BuiltbyindiesBuiltbyindies
Home
Search
Community
Stories
Chat
Bookmarks
•Support•Pricing•Blog

© 2026 builtbyindies, Inc.

Your product hereReach founders on every page.

Embeds

Home
Community
Stories
Chat
Inbox
    BuiltbyindiesBuiltbyindies
    Home
    Search
    Community
    Stories
    Chat
    Bookmarks
    •Support•Pricing•Blog

    © 2026 builtbyindies, Inc.

    Logo

    FounderUpdate

    Monthly investor updates, written in 5 minutes.

    FounderUpdate

    FounderUpdate

    Monthly investor updates, written in 5 minutes.

    D
    Daniel Jørgensen

    Screenshots

    Screenshot 1
    Screenshot 2
    Screenshot 3
    Freemium
    AI Writing
    Productivity
    Reporting
    Built with
    .NET.NET
    MongodbMongodb
    StripeStripe
    Claude AIClaude AI
    NuxtNuxt
    CloudflareCloudflare
    SupabaseSupabase

    FounderUpdate is a focused AI writing tool for monthly investor updates. It helps seed, pre-seed, and Series A founders turn five key metrics and ten bullet points into a polished investor update in about five minutes, then export it as ready-to-send HTML, clean Markdown, or a board-ready PDF. Built for founders who know the monthly update matters and want to stop dreading it.

    The problem

    Most founders lose one to two hours a week to investor communication. The blank page is the hardest part. Once a template gets chosen, the format repeats every month: short opener, metrics snapshot, progress update, hires, asks, closing. What founders actually want is a tool that knows the format, takes the raw material, and writes in their own voice.

    How it works

    Setup happens once. You fill in your company profile (name, stage, tagline) and optionally drop in one or two past updates. The model reads those past updates, extracts your voice (sentence length, cadence, preferred phrasing), and uses them as a tone reference on every future generation.

    Each month, the workflow takes about five minutes. Paste three to seven key metrics with current and previous values (MRR, users, runway, burn, whatever you track). Add five to fifteen bullet points covering wins, lowlights, hires, product ships, and asks. FounderUpdate drafts the update in a consistent structure: opener, metrics snapshot, progress, asks, team and hires, closing. You review, edit if needed, and hit copy. Then paste into Gmail, BCC your investors, and send from your own inbox so the relationship stays yours.

    The tone lock

    The tone lock is the differentiator. Without it, AI drafts read generic and founders end up rewriting most of the output. With one or two past updates as reference, the model produces output that reads like you wrote it on a good day. Save hours every month instead of staring at a blank page.

    Deliberately narrow

    There is no investor CRM, no data room, no cap table, no pitch deck tracking, no Slack or Linear integrations. Existing platforms like Visible.vc, Rundit, and Drivetrain bundle the writing with all of that at $69 to $199 a month. Most seed and early-stage founders do not need the full platform. FounderUpdate strips the product down to only the writing piece at $19 per month, because the writing is the part most founders actually dread.

    Pricing

    - Free: one company, one update per month, watermarked PDF. No credit card required.

    - Solo, $19 per month: unlimited updates, tone lock, two companies.

    - Pro, $39 per month: white-label sending from your own domain, scheduled send, PDF branding.

    - 7-day free trial on paid plans.

    - Launch code LAUNCH50 takes 50% off the first three months on any monthly plan through May 15, 2026.

    VTP
    Vyshnav TR & 5 others upvoted
    Loading...

    Related products

    View all
    iSkitch

    iSkitch

    iSkitch is a modern, native macOS take on the classic Skitch

    0
    Screenshot, Productivity, Note Taking
    0
    Screenshot, Productivity, Note Taking
    Elasticnote

    Elasticnote

    Local-first Markdown notes, tasks, LaTeX, and research works

    0
    Note Taking, Productivity, Knowledge Base
    0
    Note Taking, Productivity, Knowledge Base
    Mind Refactory

    Mind Refactory

    Self-directed mental processing framework for engineers

    4
    Mental Health, Productivity, Personalization
    4
    Mental Health, Productivity, Personalization
    DisplaySwitcher

    DisplaySwitcher

    Switch monitor inputs and transfer text and files

    0
    Desktop App, File Sharing, Productivity
    0
    Desktop App, File Sharing, Productivity
    Daily Random Bible Verse Generator

    Daily Random Bible Verse Generator

    Tap for a fresh KJV verse, switch translations, then copy it

    0
    Education, Productivity, Personalization
    0
    Education, Productivity, Personalization
    AntForms

    AntForms

    Unlimited free submissions + free analytics + integrations +

    7
    Forms, AI, Productivity
    7
    Forms, AI, Productivity

    More categories

    All categories

    AI

    325 Projects

    Productivity

    219 Projects

    Launched in Week 19, 2026

    See the week
    LocalBG - Local Background Remover

    LocalBG - Local Background Remover

    LocalBG: Offline AI Background Remover for Images, Videos & GIFs

    0
    Background Remover, Desktop App, Photo Editing
    0
    Background Remover, Desktop App, Photo Editing
    Scrapper

    Scrapper

    a scraping API for Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn, and more

    0
    AI Assistant, Scraping, API
    0
    AI Assistant, Scraping, API
    LostLegends

    LostLegends

    Honoring the legacies that shaped our world.

    0
    Education
    0
    Education
    Runlo

    Runlo

    AI marketing agents for SaaS founders

    0
    SEO Tools, Marketing, AI
    0
    SEO Tools, Marketing, AI
    WebUtils - Pure Frontend Toolkit纯前端工具集

    WebUtils - Pure Frontend Toolkit纯前端工具集

    WebUtils - Pure Frontend Toolkit纯前端工具集

    0
    Widget, SEO Tools, Productivity
    0
    Widget, SEO Tools, Productivity
    Vaulty

    Vaulty

    Real-time sharing and streaming, simplified

    2
    Video Streaming, Streaming, File Sharing
    2
    Video Streaming, Streaming, File Sharing
    PrevNext
    Your product hereReach founders on every page.
    Home
    Community
    Stories
    Chat
    Inbox