Memory over volume
You do not need more contacts. You need to remember who they are, what they told you and what you promised.
For founders and operators
Stop starting every raise, hire and deal from zero.
Virre is relationship intelligence software for founders and operators. Tell Virre what you need, such as a seed lead investor, a first enterprise customer or a head of sales. It shows who in your network can help or introduce you, and what to say, in about 9 minutes a day.
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Ask your network
- What it is
- Relationship intelligence software
- Built for
- Founders and operators building with and through people
- You ask
- In plain language, like “I need a seed lead investor in healthtech”
- Includes
- Network map, warm intro paths, next best actions and editable messages
- Daily time
- About 9 minutes
The problem
Founders run on introductions. Most go unasked.
You raise, hire, sell and partner through people. Yet the investors, customers, advisors and former colleagues who could help sit across inboxes, calendars, notes and LinkedIn, and the context lives in your head. Asking for the introduction feels harder than it is.
Up to
how much people underestimated the likelihood that others would agree to a direct request for help
Source: Flynn and Lake, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2008. The studies included requests on campus and a real fundraising drive.
Depth over reach
A few investors, customers and advisors who know your story do more than a long list of names.
Timing over chance
The right introduction lands before the round closes or the role is filled, not weeks later.
What Virre does
What does Virre do for a founder or operator?
Virre turns the people you already know into a plan for what you are building, and tells you what to do next.
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A plan built around your goals
Tell Virre what you are building toward: a round, a launch market, a key hire. Virre maps the people in your network who can help.
02
Ask your network in plain language
Type what you need the way you would say it to an advisor, and Virre recommends the people who can help.
03
Find the warm path
See who in your network can introduce you to the investor, customer or hire you want, and how you are connected.
04
Organize every relationship
Investors, customers, candidates, advisors and partners stay straight with clear tags, not a dozen spreadsheets.
05
Nudges and next best actions
Virre suggests who to reach next, matched to your goals, so follow-ups do not slip while you run the company.
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Remember the context
Who they are, how you met, what you discussed and what you promised stay in one place, ready for your next meeting or update.
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Keep every opportunity
Introductions, referrals, offers and leads are saved with the person who gave them, so nothing slips away.
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Networking that fits your style
Virre considers your personality. If you dislike cold outreach, it guides not only who to contact but how: what you have in common, how they can help, and an AI-drafted message you can edit.
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A team sport
Share relationships across co-founders and your team. See who knows whom and who owns each relationship, so nobody reaches the same person twice.
Ask in plain language
Ask your network the way you would ask an advisor.
No filters or boolean searches. Describe what you need and Virre looks through the people you know.
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Your daily habit
Nine minutes a day, then back to building.
Virre does the remembering and the sorting. You spend your nine minutes on the part only you can do: reaching out.
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See who to reach today
Your next best actions show the people who matter most to your goals this week.
- 2
Edit the draft
Virre drafts a message with AI, using what you have in common and how they can help. You make it yours.
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Send it and get back to work
Reach out by platform message, email or a meeting. Virre keeps the context for next time.
The science of networking
What behavioral science says about how founders get help.
Research on networks and on asking for help points the same way. Here is what three studies found, and how Virre puts each idea to work.
Finding 01
Bridges between groups bring better ideas
Among 673 supply chain managers at a large American electronics company, those whose networks spanned different groups were more likely to voice ideas, less likely to see them dismissed and more likely to have them rated valuable.
Burt, American Journal of Sociology, 2004. Paper
How Virre uses it
It shows who in your network can connect you to groups you do not yet reach.
Finding 02
Reaching out lands better than you expect
Across experiments with more than 5,900 participants, people significantly underestimated how much others would appreciate being reached out to.
Liu, Rim, Min and Min, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2022. APA press release
How Virre uses it
An editable draft makes the first message easy to send.
Finding 03
You do not need a privileged network
In a field study of nine internet security ventures, investor ties formed in two ways: through existing strong direct ties, available only to privileged firms, or through catalyzing strategies that executives use to shape opportunities, available to many firms.
Hallen and Eisenhardt, Academy of Management Journal, 2012. Abstract
How Virre uses it
It helps you find the people who can open doors, whoever you already know.
Where Virre fits
How is Virre different from a CRM, LinkedIn or a spreadsheet?
Spreadsheets and CRMs record what you type. LinkedIn shows who you know. Virre starts from what you need and tells you who can help and what to do next.
Built around
- Spreadsheet or CRM
- Records you update by hand
- LinkedIn and contact lists
- A list of names and profiles
- Virre
- Your goals, and the people who can help you reach them
Where context lives
- Spreadsheet or CRM
- In notes you have to remember to write
- LinkedIn and contact lists
- Mostly a name and a job title
- Virre
- In one place: who they are, how you met and what is open
The question it answers
- Spreadsheet or CRM
- What is the status of this deal?
- LinkedIn and contact lists
- Who do I know?
- Virre
- Who can help me with this, and who can introduce me?
Virre does not replace your network. It helps you use it.
Why Virre exists
Built by a founder who needed it.
When I started my own venture, I realized I had thousands of connections and still didn’t know who could actually help me.
Questions
Questions founders and operators ask.
Virre is relationship intelligence software for founders and operators. Tell it what you need, such as an investor, a customer or a key hire, and it shows who in your network can help or introduce you, suggests next best actions, keeps the context of each relationship, and drafts messages you can edit.
Start with your next goal
Make your next raise, hire or deal a cold start a warm one.
Free to start. Pro from $9.99 a month. Start with your goals and the network you already have.