Foveate for Business Development
Chase the right pursuits. Walk in knowing the client.
Find open RFPs in your market, go/no-go each one against your portfolio and team, research the client and the committee before the first call, and see which pursuits are moving.
What changes for business development
Fewer, better pursuits
A fit score with the gaps named, before anyone spends a weekend on the proposal.
No cold first meetings
A dossier on the client, the committee, and the firms they've hired before.
Calls with a reason
See who opened the proposal and what held them, then call with something to say.
From the RFP to the follow-up call
Research, qualification, and engagement in one place, instead of spread across a CRM, a shared drive, and your inbox.
RFP Research
Decide what to chase before anyone writes a word.
Have Deep Research scan the web for open RFPs in your market, or upload one you already have. Foveate pulls out the scope, criteria, and every requirement, then checks it against your portfolio, team resumes, and past proposals.
- Deep Research that scans the web for open RFPs and opportunities
- A go/no-go score with the gaps named
- A compliance matrix of every requirement
- Who they hire: the firms this client has chosen before, with sources
- A next-steps checklist from research to filing
- Research the RFPKey findingsBuild the compliance matrix
- Match to portfolio & peopleWho they hireGo / No-Go
- Draft the written proposal
- Check the proposal against the RFPScore the draft as the panel wouldFile the proposal in Studio
Client Profiler
Research the prospect before the first call.
Name a client or a person, and Foveate researches them: what they value, how they decide, and how to approach them. Use it on a prospect you haven't met, or on the committee behind an RFP.
- Research on the person and the organization
- Priorities, preferences, and decision style
- Guidance on how to pitch, present, and follow up
Core driver
Certainty on cost and schedule
Evaluates proposals by
Will lose interest if
Stakeholder Networks
Map who decides, and who influences.
Lay out the decision makers, sponsors, and influencers behind a pursuit and how they relate. Then simulate how each one might respond to your pitch.
- Roles and reporting lines for every stakeholder
- Simulated conversations with the committee
- Research the issuer and committee straight from the RFP
Proposal Insights
Know which pursuits are moving.
The pipeline shows your win rate, weighted forecast, and what's closing soon. Each proposal shows who opened it and which sections held them, so you know when to call and what to say.
- Win rate, pipeline by stage, and a closing timeline
- Opens and time on each section, per person
- A notification when the client opens it
Pipeline by stage
$4.2M openNeeds attention
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What BD directors use in Foveate
RFP Research
Find open RFPs, then go/no-go, compliance matrix, and who they hire.
Client Profiler
A dossier on any prospect before you reach out.
Stakeholder Networks
The committee mapped, and a pitch simulated against it.
Proposal Insights
Pipeline, win rate, and who read each proposal.
Project Rooms
A secure room for pursuit collateral.
Presentations
Interview decks and leave-behinds the client can explore.
Questions BD directors ask
- What does the go/no-go look at?
- Your portfolio, team resumes, past proposals, and firm profile, checked against the RFP's scope and criteria. You get a fit score with the gaps named, plus the firms the client has hired before.
- Can Foveate find RFPs for us?
- Yes. Ask Deep Research to scan the web for open RFPs and opportunities in your market or sector, and it returns a brief of what it found, with sources. It searches the public web, so RFPs that only live behind a procurement-portal login won't show up, and a bid-board subscription still covers those. A run costs about 60 credits.
- How is Foveate different from a CRM?
- A CRM tracks contacts and deals. Foveate covers the work around them: researching the client before you pitch, qualifying the RFP, and seeing how the proposal was read after you send it. Most firms run both.
- Can the whole BD team see the pipeline?
- Yes. Teams share one workspace, and the pursuit dashboard in Insights shows win rate, pipeline by stage, and what's closing. The pursuit dashboard is on Max, and every new account gets 7 days of Pro to try it.
- Does Foveate research the selection committee?
- Yes. From an RFP, Foveate can research the issuer and the committee, and build a stakeholder network you can simulate a pitch against.
Foveate for the rest of your team
Know the client before the first call.
Start free with 200 AI credits and 7 days of Pro. Bring an RFP you're deciding on.