For startup founders

Earned media and investor intros, without the retainer

Agencies charge $5K a month to do what PitchIQ automates: find the right reporters, podcasts, and investors for your stage, draft the pitch in your voice, send it from your own email, and follow up until you get an answer.

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Your Bookability Score

Strong fit for Startup founders shows. Here are matches whose listeners are your audience.

1
My First Million
Large · weekly · 94% fit
Loves a concrete origin-and-numbers founder story.
Your angle: "the unsexy decision that actually moved the needle"
2
Lenny's Podcast
Large · active · 91% fit
Product and growth operators — high-intent founder audience.
Your angle: "the unsexy decision that actually moved the needle"
3
Indie Hackers
Mid-size · engaged · 89% fit
Bootstrapped builders who relate to the unsexy-decision angle.
Your angle: "the unsexy decision that actually moved the needle"
4
The Twenty Minute VC
Large · active · 84% fit
Founder + investor reach for fundraising-adjacent stories.
Your angle: "the unsexy decision that actually moved the needle"
5
How I Built This
Very large · weekly · 82% fit
The canonical founder-journey format — if the arc is strong.
Your angle: "the unsexy decision that actually moved the needle"

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Everything founders need, in one place

Press & media queries

Be the expert reporters quote

PitchIQ monitors journalist source requests across platforms, filters them to your domain, and drafts a quotable response in minutes — coverage compounds into credibility for customers and investors alike.

Podcast outreach

Tell the founding story everywhere

Match against shows your buyers actually listen to, pitch with an angle grounded in each show's recent episodes, and turn every appearance into evergreen demand.

Investor outreach

Warm-ish intros at scale

Build a target list of funds that match your stage, sector, and check size; PitchIQ drafts concise intro emails that lead with traction and respect the reader's time.

Launch checklists & CRM

Run the launch like an operation

Stage-by-stage launch task templates, plus a CRM that keeps every reporter, host, and investor conversation — and its follow-up — from slipping.

Why founders choose PitchIQ

Pre-seed to Series A

You can't justify a PR retainer yet, but you need the credibility a retainer buys. PitchIQ gets you the coverage motion for the price of a SaaS subscription.

Founder-led everything

Investors and journalists respond to founders, not agencies. Every pitch sends from your own email, in your voice — PitchIQ just does the research and drafting.

Fundraise prep that compounds

Press hits and podcast appearances become the social proof in your data room — and the CRM keeps your investor pipeline as organized as your sales pipeline.

One tool, whole motion

Discovery, pitching, follow-ups, scheduling, and tracking live in one place — no spreadsheet of reporters going stale in Google Drive.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from hiring a PR agency?

An agency pitches on your behalf from their inbox and charges $3-8K/month. PitchIQ gives you the same research, drafting, and follow-up machinery, but everything sends from your own email under your name — at software pricing. Many founders use PitchIQ first and hire an agency only after coverage proves the story.

Can it actually help with fundraising?

PitchIQ helps with investor outreach — building a targeted fund list and drafting concise intro emails that lead with traction. It doesn't give investment advice or guarantee meetings; it makes the top of your fundraise funnel systematic instead of ad hoc.

I have zero press so far. Where do I start?

Source-request responses are the fastest first win: reporters are actively asking for expert input, so a sharp 150-word answer can land a quote within days. PitchIQ surfaces the requests that match your expertise and drafts the response.

Does PitchIQ send from its own domain?

No — pitches send from your own connected email, which is why reply rates hold up. Your domain reputation stays yours, and replies land in your inbox (and in PitchIQ's CRM).

What does it cost to try?

Starting is free: build your profile, run discovery, and draft pitches. Paid plans add automated sending, follow-up sequences, and the full CRM.

Your story, told everywhere it matters

Start free — find three podcasts your buyers listen to, answer one reporter query, and set up your investor pipeline this week.

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