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Why Investors Love Visual Updates (Data from YC Founders)
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Why Investors Love Visual Updates
Your investors support 20+ companies. They get 20+ "Monthly Update" emails on the 1st of the month.
Key metric: Time to Trash.
Most text updates are skimmed in 10 seconds. "Revenue up? Good. Runway? Okay. Next."
The Visual Advantage
Founders who include Loom videos or Cinematic Recaps in their updates report:
- Higher response rates (Reply vs Archive)
- More "forwarding" to other VCs (Deal flow)
- Better retention of product nuance
Show, Don't Tell
Instead of writing "We improved the onboarding flow," show a 15-second split-screen video of Old vs New.
Ketchup's Visual Changelog allows you to attach a generated video to your investor email. It proves you are shipping. It proves velocity.
Investors bet on lines, not dots. Make your line visible.
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