When buyers ask AI about venture capital for startups, Index Ventures is named in 1 of 6 answers.
We put 6 real buyer questions to ChatGPT and Gemini and read every answer. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital are named more often.
AI names Index Ventures in 1 answer, but ties it to no single idea yet.
Read from the 1 answers that named Index Ventures.
Once AI starts naming you, this is where you see what it says. The full report shows what competitors are praised for.
Index Ventures is fifth. Andreessen Horowitz is named almost twice as often.
Top brands named across the same 6 answers, ranked by share of answers. Average position is where each brand lands in the answer.
- 01 Andreessen Horowitz 33% #1.0
- 02 Sequoia Capital 33% #2.0
- 03 Insight Partners 33% #3.0
- 04 Accel 33% #3.5
- 05 Index VenturesYou 17% #6.0
- 06 High‐Tech Gründerfonds 17% #1.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. Index Ventures was not in it.
Two of the 5 questions where AI recommended other brands. The full report lists every one, with the answer AI gave.
Index Ventures loses most when buyers are shopping for a specific need.
All 6 answers, grouped by what the buyer was trying to do. The full report shows which gaps to close first, and how.
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Shopping for a specific need0 of 1
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Deciding what to look for0 of 1
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Comparing brands0 of 1
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Asking for someone like them0 of 1
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Asking which brand to buy1 of 2
recommending others
- Which of the 25 websites to get Index Ventures onto first
- The questions to win, in the order to win them
- What to publish on Index Ventures's own site and Instagram
We read 6 answers. You have seen two of them.
The rest stays sealed until you open the full report: every brand AI named, every answer word for word, and what to change.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Read from their seven most recent posts. Each one is scored out of 100 below, with what we saw behind the number.
- 01Visual identity
- 02Hook strength
- 03Format range
- 04Captions & CTAs
- 05Cadence
Where the feed is strong, and where it leaks.
Scores are relative to the posts analysed, not to competitors. That comparison is in the full report.
Visual consistency 0.72 across 7 posts. Recurring marks: text overlays on founder/brand visuals, text overlays with founder name.
Your best post earns 0.2% engagement; the median post 0.2%. The one that landed opened with “opening question to engage audience”.
3 reels, 2 carousels across 5 posts. images untested.
0 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 263 words on average.
0.2 posts a week between 30 Mar and 2 Sept. Less than one post a week.
Your best post earned 1.6× the engagement of your weakest.
Ranked by engagement rate. What each one did differently is read from the frame and the caption.
All 5 posts, by engagement rate.
One bar per post, in the order they went out. Hover a bar to see its date and rate.
“opening question to engage audience”, 0.2% ER.
“story”, 0.2% ER.
What makes a post recognisably yours.
Extracted from the frames and captions, not from a brief.
Look
Voice
“narrative/authoritative”
Recurring marks
- 01text overlays on founder/brand visuals
- 02text overlays with founder name
- 03logo usage in lower-left corner
What the accounts competing for your audience are doing that you are not.
The scorecard tells you where you stand. The full report tells you against whom, and what to post next week.
See everything else Nayavo doesWhen buyers ask AI about venture capital for startups, Index Ventures is named in 1 of 6 answers.
Index Ventures is fifth. Andreessen Horowitz is named almost twice as often.
- 01 Andreessen Horowitz 33% #1.0
- 02 Sequoia Capital 33% #2.0
- 03 Insight Partners 33% #3.0
- 04 Accel 33% #3.5
- 05 Index Ventures YOU 17% #6.0
- 06 High‐Tech Gründerfonds 17% #1.0
Buyers asked. AI answered. Index Ventures was not in it.
Every kind of question, and how often AI named you.
- Shopping for a specific need0 of 1
- Deciding what to look for0 of 1
- Comparing brands0 of 1
- Asking for someone like them0 of 1
- Asking which brand to buy1 of 2
We read 6 answers. You have seen two.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Visual identityPalette, layout, marks 72
Visual consistency 0.72 across 7 posts. Recurring marks: text overlays on founder/brand visuals, text overlays with founder name.
Fix in full reportHook strengthBest post vs. median 71
Your best post earns 0.2% engagement; the median post 0.2%. The one that landed opened with “opening question to engage audience”.
Hook formulasFormat rangeReel · Carousel · Image 69
3 reels, 2 carousels across 5 posts. images untested.
Formats to testCaptions & CTAsAsks, hashtags, length 10
0 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 263 words on average.
CTA templatesCadencePosts per week 16
0.2 posts a week between 30 Mar and 2 Sept. Less than one post a week.
Best posting windowsYour best post earned 1.6× the engagement of your weakest.
#1 · 0.2%
“narrative/authoritative”