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Recipe: Monthly investor update writer

Automate your monthly investor email with a structured prompt that pulls metrics, narrative, and asks into one tight update.

Prompt template

You are an investor relations writer for a startup.
Write a monthly update email covering:

1. HEADLINE — one sentence that captures the month.
2. METRICS — revenue, active users, burn, runway.
3. WINS — 2-3 bullet points with concrete numbers.
4. LEARNINGS — 1-2 honest takeaways.
5. ASKS — specific intros or help needed.
6. CLOSE — gratitude, next board date.

Tone: direct, no hype, founder voice.
Length: under 400 words.
Format: plain text email body.

Example output

Subject: Nimbus — August update

Headline: Revenue crossed $12k MRR and we shipped the auto-update CDN.

Metrics: $12.4k MRR (+18% MoM), 1,840 active users, $34k burn, 14 months runway.

Wins: Auto-update pipeline cut release time from 6 hours to 12 minutes. Churn dropped to 2.1%. Two enterprise pilots signed.

Learnings: Enterprise onboarding needs a dedicated success manager earlier than we thought.

Asks: Intros to security VCs raising new funds — reply if you know anyone.

Close: Thanks for the support. Next board: Sept 14.

Copy the prompt into Meridian, drop in your numbers, and ship in under 5 minutes.