# Dean's List (Powered by higgins.ai)

> Dean's List is the Higgins AI product that finds, scores and contacts the right investors for a startup: venture capital, family offices, high net worth individuals, angels, strategics and non-dilutive funders (grants, loans, foundations). It uses the Higgins P.I.T.C.H. 100-point investor-fit score; the companion S.A.L.E.s system and P.U.R.E.S. scoring find and rank sales prospects. Higgins is patented (US9971979B2). The app is at https://higgins.ai; the company website is https://higginsassistant.com. Try Dean's List risk free, no credit card required. Enterprise clients receive a 130% minimum ROI guarantee in Year 1 under a Statement of Work.

## Key facts
- P.I.T.C.H. = Positioning, Investment capacity, Traction/stage fit, Contactability, Heft; 5 x 20 points = 100. Tiers: 1 (80-100), 2 (66-79), 3 (52-65), 4 (<52). Every score cites a fact; missing data is never guessed.
- S.A.L.E.s = Sourcing, Assessing, Listening, Empowering. P.U.R.E.S. = Profitability, Urgency, Reachability, Engagement, Sustainability (1-5 each; Tier 1A/1B/1C).
- HigginsReports Full Serve: QuickStart $149, Grow $395, Accelerate $695. Starter pay-per-use plan from $0/month (10 requests).
- Contact: support@higgins.ai, 1.855.737.3386, 2550 Pacific Ave. Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75226. Use the "Contact Higgins" buttons; users sign in at https://higgins.ai.

## Main pages
- [Home](https://deanslist.higgins.business/): Dean's List overview, video and testimonials
- [S.A.L.E.s system](https://deanslist.higgins.business/sales/): sourcing, assessing, listening, empowering; P.U.R.E.S. scoring
- [P.I.T.C.H. investor scoring](https://deanslist.higgins.business/pitch/): how Higgins finds VCs, family offices, HNW investors and non-dilutive funding
- [Masterclass](https://deanslist.higgins.business/masterclass/): live masterclass series and due-diligence toolkit
- [Pricing](https://deanslist.higgins.business/pricing/): HigginsReports plans and Dean's List
- [Testimonials](https://deanslist.higgins.business/testimonials/): 66 selected testimonials
- [About Higgins and higgins.ai](https://deanslist.higgins.business/about-higgins/): company, method and app
- [Contact Higgins](https://deanslist.higgins.business/contact/): e-mail, call or form

## Blog: AI for fundraising and sales
- [How to Use AI to Find Investors in 2026: 5-Step Workflow](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/how-to-use-ai-to-find-investors-2026/): A practical five-stage workflow for using AI to find investors: write a thesis, build a sourced list, score fit, send tier-matched outreach and follow up on a schedule.
- [AI Investor Matching vs Spray and Pray: Precision Wins](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/ai-investor-matching-vs-spray-and-pray/): Volume used to be a fundraising tactic; now investor inboxes are saturated with templated outreach. See how AI investor matching and fit scoring compare with spray and pray.
- [Investor Fit Score Explained: The P.I.T.C.H. 100-Point System](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/pitch-score-investor-fit-explained/): A plain-English walk through the P.I.T.C.H. investor fit score: the five 20-point dimensions, how tiers sequence outreach, why every score cites a fact, and what a Dean's List dashboard contains.
- [Find Family Offices & HNW Investors With AI (2026 Guide)](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/find-family-offices-high-net-worth-investors-with-ai/): Family offices now invest directly at scale, but they are hard to find and harder to reach. Here is the 2026 data, how to approach each type of private investor, and how P.I.T.C.H. scores heft and contactability.
- [Non-Dilutive Funding: Grants, Loans & AI Guide](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/non-dilutive-funding-grants-loans-ai/): Non-dilutive funding can extend runway without giving up equity, but it is scattered and slow. Learn how to sort grants, loans and foundations into a scored pipeline, write a case for funding and align your data room.
- [AI Pitch Deck, Data Room & Due Diligence Readiness](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/ai-pitch-deck-data-room-due-diligence/): Investors may skim your deck in minutes, then test every claim. Learn how to structure the deck, stage a data room, score diligence readiness and clean up your cap table before outreach.
- [Startup Fundraising Timeline: Why It's Longer in 2026](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/why-fundraising-takes-longer-ai-shortens-it/): Venture totals hit records in 2026, yet rounds take longer and the seed-to-Series-A gap has stretched. Here is what the data shows, where AI genuinely saves time, and a 90-day plan.
- [AI Sales Prospecting for Startups: Data, Costs and Tactics](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/ai-sales-prospecting-for-startups/): AI sales prospecting is mainstream, but results range from 1% to 25% reply rates depending on approach. See the 2026 data on AI SDRs, benchmarks, deliverability and cost per meeting.
- [The S.A.L.E.s Sales System: Sourcing to Empowering Guide](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/sales-system-sourcing-assessing-listening-empowering/): A stage-by-stage guide to Higgins' S.A.L.E.s sales system: how Sourcing, Assessing, Listening and Empowering work, plus P.U.R.E.S. tiers and an eight-week rollout. Higgins-reported metrics are clearly labelled.
- [AI Adoption Challenges for Startups: Fixes That Work](https://deanslist.higgins.business/blog/startup-ai-adoption-challenges-higgins-solution/): Seven AI adoption challenges for startups, including data quality, hallucinated investors, tool overload and the pilot-to-production gap, each with a practical fix and an honest look at where Higgins fits.

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