for finance students

your networking contacts, researched and ready to message.

folowup organises your contacts, researches them live, and drafts a personalised outreach message — so your cold email looks like you spent an hour on it.

we'll email you when we launch. no spam, ever.

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how it works

from contact to cold email in under a minute.

01

add your contact

Name, company, and how you met. That's it. No manual research, no copy-pasting.

02

we research them

Live web search pulls recent firm news, public activity, and industry context. Automatically, every time.

03

send the message

Your personalised draft is ready. Refine it in a chat, copy, and send. Looks like you spent an hour on it.

the output

chatgpt writes generic emails. folowup writes one for this person.

Every draft uses live research on the contact, their firm, and their work — generated the moment you click draft.

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Sarah Chen
Associate, M&A · Goldman Sachs
met at LSE careers panel · 2 weeks ago

Research findings

  • Goldman advised Vertex Energy on the $4.5B sale to Equinor — closed last week.
  • Sarah featured in Bloomberg's "Rising Voices in IB" series (Oct 2026).
  • Goldman London expanded its M&A team by 40 hires this quarter, with a stated focus on junior pipeline.

Draft message

Hi Sarah,

Congratulations on Goldman's advisory work on the Vertex sale — and on the Bloomberg feature. Both caught my attention this week.

I'm a second-year Economics student at LSE preparing for IB spring weeks. At the careers panel, your point about valuing intellectual curiosity over polish stuck with me — it's reframed how I'm approaching applications.

Would you have 15 minutes for a coffee in the next couple of weeks? I'd love to hear how you've thought about positioning yourself in M&A specifically.

Thanks for considering it,
[your name]

why it matters

in finance, the best roles rarely go to the best CV. they go to the best-connected candidate.

80%

of finance roles are filled through networking and referrals — before they ever reach a job board.

more likely to land an interview when referred by someone already inside the firm.

1 message

is all it takes to start a relationship that turns into a spring week, internship, or graduate offer.

coffee chats

One conversation with an analyst or associate gives you more useful intel than a month of online research. What they actually look for. How to position yourself. What to say in the interview.

referrals

A referral gets your name in front of the hiring manager before the role is posted. In investment banking, asset management, and PE — this is how most candidates get in.

relationships

The professionals you message today become the people who advocate for you tomorrow. Careers in finance are built on trust built over time.

questions

the things you're probably wondering.

Is this just ChatGPT with extra steps?

No. folowup uses its own research and drafting engine built specifically for professional outreach. It runs a live web search to find what's happening right now at the contact's firm — recent deals, news, team changes — then uses that context to write a message that references something specific and current. It understands the difference between a first outreach, a follow-up, and a post-meeting note, and structures each accordingly. That's the difference between an email that gets ignored and one that gets a reply.

Do you send messages on my behalf?

Never. folowup drafts and researches. You review, refine in chat, and send manually through your own email or LinkedIn. Your name, your relationship, your control.

What information do I need about a contact?

A name and firm is enough to get started. The more context you add — how you met, what you've spoken about before, any notes from your interactions — the sharper the research and the more personalised the draft.

Which finance roles is this for?

Investment banking, asset management, private equity, hedge funds, consulting, and corporate finance. Anything where outreach, referrals, and relationships drive the recruiting process.

When does it launch?

We're targeting August 2026. Sign up to the waitlist and you'll be the first to know when it opens — including any early access or founder pricing we offer to people who joined early.

be first in line.

We'll email you the moment folowup opens. No spam, no marketing blasts — just one note when it's ready.

we'll email you when we launch. no spam, ever.

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