Praus Desk

An AI operational partner for funds.

We build and run the systems your fund operates on: the CRM, the investor pipeline, the data room, reporting, compliance, and the custom tools your team wishes it had. One build at a time, hands-on.

Start with a free build Your first build is free. No commitment, no card.
01The grind

The work that scales with your success.

Every close adds LPs to update, DDQs to answer, data rooms to populate, and a CRM that quietly drifts out of date. It is the work no one was hired to love, and it only grows. The Desk takes it off your plate, one system at a time.

~22 mo
Median time to close a fund today, up from about 16 in 2020.
~16 hrs
To answer a single investor DDQ, on average, and they only get longer.
$90–250k
For the seat that handles it, and about 6 months to fill.

Preqin, AIMA Journal, and live fund job postings, 2024 to 2026.

02What we build

Systems your fund actually runs on.

A build is one system with a spec, a demo, and docs. We plug into your current stack or rebuild it, internal or client-facing, however fits how you work. Seven we'd build for you. The samples below are interactive, click around:

01/ 08Sample build · click around
Investor outreach · Fund IIsample
Sourced
412
Enriched
380
Logged
412
DW
D. Whitmore
Meridian Family Office · energy mandate
Meeting setTue
SO
S. Okafor
Crestline FoF · Fund I–II specialist
Replied2h
JL
J. Lindqvist
Harbor Peak Capital · deep tech
Sent3d
MR
M. Reyes
Aldergate Institutional · pre-IPO
Queued
Click a row to advance it
Operator search · VP Finance12 mapped
AB
A. Beaumont
ex-CFO, industrials · fit 94
Shortlisted94
KI
K. Ishida
VP Finance, growth SaaS · fit 89
Mapped89
RN
R. Novak
PE operations director · fit 85
Mapped85
TC
T. Calloway
Fund controller · fit 81
Mapped81
Click to shortlist
Dealflow screen · Q3sample
Inbound512
Screened74
IC-ready18
Term sheet3
Click to re-run the screen
Theme intelligence · Defense & dual-use6 themes tracked
EU defense budgets up 12% YoY: three new primes fundedSIGNAL
Autonomy M&A: 4 acquisitions this quarterSIGNAL
Two portfolio-relevant RFPs opened this weekWATCH
Click a bar to inspect
Quarterly filing pack · Q23 / 5 clear
Marketing-rule review · all materials
KYC refresh · 2 LPs due
AML screening · new commitments
ADV update · draft ready
Audit trail export · Q2
Click a check to clear it
LP update · Q2 distribution41 of 47 sent
Sent
41
Opened
33
Replies
6
MF
Meridian Family Office
Quarterly letter + capital account
Sent2h
CF
Crestline FoF
Quarterly letter + capital account
Sent2h
AI
Aldergate Institutional
Custom DDQ addendum attached
Queued
Click a row to send
Portco & talent · 14 companies9 open roles
VS
Voltaic Systems
Series B · Austin · 41 people
Open roleCTO
NR
Northbeam Robotics
Series A · Boston · 23 people
Open roleOps
HG
Helios Grid
Seed · Denver · 9 people
No opening
Click to flag a role
Not a menu

This is a sample. If your team does it by hand every week, we can probably build it.

01 · Investor outreach

The pipeline your raise runs on.

One system that builds your target list to your thesis, sends in your voice, and logs every touch. Your team owns every conversation.

  • Target lists built to your thesis
  • Outreach in your voice, logged automatically
  • Every reply logged and routed to your team
02 · Headhunting

Find and track the right people.

The same engine, pointed at talent, for your team and your portfolio's.

  • Mapped talent pipelines
  • Fit scored against the brief
  • Kept warm until you're ready
03 · Dealflow sourcing

A sourcing machine your team drives.

Theme-based target lists, intermediary coverage, and triage that surfaces the right companies early.

  • Theme-based target lists
  • Intermediary coverage tracking
  • Teaser triage & fit scoring
04 · Theme intelligence

Your entire industry, tracked.

A dashboard watching the themes you invest in: budgets, deals, and signals surfaced before they're consensus.

  • Signals ranked, not raw feeds
  • Portfolio-relevant alerts
  • Quarterly theme briefs, drafted
05 · Compliance reporting

The checks that cannot slip.

Automated marketing-rule review, KYC and AML checklists, and audit-ready trails.

  • Marketing-rule review
  • KYC / AML checklists
  • Audit-ready trails
06 · LP comms & reporting

Investor reporting on rails.

LP updates, data rooms, and DDQ answers assembled from one source: sent, tracked, and answered.

  • Updates from one source of truth
  • Reusable DDQ answer library
  • Every touch tracked
07 · Portco & talent DB

One database for the portfolio.

Companies, teams, and open roles in one living database, so intros and hires take minutes, not favors.

  • Every portco, team, and role
  • Talent matched across the portfolio
  • Intros in one click
Not a menu

Name yours.

If your team does it by hand every week, we can probably build it. The first build is free.

03How it works

Narrow to start. Broad once we are in.

One free build against one named nuisance. The desk handles everything after.

01

Name one nuisance.

Point at the single workflow that wastes the most senior time. We scope it with you. No commitment.

02

We ship a build.

A working version in your stack, with a demo video and docs. You keep it, and the first one is free.

03

The desk runs.

Reorder the backlog anytime. We ship the next build, and operate what we already shipped.

How we fit in

We build the machine. Your team runs the room.

We design and operate the tools your raise runs on: the CRM, the investor pipeline, the data room, the reporting. We plug into your current stack or rebuild it, whichever fits, and it runs in your accounts either way. Your team owns the relationships and every investor conversation. We are the engine behind them, not a placement agent, and we do not take fees tied to capital raised.

04Questions

The questions we get first.

One system with a spec, a demo, and docs. It ships in your stack, in your accounts, and you own it. Nothing is held hostage.
It depends on what you want built. We scope it with you on the call and give you a real timeline. Some tools are quick; a bigger system is a bigger lift.
Whatever fits. We plug into your current tools, or rebuild the workflow from scratch, internal or client-facing. It runs in your accounts either way, so everything keeps working whether or not we do. There are trade-offs to each, and we'll walk you through them.
In your stack and your accounts, inside your tenant. Nothing leaves it, and nothing trains a model. We share a security one-pager before the first build, and you can hand it straight to your diligence team.
Keep the hire. The desk does the bottom half of the job description: the pipeline hygiene, the answer library, the reporting rails. Your hire spends year one with investors instead of spreadsheets.
Anytime. No lock-in, and you keep everything we shipped.
No. We build and run the tools your raise runs on: CRM, pipeline, data room, reporting. Your team owns the investor relationships and conversations, and we do not take fees tied to capital raised.
Investment firms with real operational load: private equity, growth, private credit, real estate, funds of funds, placement agents, and fund admins.