successful cold emailing
A very solid collection of wildly successful cold emails
October 25, 2025 · 2 min read · writing, startups
cold emailing is very powerful, but doing it effectively is a very difficult task. There are so many things to consider, before sending out an email. This is a collection of successful cold emails I’ve found around the web.
This is meant to be a repository of successful cold emails that converted and created impact.
These only cover cold emailing as an individual to a decision maker about something you want to get done. Not any other use cases.
ramanujan cold mailing hardy in 1913
This was the cold mail from Ramanujan then a clerk in madras to G.H.Hardy. which opened the door for ramanujan studying in Trinity College.
tyler the creator to a record label
elliot lindberg getting hired at lovable
allie janoch cold email to $2.5m investment
richard zheng to mark cuban
Followup
cold email to f1 world champion
cold emailing arianna huffington to work at huffpost
Arianna’s reply
druv ghulati raising $500k from mark cuban
soham parekh on working 5 simultaneous silicon valley jobs
Soham Parekh got very popular, for getting caught working at up to 5 jobs at the same time for multiple years. He had a habit of cold emailing YC founders and getting them to respond.
NGL this is a very good cold email. it capture attention and keeps you engaged, if you’re a decision maker.
devanshu getting hired on cal.com
arun messaging gdb
