Startups Compass vs Visible.vc
Everything you need to close the round, from the first meeting to money in the bank.
Visible is built around updates to investors, decks and data rooms. Startups Compass is built around the raise itself: who is at which stage, when to follow up, and what each round does to your ownership, at one price.
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From the first meeting to money in the bank
Visible is built mostly around updates you send after the money is in. We are built for the months before it: who is at which stage, who is waiting for your reply, and how close the round is to its target.
The cap table beside your investors
SAFEs, notes, option pool, priced rounds and an exit waterfall, next to the investors in the round. You see what each term sheet does to your ownership before you sign. Visible’s pricing and home pages list no round modelling.
One clear price, no caps
$199 a year with everything included and no limit on your pipeline. Visible’s plan with deck analytics is $1,548 a year, and the top plan $2,388.
Private by design
We never read your email or calendar and never track your investors: the deck goes as a PDF from your own email. Notes are summarised by the AI built into your browser, on your computer, and your data is encrypted in the EU.
Made by a founder, for founders
Built by a founder during a real raise, to fix the problems that raise ran into. Every feature exists because a raise needed it.
Find investors, then follow through
Search the built-in investor directory by sector, stage, type and region, add one in a click, and each morning the Dashboard says who is overdue and who is waiting for your reply.
What makes Startups Compass different
An investor database, with deep search
Search a built-in directory of funds and angels by sector, stage and type, add the ones that fit to your pipeline in one click, and match investors to your company. Included in the plan, not a paid add-on, and we do not quote a headcount for it.
Today: what needs you, in three lines
Every morning the Dashboard says who is overdue, which tasks are due and where the round stands. Plain sentences, no digging.
Your round, and where it is likely to land
Round progress with a forecast by stage: not just what is committed, but what the pipeline suggests you will reach.
The cap table next to your investors
SAFEs, convertible notes, option pool, priced rounds, secondaries and an exit waterfall, so before you sign you see what the round does to you.
Your notes, summarised by AI that never leaves your computer
A short summary of everything you wrote about an investor, written by the AI built into your browser. Nothing is sent to us or to any AI provider.
A nudge when an investor goes quiet
The investor brief shows where things stand at a glance, and the Dashboard tells you who is waiting for a follow-up, with one click to add a meeting to your calendar.
Bring the Excel list you already have
It finds the right sheet and header row, recognises your column names and reads dates day-first or month-first, so your list comes in as it is.
What a year costs
Visible also has a free Starter plan (updates to 100 investors, two decks, two pipelines). Prices shown are the annual-billing figures multiplied by twelve ($59, $129, $199 a month). Read from each company's own pages on 18 October 2026; prices change, so check before you decide. Startups Compass: $19.90 a month or $199 a year, in US dollars, with everything included. 14-day free trial (a payment method is needed; cancel before it ends and nothing is charged).
What they offer, and what it means for you
A free Starter plan
Two pipelines, two decks, one small data room and updates to 100 investors, for $0. For you: a fine way to try it, but a raise outgrows it quickly, and the next step is $708 a year, then $1,548 for deck analytics. Startups Compass is $199 a year with nothing held back.
"Updates to 1,000 investors"
This is how many people can receive your monthly update on the $2,388-a-year plan. It is not 1,000 investors to raise from. For you: while you raise, the number that matters is how many conversations you can run; our pipeline has no cap.
Per-slide deck analytics
You see who opened the deck and how long they looked at each slide. For you: it also means every investor you send it to is being tracked, and many of them would rather get a plain PDF. We send your deck as a PDF from your own email app, the way most investors like to receive it.
Data rooms and KPI dashboards
Data rooms with permissions and analytics, and dashboards fed by other tools, on the paid plans. For you: useful once you report to a board. For a raise, our 2 GB files library with the ten standard company documents, sharing and a ZIP of everything covers what investors ask for in diligence.
Visible Connect, an investor database
Included on every plan, size not stated. For you: we have one too, a built-in directory of funds and angels with search by sector, stage and type, included in the price.
Which one fits
Choose Visible if sending polished investor updates and tracking who opened your deck is the centre of your work. Choose Startups Compass if the centre of your work is the raise: the pipeline, the follow-ups and the cap table.
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