What Paperstreet does

Paperstreet is a private US SaaS company that provides startup investor update and reporting software. Its core product is a web application that lets startup teams compose investor updates via a Medium-esque rich text editor with structured, queryable sections and built-in templates (financials, strategy, custom), manage investor contact groups, send updates with email tracking, schedule sends, and host updates on shareable links. Each startup also receives a discoverable public company profile through which investors can request access, creating a two-sided network of startups and investors/mentors.

The company operates three go-to-market tiers: a Free Forever plan as a top-of-funnel land motion, a Premium plan priced at $49.00 per month per company that unlocks premium analytics, scheduled sends, and unlimited recipients, and a separate Portfolio Manager product (portfolios.paperstreet.vc) sold on a waitlist/demo basis with quote-based, multi-year contract pricing to accelerators, VC firms, and angel investors. Distribution is primarily product-led and self-serve for the company tier, supplemented by SEO and content marketing (blog.paperstreet.vc) and LinkedIn OAuth as a low-friction signup surface, while the Portfolio Manager product uses a higher-touch, inside-sales motion. The company was founded in 2018, lists Denver and Brooklyn as operating locations, and has 1–10 employees.

Name

Paperstreet

Legal name

Paperstreet

Website

https://paperstreet.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Paperstreet is a SaaS platform that helps startups compose, send, and track investor updates via templates and a public profile, and offers a separate Portfolio Manager product for VCs and accelerators to centralize portfolio reporting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Premium Company Subscription: Recurring monthly subscription of $49.00/month charged to startup companies for premium analytics, scheduled sends, and unlimited update recipients. Upgrades users from the free tier.
2. Free Forever Plan (Freemium Funnel): No-cost tier offering discoverable profile, basic analytics, limited recipients per month, unlimited contacts/teammates; serves as the top-of-funnel land motion that converts to the $49/month Premium plan.
3. Portfolio Manager Product (Enterprise): Quote-based offering for accelerators, VC firms, and angel investors to manage a portfolio/pipeline of startups on one platform, onboard portfolio companies, and centralize data. Pricing is 'Contact us' rather than publicly listed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Paperstreet is a SaaS investor update and reporting platform that lets startup companies compose, send, and track investor updates faster than email. It offers built-in investor update templates (financials, strategy, custom sections), a Medium-style rich text composer, contact group management with email tracking, scheduled sends, analytics, and a discoverable public company profile. It is sold via a Free Forever plan, a $49/month Premium plan for companies, and a separately quoted Portfolio Manager product for VCs, accelerators, and angel investors.

Product overview

Paperstreet is a single unified SaaS product — the Paperstreet investor update and reporting tool — offered through three distinct go-to-market packages: a Free Forever Plan, a Premium plan ($49.00/month) for companies, and a separate Paperstreet for Portfolio Managers offering for VCs and accelerators. The core product is composed of several named modules that work together: the Elegant Composer for drafting updates, the Built-in Investor Update Template for structured reporting, Contact Management for investor relations, and Networking / Discoverable Public Company Profile for exposure to investors and mentors; the Portfolio Manager product layers portfolio-level visibility and onboarding of portfolio companies on top of the same platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Paperstreet Free Forever Plan Free tier of the Paperstreet SaaS investor update platform for startup companies, providing the core reporting and contact management tools with limited recipients and basic analytics to serve as the top-of-funnel land motion.
• Paperstreet Premium Paid $49.00/month plan for startup companies using Paperstreet, adding premium analytics, scheduled sends, and unlimited investor update recipients to the Free tier capabilities.
• Paperstreet for Portfolio Managers Separate Paperstreet offering for accelerators, VC firms, and angel investors to manage multiple portfolio companies on one platform, onboard portfolio companies onto Paperstreet, and centralize portfolio data; quote-based pricing.
• Paperstreet Investor Update Software Unified SaaS platform (branded simply as Paperstreet) that lets startup companies compose, send, and track investor updates faster than email, with built-in templates, contact management, and a discoverable public profile.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% of startup investors agree that companies that communicate perform better (Angelspan survey cited on site, covering 7,500+ startups)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LinkedIncoreTechnology or IntegrationLinkedIn is integrated as an OAuth identity provider for login and signup on paperstreet.vc, with 'Log in with LinkedIn' and 'Sign up with LinkedIn' entry points surfaced on authentication pages. No deeper product/API integration beyond authentication is described.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Carta: Carta is the dominant cap-table and equity management platform that has expanded into investor updates and portfolio reporting. It is a much larger incumbent with overlapping investor-relations functionality and broader workflow coverage.
• DocSend: DocSend (now part of Dropbox) handles document sharing and analytics for fundraising, including pitch decks and data rooms. It is a broader incumbent that can substitute for some of Paperstreet's document-style investor communications.
• AngelList: AngelList is a broad platform connecting startups, investors, and talent, with features touching fundraising and syndication. It is a much larger incumbent that overlaps with Paperstreet's two-sided startup/investor marketplace concept.
• Allvue Systems: Allvue provides investment management software for alternatives and credit, with portfolio reporting and investor communications. It is a broad incumbent in investment-operations software relevant to Paperstreet's Portfolio Manager product.
• Juniper Square: Juniper Square provides investor relations and fund management software for alternative investment managers. It addresses a different asset class (real estate, private funds) but operates in adjacent investor-relations workflows.

Others

• Notion: Notion is a general-purpose workspace that some early-stage startups use to compose investor updates manually. It is not a direct competitor but is a credible substitute for the lightweight update-composer use case.

Direct peers

• Quaestor: Quaestor provides investor relations software tailored to startups and small-cap public companies, including shareholder communications and update workflows. It overlaps directly with Paperstreet's core investor-update use case.
• Visible.vc: Visible.vc is a direct competitor offering investor updates, fundraising pipeline, and portfolio reporting for VCs and startups. It targets the same founder-and-investor audience with overlapping update and analytics functionality.
• Notify: Notify provides investor updates and stakeholder communications for startups and growth-stage companies. It competes in the same narrow niche of investor-update SaaS.
• Foundersuite: Foundersuite offers investor CRM, fundraising pipelines, and investor-update tooling aimed at early-stage founders. It targets the same SMB founder segment and overlaps on investor communications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PaperstreetVC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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