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The purpose of Investor Matching is to help you identify relevant investors and make a professional first introduction using our outreach tools. --- #### **How are investors verified?** Our research team gathers and reviews investor data from reliable sources. This includes confirming that investors have made relevant investments within the past 12 months, ensuring that only active and engaged investors are included in the network. #### **How do you make sure contacts are accurate?** We validate each contact to confirm legitimacy and ensure that email addresses are active. Whenever possible, we provide multiple contacts for each firm to improve your chances of successful outreach. If one email is no longer valid due to team changes, you’ll still have alternative contacts available for the same firm. --- #### **Notes** - You may occasionally experience bounced emails. 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