Affinity
A relationship-intelligence CRM: contacts, relationship strength and pipeline from your email and calendar.
COMPARE
Capwave vs Affinity.Affinity knows who you know.Capwave knows what to do with it.
It reads every deck, data room and call that reaches your firm, works your network and follows through. Next to Affinity, or instead of it.
Illustrative comparison of a system of record and a Capwave work brief.
Same company, same morning. One logged an email. One understood it.
THE SHORT VERSION
Affinity maps the relationships. Capwave puts them to work.
Capwave
The firm's memory: every deck, email, meeting and data room, scored against your thesis and turned into intros and follow-through.
ALWAYS ON, BOTH OF THEM.
A CRM keeps the record.
Capwave notices what changed.
Affinity holds what was logged. Capwave spends the night doing the investor work, and at 7:00 hands you only what needs you.
Illustration of overnight investor work and live CRM updates.
WHAT CAPWAVE ADDS
What Capwave does that Affinity doesn't.
NetworkIQ: runs the next round before the founder asks.
It spots the portfolio company nearing a raise, finds the investors who asked about the category, and drafts the intro. Affinity ranks paths to a target you name. Capwave finds the target first.
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Reads every deck, without an upload.
Affinity reads a PDF you upload. Capwave reads every deck, DocSend and data room that arrives, before 7:00.
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Scores every deal against your thesis.
Every number cited. Every pass drafted in your words.
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Briefs from the material, not just the record.
The deck, the data room and the last call, with the claim that doesn't match the transcript flagged.
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Holds every promise until it closes.
What you said, what they owe you. Drafted, waiting for your say-so.
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Remembers why.
Every pass, dated, with the reason. When that company moves, it's back on your brief.
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NETWORKIQ
The markup lands. So does your next fund.
Capwave builds a graph from everything the firm has touched. Not just who knows whom: who asked about what, when, and what you owe them. Then it acts.
Illustrative example. Fictional company and scenario.
Fictional portfolio fundraising brief illustrating sourced intelligence and approval-gated follow-through.
Then the follow-through
- 7:02
Intro drafted, in your words.
- 7:04
Sent, after your yes.
- Wed
Call booked. Brief before it.
- Fri
Data room checklist drafted for the founder.
- Q1
The round. The markup. Fund II.
The same graph, every week
Illustrative weekly network use cases for portfolio needs, warm deal paths, LP introductions and outstanding favours.
Nothing goes out without your say-so.
SIDE BY SIDE
What each one does.
YesPartlyNo
| Capability | Affinity | Capwave |
|---|---|---|
| Built from | Email, calendar, enrichment, what the team types. | Every deck, email, meeting, data room and Slack thread, plus the CRM. |
| Decks and data rooms | Analysed when someone uploads one. | Read overnight, numbers cited. |
| Deal scoring | Statuses and fields you set. | A fit score on every deal. |
| Your network | Relationship strength, and intro paths to a target you name. | NetworkIQ: finds the target, the investors and the intro. |
| Before a meeting | Relationship history, deal context, news. | The deck, the data room and the last call. |
| Follow-through | Reminders and tracked intro threads. | Every promise, held until it closes. |
| When a partner leaves | Contacts and interactions stay. | The reasoning and promises stay too. |
| Setup | Rolled out and run by the firm. | Five minutes. Brief tomorrow. |
Built from
Affinity
Email, calendar, enrichment, what the team types.
Capwave
Every deck, email, meeting, data room and Slack thread, plus the CRM.
Decks and data rooms
Affinity
Analysed when someone uploads one.
Capwave
Read overnight, numbers cited.
Deal scoring
Affinity
Statuses and fields you set.
Capwave
A fit score on every deal.
Your network
Affinity
Relationship strength, and intro paths to a target you name.
Capwave
NetworkIQ: finds the target, the investors and the intro.
Before a meeting
Affinity
Relationship history, deal context, news.
Capwave
The deck, the data room and the last call.
Follow-through
Affinity
Reminders and tracked intro threads.
Capwave
Every promise, held until it closes.
When a partner leaves
Affinity
Contacts and interactions stay.
Capwave
The reasoning and promises stay too.
Setup
Affinity
Rolled out and run by the firm.
Capwave
Five minutes. Brief tomorrow.
The morning after 47 decks arrived: read, scored and routed, with who sent the fits.
Illustration of the Capwave inbox: inbound deals scored against the firm's thesis, with a deal preview showing the fit score and its reasons.
TWO WAYS TO RUN IT
Next to Affinity, or instead of it.
EmailGmail, Outlook
CalendarGoogle Calendar
Meeting notesGranola, Fireflies
Decks, data roomsDocSend
Team chatSlack, iMessage
DocsNotion
Capwave
Always on. Reads, notices what changed, scores, briefs and follows through.
You, at 7:00
Only what needs you
Writes back, live
deal, stage, notes.
Reads, live
contacts, lists, notes
Affinity
The record every seat sees.
EmailGmail, Outlook
CalendarGoogle Calendar
Meeting notesGranola, Fireflies
Decks, data roomsDocSend
Team chatSlack, iMessage
DocsNotion
Capwave
Always on. Reads, notices what changed, scores, briefs and follows through.
Writes back, live
deal, stage, notes.
Reads, live
contacts, lists, notes
Affinity
The record every seat sees.
You, at 7:00
Only what needs you
Next to Affinity
- What stays.
- Contacts, lists, stages, reminders and reports. Affinity stays the record.
- What changes.
- Deal flow read and scored, meetings briefed, rounds, hires and intros drafted.
- The sync.
- Live, both ways. Change something in Affinity and Capwave works from it.
- For.
- Firms with Affinity at the centre, especially multi-fund teams that rely on its permissions and reporting.
Instead of Affinity
- What Capwave covers.
- Deal sheet, stages, notes, files, people, network and every promise. Built from your inbox, calendar and notetaker.
- What you give up.
- Relationship scores, enrichment, and the permissions and reporting of a CRM built for large multi-fund teams.
- Moving over.
- One export-import, history included.
- For.
- Solo GPs, small teams, emerging managers, and anyone paying for a CRM nobody updates.
A DAY WITH BOTH
Where you work, and what Affinity shows.
Illustrative daily workflows and CRM updates.
Nobody typed any of it. Everyone who opens Affinity sees it.
QUESTIONS
Questions firms ask.
Affinity already does warm intros. What does NetworkIQ add?
Affinity ranks paths to a target you name. NetworkIQ starts from what the firm needs: the round coming in eight months, the missing hire, the next fund's LPs. Then it drafts the intro, with the reason.
Do we have to choose?
No. Start next to Affinity and keep everything. If you later drop the CRM, your history comes with you.
Does Capwave read and write to Affinity?
Yes. Live, both ways: it reads contacts, lists and notes, and writes back deals, stages and notes.
What happens to our data?
It stays yours. Siloed by firm, never used for training, export anytime. Nothing goes out without your approval.
Keep Affinity, or don't.
The 7:00 brief comes either way.
Five minutes to connect. First brief tomorrow morning.