For Founders Who Just Closed a Round
GhostWork builds the BD motion while the hiring process happens, so you can show pipeline work, learn from the market, and walk into board updates with more than excuses.
Every founder who raises commits to a growth story. The gap between closing the round and having a systematic outreach motion is where post-raise momentum dies. The window is now, not when your first BD hire ramps in six months.
30-minute call. No pitch deck. We map your post-raise growth targets and show you exactly what a running BD motion looks like.
The post-raise trap
Most founders celebrate the close, then realise the real pressure starts now. The gap between raise and pipeline is real, and it's compressing.
Investors expect proof that growth work has started
You've pitched the growth story. Now you have to show motion. Board updates, cohort metrics, pipeline progress. The pressure starts the moment you sign. The companies that stumble post-raise are the ones who assume fundraising momentum carries into pipeline automatically.
Hiring a BD person takes 3 to 6 months before they produce anything
Posting the role, interviewing, onboarding, ramping. Even a strong BD hire needs time before they produce. You do not have a quiet buffer. The window to build pipeline on post-raise momentum is now, not after you've staffed up.
Your network gets you to 10 clients. Systematic outreach gets you to 100.
Founder network deals close fast and feel easy. But they have a hard ceiling. Every company that scales past early adopters does it through systematic, repeatable outreach to people who don't know you yet, not through who you happen to know from the last raise.
The companies that compound are outreaching now, not in 6 months
Your competitors who raised 6 months ago are already 6 months into their BD motion. Pipeline is not something you can turn on overnight. It compounds. The founders who wait to staff up before building pipeline are always 6 months behind.
Pipeline now. Hiring in parallel.
GhostWork bridges the gap between your raise and your first BD hire so you're not waiting six months to have something to show investors.
BD Motion Built While You Hire
We build your outreach infrastructure: ICP mapping, LinkedIn sequences, email campaigns, prospect enrichment. The goal is to get the motion working while your first BD hire is still being selected, so your board cycle has real pipeline work behind it.
Investor-Grade Pipeline Visibility
Every board update needs pipeline metrics. We build the tracking layer alongside the outreach motion, so you always know exactly how many conversations are in flight, where they are, and what's converting. Walk into your first board meeting with data, not anecdotes.
Web3-Native Context From Day One
No time spent explaining tokenomics, on-chain distribution, or protocol partnerships. We know the ecosystem, the exchanges, the VCs, the L1/L2 teams, the enterprise crypto buyers. Your outreach lands with context that generic BD agencies can't match.
You Close. We Open.
Your highest-leverage activity post-raise is being in rooms with warm prospects, not cold outreaching. GhostWork creates the top-of-funnel at scale so you spend your BD hours on conversations that are already moving, not starting ones from scratch.
How it works
From raise to a scoped pipeline system while you're still hiring.
30-Minute Raise Debrief
We learn who you raised from, what growth you committed to, and what your ICP looks like now versus pre-raise. We map the highest-leverage BD motions for your specific stage, sector, and investor expectations. No generics.
We Build Your Pipeline System
Custom ICP targeting, LinkedIn outreach sequences, email campaigns, CRM integration, all configured to your product and your investors' growth expectations. You see the system, you own the data.
Pipeline Runs. You Focus on Closing.
Warm conversations surface continuously. You spend your time advancing deals, not starting them from cold. Monthly reporting synced to your board update cadence, so every investor call has real pipeline numbers behind it.
Scoped
Pipeline system built around your post-raise motion
Board cycle
Pipeline visibility for investor updates
3 to 6 mo
How long a BD hire takes to ramp
Always on
BD operations without founder time
“We closed our round and investors started asking about pipeline. We didn't have a systematic answer. GhostWork helped us build the outreach motion before we'd even posted the BD role. By the time our first hire started, they inherited a running pipeline instead of a blank slate.”
Co-founder, Web3 protocol company, Series A
Don't wait six months to have pipeline
Book a 30-minute call. We'll map your post-raise growth targets, show you what a running BD system looks like for your stage and sector, and give you an honest take on whether GhostWork is the right fit.
Talk to GhostWork- Free 30-minute raise debrief
- Scoped post-raise pipeline system
- Web3-native, no crypto onboarding
- Monthly contracts, no lock-in
- GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany
Not ready for an ongoing engagement? The Ghost Ops Pilot builds one automation with fixed scope and a flat fee.