From a founder’s email to an introduction, in four steps
Ines Duarte founded Tessellate, site software for builders. She has emailed her investor, Tom Achebe at Lanyard Capital, for a design partner who runs building sites.
01
Read
A founder emails you, their investor, for help. ScoutBridge reads the request and your own network.
02
Brief
It names the people who fit, with why and the case against. When it is unsure, it offers fewer names.
03
Protect
It counts how often you have asked each person, and holds a good name back when they need a rest.
04
Approve
You approve, edit or reject the draft. It sends from your own mailbox, in your name.
Six people from Tom Achebe’s network, read as index cards. Two of them fit Ines Duarte’s request, Grace Mwangi and Owen Price, and each of their cards argues the case for and against. One more, Martin Hale, came close, and is left out because ScoutBridge is not sure he is still at Corran Homes. Owen has had two introductions from Tom this month, so his card is set aside, with Tom’s reason in his own hand. Last comes the drafted introduction of Ines Duarte to Grace Mwangi. Tom ticks it and signs it, approved on 10 September and ready to send from his own mailbox.
Nadia Rahman
Partner, Coldharbour Ventures
- Your note, 12 Mar
- Led Tessellate’s first round with you.
- Why not
- She is an investor in Tessellate already.
Aisha Bello
Director of Estates, Wexcombe University
- Email thread, 27 Jul
- Runs a building programme of four new halls.
- Why not
- She commissions building work and runs no sites herself.
Callum Reid
Founder, Plumbline
- Your note, 19 Aug
- Sells job scheduling software to builders.
- Why not
- His company competes with Tessellate for the same firms.
Martin Hale
Site Manager, Corran Homes
- Left out · Your last note, Nov 2024
- He came close. ScoutBridge is not sure he is still at Corran. Your last note says he was going freelance.
Owen Price
Operations Director, Brightstone Build
- Why he fits · Email thread, 1 Sep
- Runs six live sites, and told you the paper diary costs his team a day a week.
- The case against · Introductions log, 7 Sep
- Two introductions from you this month, the limit you set for him.
two from me this month
Grace Mwangi
Head of Site Operations, Harlow & Pike Construction
- Why she fits · Your note, 14 Aug
- Told you her site managers still keep the day’s diary on paper.
- The case against · Email thread, 2 Sep
- Harlow & Pike is trialling another site app until December.
Illustration. Names and details are invented, and nothing is sent.