--- title: "Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch WSJ Pro Venture Capital - Blog" description: Learn how this exclusive funding announcement landed coverage in WSJ Pro Venture Capital. image: https://blog.onepitch.co/hubfs/Pitches%20That%20Placed-%20How%20to%20Pitch%20WSJ%20Pro%20VC.jpg --- [![OnePitch](https://blog.onepitch.co/hubfs/raw_assets/public/OnePitch_May2025/images/onepitch-logo-black.svg "OnePitch")](https://onepitch.co/) - [Product](https://onepitch.co/product-features/overview/) - Media Lists - [MFY Media Lists](https://onepitch.co/media-lists/build) - [DFY Media Lists](https://onepitch.co/media-lists/dfy-media-list-submit/) - Resources - [AI Tools Hub](https://ai-hub.onepitch.co/) - [Contact](https://onepitch.co/contact-us/support) ## Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch WSJ Pro Venture Capital ![Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch WSJ Pro Venture Capital](https://blog.onepitch.co/hubfs/Pitches%20That%20Placed-%20How%20to%20Pitch%20WSJ%20Pro%20VC.jpg) [Pitch Tips](https://blog.onepitch.co/tag/pitch-tips) On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting an exclusive funding announcement that landed coverage in [**WSJ Pro Venture Capital**](https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital). For reference, the WSJ Pro Venture Capital covers venture capital and the global startup ecosystem and is “a premium membership product for elite practitioners, powered by The Wall Street Journal's peerless reporting.” Let’s see why this pitch worked: #### **Let’s take a look at the actual pitch that placed: ** *Subject line: Exclusive for \_\_\_ : $\_\_\_ million for \_\_\_\_ of \_\_\_\_* *Hi \_\_\_\_ -* *Wanted to reach out to see if you'd be interested in taking the exclusive for an upcoming fund announcement from \_\_\_\_\_\_. I believe you've spoken with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the firm's founder and partner before. * *See the details below and let me know if you'd like to take it!* - - *\_\_\_\_ is closing its \_\_\_\_ fund of $\_\_\_\_ million next week* - - *The founder and partner, \_\_\_\_, is utterly remarkable, and you know I see everyone in this VC game! Rather than being a \_\_\_\_\_\_, they decided to put their \_\_\_ degrees to VC to make the most impact* - - *So far, it's working with \_\_\_\_ exits (IPOs and acquisitions) and more coming this year which \_\_\_\_ can talk more on* - - *The formula for \_\_\_\_’s investing success is when all 3 of "the magic triangle" are incentivized or shoved into alignment: the payer, the provider, and the patient* *I have \_\_\_\_ at the ready to chat and a few founders in the portfolio, \_\_\_\_, ready to interview as well. Aiming to get this announced on \_\_\_\_, but we can be flexible!* *Looking forward to hearing from you, \_\_\_\_.*   #### **Our PR bestie explains why it worked:** - “Exciting and LARGE funding announcement”  - “Interesting founder with specific examples listed within email” - “Direct and clear”   \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_   Do you have a pitch that landed your client exceptional coverage that you want to highlight? 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