Funding Round · Press release template
Funding announcements that get lifted by ChatGPT, Crunchbase summarizers, and AI Overviews.
Series A, B, seed, or strategic — the announcement that the model retrieves three months later determines whether you exist in the answer.
Who it's for: Founders, CFOs, and comms leads announcing a financing round.
Atomic headline example
Acme raises $42M Series B led by Foundry to expand its AI-agent platform across EMEA.
Must include
- Round size, lead investor, all participating investors, round letter
- Use of funds in three concrete bullets, not 'accelerate growth'
- Inline-attributed quote from CEO and from lead investor partner
- ISO dateline + canonical URL
- JSON-LD: Organization + FundingRound (use Article + about)
Pitfalls
- 'Strategic round' with no number — LLMs cannot cite what isn't quantified
- Investor names without titles or firms
- No board seat / observer disclosure when relevant
Citeable claims to include
- 01Round amount and stage
- 02Lead and participating investors with firm names
- 03Pre-money or post-money valuation if disclosed
- 04Total raised to date
FAQ
- Should we announce on the day of close or wait?
- Whichever date you choose, lock the dateline as the canonical announcement date. Models index the first dated source they retrieve.
- Do we need a separate quote from the investor?
- Yes. Standalone, attributed quotes with first name, last name, title, and firm are the highest-citation atomic unit in a funding release.
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