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62 investor replies for an EUDR compliance SaaS.

Verdethos is a neonVest portfolio company building SaaS infrastructure for agricultural commodity supply chains -- with a wedge in deforestation tracking and EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance for high-risk commodities like palm oil, cocoa, and coffee.

Investor outreachClimateB2B SaaS$2M seed
Client: Verdethos (neonVest portfolio) Founder: Aidan Dowdle (CEO, ex-Wilmar International) Round: $2M Seed
755
Investors contacted
Across 2 sequenced campaigns
62
Replies
8.21% overall reply rate
35
Positive replies
56.45% positive rate
70%
Top campaign positive
Campaign 02 alone

The setup.

Verdethos is led by a founding team with deep operating credibility -- CEO Aidan Dowdle has 10+ years at Wilmar International commodity trading, the CTO previously exited CorFire to Google Wallet for $1B+, and the COO has 8+ years of field experience across 40 countries. The thesis: SaaS infrastructure for agricultural commodity supply chains, with the EUDR wedge as the immediate compliance pull.

Campaign performance.

Campaign 01 -- 562 contacted, 42 replies, 21 positive (53.85%)
Campaign 01 -- 562 contacted, 42 replies, 21 positive (53.85%)
Campaign 02 -- 193 contacted, 20 replies, 14 positive (70%)
Campaign 02 -- 193 contacted, 20 replies, 14 positive (70%)

Replies from top firms.

Reply from SBI Group
SBI Group -- $130B+ AUM Asia financial services conglomerate; partner reply confirming review
Reply from Indicator Ventures
Indicator Ventures -- B2B SaaS, fintech & enterprise infra; partner deck request
Reply from Alumni Ventures
Alumni Ventures -- ~$1.5B AUM, 11,000+ investors, 2,432+ portfolio cos; partner Rob with Matt Caspari copied
Reply from AppWorks
AppWorks -- ~$200M AUM, leading Greater Southeast Asia VC (AI, blockchain, software)
Reply from Verdane
Verdane -- ~€8B specialist growth equity in Northern Europe (digital + decarbonization)
Reply from BITKRAFT Ventures
BITKRAFT Ventures -- ~$1B AUM global gaming, esports & interactive tech firm

The stack we deployed

  • Octoparse + Instant Data Scraper -- investor database scraping
  • Clay -- data enrichment and personalization
  • Apollo, Icypeas, Leadmagic -- email enrichment
  • BounceBan + Reoon -- double email verification, sub-1% bounce
  • EmailGuard -- bypass ESPs, land in primary
  • HeyReach -- LinkedIn outreach sequencing
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