How Alpaca VC Scales a Lean Fund With This Powerfully Simple Stack

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Here’s a fresh one diving into Alpaca VC’s tech stack—a smart breakdown of the tools modern VCs use to run lean, scale faster, and empower founders.

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🔧 The VC Stack Breakdown

Here’s how Alpaca organizes its fund—the stage, purpose, and tools powering it all:

🧭 Sourcing & CRM

• Salesforce — Core CRM for deals, LPs, founders, and portfolio tracking (others in the space: Affinity, Pipedrive, HubSpot).

• Slack — Central hub for team communication and founder interaction.

📚 Knowledge & Docs

• Almanac — All-in-one knowledge base for decks, templates, and operation docs (similar to Notion or Airtable).

• Dropbox — Shared file storage and secure document handling.

📊 Portfolio Monitoring

• Standard Metrics — KPI tracking across portfolio companies. Alpaca praises its flexibility for custom metrics.

• Carta — Cap table and equity management.

🤝 Recruiting & Community

• Getro — Talent sourcing for portfolio hires.

• Hunt Club — Recruiting, engagement, and network discovery solutions.

• Pave — Compensation benchmarking and salary guide.

📣 Marketing & LP Engagement

• MassMailer — Email campaigns, drip flows, and CRM-integrated mass sends.

• Buffer — Social scheduling and analytics (others like Sprout, Hootsuite also in consideration).

🌐 Web & Content

• WordPress & Medium — Website home and publication hub.

• Zoom — Used for webinars, events, and founder interactions (Hopin is also a noted alternative).

🧠 Big Picture Takeaways

1. Choose flexibility over single-purpose apps — Tools like Salesforce, Almanac, and MassMailer do more than their original use cases, enabling broader workflows.

2. Integrate deeply for efficiency — Everything talks: CRM connects to email, docs feed hiring, and data flows into portfolio dashboards.

3. Scale the team without bloat — With platforms like Quaestor and Getro, Alpaca can run a $100M+ fund leaner and faster.

4. Community-focused communication stays central — Slack and Zoom remain the glue holding remote, async teams and founders together.

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