# Raisebook > Raisebook is a free, open-source investor CRM (fundraising CRM) for startup founders: it tracks every investor through every round, with stages, follow-ups, meetings, notes and commitments, and an MCP server so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another MCP client can work the pipeline with you. Raisebook is free with no paid tier, open source under AGPL-3.0, and private per workspace. Use it at https://raisebook.org or self-host it. ## Who it is for Founders raising a pre-seed, seed or Series A round who have outgrown a spreadsheet: solo founders and small founding teams who want an investor pipeline with follow-ups and meetings, do not want to pay per seat, and do not want their investor list pooled into someone else's database. It also suits founders who work with an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) and want it to log calls and set follow-ups for them. ## Key facts - Price: $0. No paid tier, no seat price, no feature behind a paywall. Donations (once open) pay for hosting only and never buy features. - Limits per workspace, the same for everyone: 50 rounds, 20,000 investors, 20 members (owner, editor, viewer), 20 API keys (read, write, admin). - MCP server at https://api.raisebook.org/mcp: 23 tools, 28 with investor research enabled (as on raisebook.org). No delete tools. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and any MCP client that can send an API key header; Claude Desktop through mcp-remote. claude.ai and ChatGPT web connectors need OAuth, which Raisebook does not offer yet. - REST API under https://api.raisebook.org/v1 with workspace API keys. - Investor research on the user's own OpenRouter key, only when they start it (a button in the app, or an agent they connected); cited dossiers; a monthly limit per workspace ($25 by default); no markup. - Meetings with .ics downloads and a private calendar feed for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. - CSV import (column mapping, preview, dedupe); CSV and JSON export at any time; hard delete. - Open source: AGPL-3.0, self-hostable with Docker Compose. Source: https://github.com/gumruyanzh/raisebook - Sign in with an emailed link or with Google. Phone layout for the pipeline, board and triage. - Privacy: no investor database, never pools, sells or mines workspace data, no ads, trackers or analytics scripts. - Operator: Zhirayr Gumruyan. Contact: 0@raisebook.org. ## What it is not - It has no investor database to search: you bring your own list (CSV, by hand, by agent, or with research on investors you already have). - It does not send email to investors and has no investor-update newsletters, data rooms or KPI reporting. - It is built for founders raising money, not for VC firms managing deal flow or LPs. ## Product - [Raisebook home](https://raisebook.org): Raisebook is a free, open-source investor CRM for founders: track investors through every round, with follow-ups, meetings and an MCP server for AI agents. - [Investor CRM for founders](https://raisebook.org/investor-crm): What an investor CRM does for a startup raise, what to track per investor, and how Raisebook, a free open-source investor CRM, handles it. - [Free, open-source investor CRM](https://raisebook.org/free-investor-crm): Raisebook is a free investor CRM with no paid tier, no seat price and no investor cap below 20,000 per workspace. Open source under AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable. - [Pricing](https://raisebook.org/pricing): Raisebook costs $0: no paid tier, no seat price, every feature. Limits per workspace: 50 rounds, 20,000 investors, 20 members, 20 API keys. How it stays free. ## Guides - [Track your seed round](https://raisebook.org/seed-round-tracker): How to track investors for a pre-seed or seed round: pipeline stages, fields to keep, follow-ups and meetings, and how to run it free in Raisebook. - [Investor research with AI](https://raisebook.org/ai-investor-research): Raisebook researches investors in your pipeline on your own OpenRouter key and writes short, cited dossiers: recent deals, thesis, a way in and a risk. - [Use Raisebook from Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (MCP)](https://raisebook.org/fundraising-crm-mcp): A fundraising CRM with an MCP server: Claude Code, Codex or Cursor can log calls, move stages, set follow-ups and schedule