For Founders Who Just Closed a Round
GhostWork gives you a running BD motion in 4–6 weeks — while the hiring process happens — so you have pipeline metrics for your first board update, not 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 growth metrics in the next 90 days
You've pitched the growth story. Now you have to deliver it. Board updates, cohort metrics, pipeline progress — the clock started the moment you signed. The companies that stumble post-raise are the ones who assumed fundraising momentum would carry into pipeline automatically.
Hiring a BD person takes 3–6 months before they produce anything
Posting the role, interviewing, onboarding, ramping — the fastest path to a producing BD hire is 90 days minimum, and that's optimistic. You don't have 90 days of slack. 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.
Running BD Motion in 4–6 Weeks
We build your full outreach infrastructure: ICP mapping, LinkedIn sequences, email campaigns, prospect enrichment. Live and generating conversations before your first BD hire has even finished interviewing. Pipeline on day one of your board cycle, not month six.
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 running pipeline in under six weeks. 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. Running within 4–6 weeks. 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.
4–6 wks
From kick-off to running pipeline
90 days
Window to prove post-raise momentum
3–6 mo
How long a BD hire takes to ramp
24/7
BD motion running without founder time
“We closed our round and immediately had investors asking about pipeline. We didn't have a systematic answer. GhostWork built our entire outreach motion in five weeks — 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
- Running pipeline in 4–6 weeks
- Web3-native — no crypto onboarding
- Monthly contracts, no lock-in
- GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany