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06 · Investor updates

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A monthly note your investors actually open. Compose with Arx, embed a Loom, send from your Gmail. Replies thread back to your inbox. Open rates tracked per recipient — with dashboard cadence nudges when an update is due.

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MAY · 2026

Helio — May Update

$1.48M ARR · Term sheet from Northbeam

A short note from May. We crossed $1.48M ARR, closed Sequence on a $250K SAFE, and have a term sheet in hand from Northbeam Capital.

LOOM · 2:41

Founder note — May

Sent

Opens

86%

Replies

SEND FROM GMAIL

Never noreply@.

Never noreply@. Replies thread to your inbox like any other email. Investors recognize your address — open rates stay above 80%.

Sent from your GmailNever noreply@. Replies thread to your inbox like any other email. Investors recognize your address — open rates stay above 80%.
Ask Arx co-authorAsk Arx can draft highlights, lowlights and asks — you sign off in the composer.
Open tracking, no creepSee who opened. No tracking pixels on customer-facing emails — investor mode is opt-in by your investors.

GMAIL

Batched send · ~1/sec

Frommaya@helio.so

Queue28 recipients · ~1/sec

Status● SENDING · 18/28

COMPOSER

A template that doesn't feel like a template.

Arx's composer follows the canonical investor-update structure — headline metrics, highlights, lowlights, asks, traction, hiring — but it reads like a letter, not a form. Loom embeds and structured sections are inline blocks.

Structured sectionsHeadline, highlights, lowlights, asks — the five-block structure investors actually open.
LoomPaste a Loom URL → inline player with a clean thumbnail.
Recipient groupsTag segments of your pipeline — angels, leads, friendlies — into a send list.

DRAFT

Composing · May 2026

HEADLINE

$1.48M ARR · Term sheet from Northbeam

HIGHLIGHTS

· Closed Sequence on $250K SAFE · 12 new logos, 96% paid retention

LOWLIGHTS

· EU lawsuit risk flagged by counsel · Onboarding NPS dropped to 41

ASKS

· Intros to design-led B2B founders · Feedback on enterprise tier

AAsk Arx drafted the lowlights from this month's Slack threads.

OPEN TRACKING

Who actually opens.

Open rates surface naturally. Catalyst opens every update within an hour; Atlas hasn't opened the last two. Useful information, gently presented.

Per-recipient opensSee exactly who opened each update.
Replies in your inboxReplies thread to your Gmail — reply counts are tracked server-side.
Send queueBatched at ~1 send/sec from your Gmail to keep deliverability clean.

OPENS · 12 MO

Per-recipient activity

Catalyst FundTRUE BELIEVER100% · 12/12

Sequence VenturesOPENS92% · 11/12

Atlas PartnersGHOST0% · 0/12

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