meetings. Free, no delete tools. ## Comparisons - [Compare investor CRMs](https://raisebook.org/compare): Raisebook compared with Foundersuite, Visible, Affinity, Attio, folk and spreadsheets for a fundraise: price, free-plan limits, open source, MCP and data. - [Raisebook vs Foundersuite](https://raisebook.org/compare/foundersuite): A free Foundersuite alternative: Raisebook vs Foundersuite on price, investor limits, investor database, open source and MCP, from public pages. - [Raisebook vs Visible](https://raisebook.org/compare/visible): A Visible.vc alternative for the investor pipeline: Raisebook vs Visible on price, free-plan limits, scope, open source and MCP, from public pages. - [Raisebook vs Affinity](https://raisebook.org/compare/affinity): An Affinity alternative for founders: Raisebook vs Affinity on price, who each is built for, open source and data, from each product's public pages. - [Raisebook vs Attio and folk](https://raisebook.org/compare/attio-folk): Attio or folk for fundraising? Raisebook vs Attio vs folk on price, seats, setup for a raise, open source and MCP, from each product's public pages. - [Investor CRM vs spreadsheet or Notion template](https://raisebook.org/compare/spreadsheet): When an investor spreadsheet or Notion or Airtable template stops working, and what a free investor CRM adds: stages, follow-ups, timeline and dedupe. ## Docs - [Getting started](https://raisebook.org/docs): Set up Raisebook in a few minutes: sign in, create a workspace and a round, bring your investors, and work the pipeline from the board, the table or your agent. - [Connect an agent (MCP)](https://raisebook.org/docs/mcp): Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client to Raisebook with a workspace API key. Copy-ready setup for each client. - [MCP tools reference](https://raisebook.org/docs/mcp-tools): The 23 core Raisebook MCP tools and the 5 research tools: what each one does, its parameters, what it returns, and which ones are safe to repeat. - [REST API](https://raisebook.org/docs/api): The Raisebook REST API under /v1: authentication with workspace API keys, conventions, errors, rate limits and every endpoint. - [Meetings and the calendar feed](https://raisebook.org/docs/meetings): Schedule investor meetings in Raisebook, record outcomes and next steps, download .ics files, and subscribe from Google, Apple or Outlook calendars. - [CSV import format](https://raisebook.org/docs/csv): How Raisebook reads a spreadsheet: accepted column names, list, date and money formats, dedupe and what happens to each row. - [Investor research](https://raisebook.org/docs/research): How Raisebook's investor research works: your own OpenRouter key, identity first, cited dossiers, presets and costs, the monthly limit, and save_dossier. - [Export and delete](https://raisebook.org/docs/export): Take your data out of Raisebook as CSV or JSON at any time, and delete an investor, a round, a workspace or your account permanently. - [Self-hosting](https://raisebook.org/docs/self-hosting): Run Raisebook on your own server with Docker Compose: Postgres, the API and MCP server, the web app and Caddy for TLS, all from one open-source repository. ## Policies and project - [Questions founders ask](https://raisebook.org/faq): Answers about Raisebook, the free investor CRM: pricing, privacy, AI agents and MCP, research, meetings, importing a spreadsheet and how it compares. - [Privacy](https://raisebook.org/privacy): Raisebook's privacy promise and the details behind it: what is stored, what is never collected, cookies, logs, email, backups and deletion. - [Research Policy](https://raisebook.org/research-policy): What Raisebook's investor research does, who starts it, what it collects and never collects, who can see it, how long it is kept, and how to ask for removal. - [Support](https://raisebook.org/support): Raisebook, the free investor CRM, is free forever. If it helps your raise, you can help pay for its hosting. Donations never buy features. - [Changelog](https://raisebook.org/changelog): What changed in Raisebook, the free and open-source investor CRM, newest first: features, fixes and changes to the API and MCP server. ## Optional - [Full text for AI assistants](https://raisebook.org/llms-full.txt): the features, comparisons and FAQ in one file. - [Source code on GitHub](https://github.com/gumruyanzh/raisebook)