Agentic Workflows for VCs

Great case study here on practical process improvements using agentic workflows. Also just an amazing set of acronyms for their “robot” names… that takes real skill 😁

Stonly Blue said:

We can now give more founders feedback faster. We can support more startups in our portfolio. We can help startups adopt AI-first company building. When I explain this to other VCs, their eyes gloss over, and they either ask for help or start talking about investments with AI in the name. We’re having two different conversations. But if you’re not operating with AI inside your VC firm (and startup), you’re dead in the water. Full stop…

While most VCs obsess over “.AI” companies, we’ve spent 12 months reimagining how AI transforms venture operations themselves. This isn’t about investing in AI—it’s about becoming AI-native.

Meet our first cohort of critical AI workflows (we call them robots):

QUEST – Qualitative & Unbiased Evaluation Scoring Tool A “robot score” that ranks and qualifies companies against everything we’ve ever seen—not for decisions, but to help us prioritize and for identifying what questions to ask

VANTAGE – Visual Analysis of Narrative & Trajectory Against Goals & Execution Portfolio monitoring that extracts real-time data from emails and calls, comparing plans vs. progress, and considering macro factors as well as potential flags requiring more urgent attention

MATCHA – Matching Alternative Capital to High-potential Applicants Non-dilutive capital matching system that automatically connects companies with the right alternative capital providers

NOVA – Networked Opportunity & Value Alignment Talent matching system that automatically connects people with the right opportunities within our portfolio

ALIGN – Automated List of Investors & Growth Narratives Investor list generator that describes the growth story of the startup, describes ideal investors, and identifies top matches from the people we know and like to work with.

The results? When evaluating founders, we now assess how they leverage AI in their operations. Adding AI to your pitch means nothing—show us how you’re using it to grow efficiently, build moats and outpace competitors.

Stay tuned for more Third Sphere robots (marketing and founder led sales portfolio tools are in the works), the launch of our latest investment structure, and seedstrap playbook on this.