Find someone who can introduce you
Your network finds the people you already know who can reach a firm or a person you want to meet. Upload your LinkedIn connections or a CRM export, say who you want to reach, and DFX ranks the routes in, with the evidence for every step. It is included in every paid plan and the 7-day free trial; anyone can open the sample network.
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Ask who can introduce you
- Open Your network (Relationships in the rail), or press Who can introduce me on a profile.
- In Plan, under 1. Your lists, press Add a list and drop in your LinkedIn archive (.zip) or Connections.csv, a CRM export, or any .csv or .xlsx of people or companies. Say what it is under What is this list?
- In Reach, type a person or a firm under Who do you want to reach? DFX shows the best route in from the people you already know, and the evidence for each step.
The five tabs
- Reach: how do I get there? The best routes to one person or firm.
- Plan: what should I focus on? Upload lists, set what you are trying to do, and press Analyze my network for ranked targets and the people to start with.
- My Network: what access do I have?
- Explore: how is this connected? A map you can walk from you outwards.
- Discover: what changed that I can act on? What changed, This week and Pinned.
Getting your LinkedIn connections
- On LinkedIn, signed in, open Get a copy of your data.
- Choose Connections (add Messages for relationship strength), then Request archive.
- LinkedIn emails a link, usually within minutes. Upload the .zip as it is.
Your uploads are private
Your list is private to you. It is never added to the DFX graph or shown to anyone else, message text never leaves your computer, and Delete on a list removes it and everything DFX derived from it. Upload only lists you have the right to use.
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- See who owns, funds or advises a firmA profile opens with a Research goal: pick one (Raise capital, Find an introduction, Find decision makers, Identify lenders and more) and the page reorders itself around that question. Relationship intelligence shows every connection as a Network, a Timeline and a Table, and every fact has its Sources one click away.
- Find investors for a companyOn the home page, choose Raise capital for my company, answer sector, stage, state and amount, and DFX lists the venture funds still investing at your stage, with the evidence for each. Or filter Venture Capital firms yourself, or ask Ask DFX.
- Contact informationDFX shows business contact routes published by the subject or in a public filing: work email, business phone, office address, website, professional profile and contact forms. Personal contact data and commercial provider data are never shown. Values are revealed one record at a time on a paid plan or the trial.
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