Private equity networking, done for you
Paperclip emails PE associates at the funds you want, from your own inbox every weekday, months before on-cycle starts. Follow-ups included. $149 a month, only 10 students per school.
Short answer
A networking concierge finds the right professionals, writes each one a personal email, sends it from your own inbox and follows up until they reply. Paperclip is a networking concierge for students recruiting into private equity: every weekday it emails associates at the funds you pick, months before on-cycle starts, alumni from your school first, and you take the calls.
What you get
- New people who fit your targets, emailed every weekday from your own Gmail or Outlook
- Alumni from your school first, verified addresses only
- Two follow-ups on every email, stopped the moment someone replies
- Your first three emails to read before anything sends
- Interview prep and a recap of your week every Friday
What it costs compared with the alternatives
| Option | Who does the work | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Paperclip Concierge | Paperclip finds the people, writes and sends each email, and follows up. You take the calls. | 14 days free, then $149 a month |
| Doing it yourself (LinkedIn, an alumni database, a cold-email tool) | You find each address, write each email and track every follow-up. | Free or cheap, plus hours of your time every week |
| A coaching program | A coach teaches you how to network. You still send every email. | $647 to $11,000 |
Frequently asked questions
Isn’t this just spam?
Each email is written against that specific person’s background and yours, and it goes out from your own inbox at a human pace. It reads like the email you’d have written if you had six hours per person.
Who is behind Paperclip?
People who have been through it. We worked at a bulge bracket bank and went through MBB recruiting, multiple superdays included. We built Paperclip to do the part that decided it for us: getting in front of the right people early, from your own inbox, while you focus on the conversations.
Will they know I used a tool?
They see a normal email from your address. You read your first three emails before anything sends, you can edit or skip any queued email, and every reply lands in your inbox. You own the conversation from the first line.
I’m a freshman. Too early?
It’s the best time. The relationships that produce a junior-year referral start two years before the application does, and nobody expects a freshman to ask for anything.
Do you guarantee interviews?
No, and be suspicious of anyone who does. We get you in front of far more people than you could reach alone, at a reply rate several times the typical outreach norm. What you say on the call is yours.