Venture Capital / Early-stage VC to scale your outbound efforts and help you build more pipeline.

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Here's what BADideas.fund should do to generate more qualified meetings every month.

Lead generation

Customer Lookalikes

Start by targeting founders who most resemble your current portfolio’s biggest successes. Use Leadsforge to find lookalike founders — for example, founders of B2B SaaS startups in the Baltics and CEE region who are at pre-seed or seed stage, showing traction with MVP or early revenue. Here’s why: Targeting lookalikes of your best investments ensures that you focus on high-probability prospects and makes messaging more relevant and credible.

Competitor Followers

Want to spot fresh founder talent and get an edge over your competition? Scrape the LinkedIn followers of rival VC firms and B2B accelerators. You just need to give the company name and website — Leadsforge will handle the rest. Share their LinkedIn company page link in Leadsforge and it will find it for you.

Ideal Customer Profile

Refine your ICP by focusing not only on 'pre-seed to seed founders' but also on founding teams in B2B SaaS, marketplaces, applied AI or fintech, specifically in the Baltics and CEE region, with a focus on first-time founders ready to fundraise. Identify leads by team size, geography (Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Warsaw, etc.), and upcoming fundraising intention. You can further fine-tune these parameters in Leadsforge before exporting your list for outreach.

Targeting

Segmentation

Segment your outreach by audience type: 1) Founders preparing for Fundraising School or seeking pre-seed capital 2) Growth-stage founders with >€10k MRR in B2B SaaS and marketplaces 3) Co-investors and syndicate angels/micro-VCs across the CEE and Europe 4) Event-based segments (attendees or alumni of Latitude59, TechChill, SaaStr) Here’s why: Tailoring your lists lets you run highly relevant, personalized campaigns, which boosts engagement and replies.

Vertical Slices

Divide your market using industry (B2B SaaS, fintech, applied AI, marketplaces), company size (solo founder, 2–10, 11–25, etc.), geography (focus on CEE — Baltics first, then larger CEE capitals), and founder experience (first-timers or repeat founders). Here’s why: This lets you A/B test what works and ramp up the best-performing campaign variants fast.

Signals

Key triggers to launch outreach include: 1) Fundraising School application periods and approaching deadlines 2) News of founders raising a round, key hires (like CTOs) or new product launches 3) Event announcements, RSVPs, or booth visits 4) Portfolio updates or recently exited companies Here’s why: Messaging founders and investors when they’re most engaged means higher reply rates and better meeting conversions.

Outbound Stack We Recommend:

Every company should choose outbound tools that work specifically for their industry.

Do Outbound Using

Unlimited Linkedin Profiles

Unlimited Mailboxes

Unlimited Premium Warmup

ESP Matching for increased delivery

Here’s Why

Salesforge helps you automate personalized outreach across your segments, using AI to increase your response rates. It supports multiple mailboxes, streamlines follow-ups, and offers analytics—ideal for scaling a VC’s outbound and running founder or investor campaigns from one platform. Here’s why: With a small team and lots of segments, automation keeps you targeted and efficient.

Find Leads using

Latest & High Quality Contact Data

Find Competitor’s LinkedIn Page Followers

Highest Data Coverage (10+ Providers)

Find Lookalikes of your Customers

Find Linkedin, Email & Phone Number

Here’s Why

Leadsforge is the fastest way to build accurate lists of founders and investors in CEE+Baltics, filtering by stage, region, or industry. It also uncovers competitors’ followers and builds enriched lookalike datasets. Here’s why: A strong list is the heart of a good outbound funnel—Leadsforge improves both list quality and campaign results for VCs with niche targets.

Possible combinations

Set up your outbound infrastructure with Primeforge mailboxes hosted on Google or Microsoft for deliverability. For cold emailing, add Mailforge to diversify your sending IPs and maintain good inbox placement on your secondary sending domains. Here’s why: Using separate (secondary) domains for outbound keeps your brand domain safe, and Mailforge’s shared IP network gives you deliverability without the hassle of running your own dedicated IP setup early on.

Available Domains

badideasfundteam.com badideasfund.co badideasfundsupport.com badideas.fund.com

Expected Results

10,000

Prospects Contacted This Month

20 – 40

Sales Calls Per Month

Pricing

Send Emails

Choose No. of Leads

1,000

100,000

Cost

$96 per month

Setup Time

5 Minutes

Reachout to 10,000 Leads via Linkedin & Email

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Find Leads

Choose No. of Leads

1,000

100,000

Cost

$89 per month

Setup Time

Instant

10,000 Credits to extract Linkedin, Email & Phone Numbers.

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Get Mailboxes

Google + Microsoft

Choose No. of Leads

1,000

100,000

Mailboxes

Cost

$113 per month

Domains

Cost

$126 per year

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Get Mailboxes

Shared Email

Choose No. of Leads

1,000

100,000

Mailboxes

Cost

$75 per month

Domains

Cost

$126 per year

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Get Mailboxes

Private Email

Choose No. of Leads

1,000

100,000

Mailboxes

Cost

$100 per month

Domains

Cost

$126 per year

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"Salesforge's new infrastructure is a game-changer. Big boost for my deliverability and sending capacity. I've tried multiple outreach tools and let me tell you: it's a must-have for everyone that is serious about cold emailing at scale."

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