Why deeptech founders choose Michi over Folk.
Folk is a beautiful contact management tool, and it is very good at keeping track of people. But if you need to manage a hospital pilot alongside a grant application and an investor roadshow, Folk gives you a contact list. Michi gives you a platform.
What each of us is built to hold.
| Feature | Folk | Michi |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial pilot tracking | FolkPartial | MichiYes |
| Grant applications you submit | FolkNo | MichiFirst class |
| Fundraising round management | FolkPartial | MichiFirst class |
| Strategic partnership tracking | FolkPartial | MichiYes |
| AI briefings from your data | FolkPartial | MichiNative |
| Email sync (Gmail + Outlook) | FolkYes | MichiYes |
| Founder-specific AI prompts | FolkNo | MichiYes |
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Folk tracks contacts. Michi tracks relationships.
Folk is a contact book with tagging and sequences. Michi gives you purpose-built pipelines for pilots, grants, partnerships, and fundraising, each with stages, custom fields, and AI context that makes sense for that type of deal.
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Michi AI knows what a grant is.
Folk AI helps you write cold emails. Michi knows the difference between an NIH SBIR application and a Horizon Europe consortium call, and its AI tools read your actual pipeline to brief you before a meeting.
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