saas-ai-funding-stage-playbook
Installation
SKILL.md
SaaS AI Funding Stage Playbook Skill
Overview
The standard SaaS funding ladder (bootstrap → F&F → pre-seed → seed → A → B → growth) sits in saas-valuation-and-fundraising-strategy / saas-funding-stage-playbook.md. AI startups raise differently: AI-specialist funds set different bars, generalist SaaS funds discount or ignore the AI thesis, sovereign-AI funds (in select jurisdictions) have separate envelopes, AI-for-good DFIs / grantmakers run different rubrics. This skill installs the AI overlay.
Use When
- Section 11 of an AI-feature-led SaaS plan is being built
- A fundraise is being planned and investor-archetype targeting must be intentional
- A founder is asking which funders fit and which don't
- DFI / grant pathway is being explored alongside commercial fundraise
Do Not Use When
- AI is internal-efficiency only — use
11-funding-request+saas-funding-stage-playbook.md - Plan is bank-loan only (CAMPARI; AI is incidental)