For Venture Capitalists

For venture capitalists who make decisions at the whiteboard.

BoardSnap is an iOS app that turns whiteboard photos into structured summaries and action plans in ten seconds. For venture capitalists, that means partner meeting discussions, portfolio company board prep, LP communication strategy, and fund-level thesis debates all produce clean written artifacts — not just a whiteboard photo that someone has to reconstruct into a memo at 10pm.

Download on the App Store Free to start. Pro from $9.99/mo or $69.99/yr.

What hurts today

  • Partner meeting debates about specific deals produce rich analytical discussion at the board that needs to become a clean written record of the decision and the reasoning
  • Portfolio company board prep sessions — where you're structuring what to say, what to push on, what the key decisions are — deserve a clean written brief
  • LP communication strategy sessions where you're working through the fund narrative, the portfolio highlights, and the forward-looking thesis need to produce a structured LP letter outline
  • Fund strategy sessions — what verticals to lean into, what the portfolio construction strategy is, what the next fund looks like — happen at a whiteboard and should produce a written strategy document
  • Investment thesis refinement sessions with the partnership produce nuanced analytical discussions that evaporate without systematic documentation
  • Competitive landscape analysis sessions where you're mapping the sector for an investment decision produce the most analytically dense boards that are hardest to reconstruct from memory

How BoardSnap helps

  • Partner meeting decision boards produce a written decision record — the investment call, the key factors, the risks acknowledged — before anyone leaves the room
  • Portfolio company board prep sessions produce a structured board brief — the key topics, the questions to push on, the decisions you need from management
  • LP communication prep boards produce a structured LP narrative outline — the fund highlights, the portfolio story, the forward thesis — the letter writes itself from the board
  • Fund strategy sessions produce a written strategy brief — the vertical thesis, the portfolio construction logic, the target company profile — ready for partnership discussion and LP communication
  • Competitive landscape boards produce a structured sector analysis — who plays where, what the dynamics are, how the opportunity is positioned
  • Brand-aware AI writes venture analysis in your fund's language — your sector framing, your investment vocabulary, your portfolio company naming

A day with BoardSnap

  1. Partner meeting

    Partnership debate on a live deal at the board — the thesis, the risks, the investment call. Snap after the decision. BoardSnap produces a written decision record — the call, the key factors, the risks acknowledged, and the action items — before anyone leaves the partnership meeting.

  2. Portfolio board prep

    Structure what you want to accomplish at a portfolio company board meeting — the topics, the questions, the decisions. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured board agenda and pre-read — your position on each agenda item before you walk into the boardroom.

  3. LP communication strategy

    Map the LP letter narrative — fund highlights, portfolio company stories, forward thesis, key risks to acknowledge. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured narrative outline — the LP letter skeleton your team writes from.

  4. Sector thesis

    Work through the investment thesis for a new sector — the macro dynamics, the market structure, the winner profile. Snap. BoardSnap produces a written thesis draft — the first version of the document the partnership debates before committing capital.

  5. Fund strategy

    Map the next fund's strategy — vertical focus, portfolio construction, stage preference, check size evolution. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured fund strategy document — the basis for the partnership alignment and the LP fundraising narrative.

Features that matter for venture capitalists

Analytical structure reading

BoardSnap AI reads investment analysis structures — competitive landscape maps, deal evaluation matrices, portfolio construction diagrams, and sector analysis frameworks. It produces analytical descriptions, not just content lists.

Brand-aware AI

Paste your fund's website, your portfolio company pages, or your investment thesis documents. BoardSnap AI calibrates to your fund's analytical language, your sector vocabulary, and your investment approach.

Projects per deal or fund cycle

Each active deal process or fund-level planning cycle gets its own project. The full analytical history — market mapping, deal analysis, partnership discussions — is organized and searchable.

Pinned context

Pin the fund's investment thesis, the current portfolio overview, or the latest LP presentation. Every board session already knows the fund context — the AI chat synthesizes within the investment frame.

AI chat per project

Ask synthesis questions across the deal process: 'what were the key risks we identified across our due diligence sessions?' 'how did our thesis on this company evolve across the partner meetings?' The AI synthesizes the full analytical history.

Frequently asked

Can BoardSnap help document partner meeting investment decisions?

Yes — this is the highest-stakes use case and the one where a clean written record matters most. Snap the board at the end of the partner meeting. BoardSnap produces a written decision record — the investment call, the key factors on each side, the risks acknowledged — before the partnership disperses. The memo starts from the actual decision, not from someone's reconstruction of it.

How does it help with LP communication?

Structure your LP letter narrative at the whiteboard — fund highlights, portfolio stories, forward thesis. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured narrative outline that your team writes the LP letter from. The communication starts from your actual analytical thinking, not from a template.

Can I use it for portfolio company board preparation?

Yes — run your board prep session before a portfolio company board meeting. Map the topics, the questions you want to push on, the decisions you need from management. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured board brief that you walk in with, not a set of half-formed thoughts.

How do I manage analysis across multiple active deal processes?

One project per deal. Each project has isolated board history — market mapping sessions, partner meeting discussions, due diligence synthesis — all organized per deal. Pro plan unlocks unlimited projects, which is how active investors with multiple simultaneous deal processes use it.

Is it useful for early-stage investors where the analysis is more qualitative?

Yes — for early-stage investing where the analysis is team assessment, market intuition, and thesis fit rather than financial modeling, the whiteboard sessions where those judgments are being formed and debated benefit most from structured documentation. The qualitative reasoning is exactly what gets lost without systematic capture.

Built for venture capitalists who ship.

Snap a whiteboard. Ship the action plan. In ten seconds.

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