How to Run Email Campaigns to Montreal’s Funded Companies Hiring Software Engineers (2026)

Quick Answer: Once you’ve built a list of funded companies hiring software engineers in Montreal with Origami, you can send email sequences directly from the same platform — no CSV exports or separate tools needed. Origami has a built‑in email sequencer: paste your templates (or let the AI write them), set delays between touches, and track opens, clicks, and replies alongside the enriched prospect data you already have. This guide walks you through refining that list and running a high‑converting campaign to land meetings with Montreal’s fastest‑growing tech employers.

If you haven’t built your prospect list yet, start with the companion post: how to build a list of Funded Companies Hiring Software Engineers in Montreal. You can begin on Origami’s free plan — 1,000 credits, no credit card required — and enrich enough contacts to test a small campaign.

But let’s assume the list is ready. A raw list of names, email addresses, and company details is just potential energy. What turns it into meetings is a crisp, multi‑touch email sequence that respects a founder’s or engineering leader’s time while speaking directly to their realities: the race to scale after a raise, the unique Montreal talent market, and the operational rhythms of a funded tech company.

I’ve run dozens of campaigns like this. Below is the exact workflow I use, with a sequence you can copy, adapt, and launch today — all from inside Origami.

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Step 1: Refine the List Before You Send

You already have a list of funded companies actively hiring software engineers in Montreal. Perhaps you used a prompt like:

“Funded startups in Montreal with open software engineer roles posted in the last 30 days, give me the hiring manager’s name, work email, and company details.”

Origami returned a table of contacts: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, Heads of Talent, maybe a few founders. That’s a great start, but even an AI‑enriched list benefits from a quick human pass. Here’s what I do before loading anyone into the sequencer.

1. Strip out the wrong decision‑makers

For a company hiring software engineers, the person who can actually buy your service (recruiting, tools, consulting) is rarely the HR coordinator or the junior recruiter who posted the job. Look for titles like:

• CTO / VP Engineering / Head of Engineering
• Founder (if the company is <50 people, they often own hiring directly)
• Director of Platform or Engineering Manager

Generic titles like “Talent Acquisition Specialist” or “HR Business Partner” are gatekeepers, not buyers. If those names appear, remove them unless you’re specifically selling HR‑oriented software.

Origami’s enrichment often surfaces multiple contacts per company. For this campaign, keep only the most senior technical leader — no more than one contact per company.

2. Filter by funding stage and recency

A Series A company that closed its round six months ago is still eager to hire, but the urgency is different from one that announced a $4M seed in the last two months. I segment quickly:

• Seed (< 2 months old): High urgency. They likely need to go from 5 to 15 engineers fast. Your messaging should emphasize speed and quality.
• Series A (2–10 months old): Scaling at a sustainable pace. They’re building processes and care about retention, not just speed.
• Later stage (Series B+) or funding older than 12 months: The hiring need is real but less tied to a recent cash injection. These are lower priority for a cold outbound campaign, unless you see they’ve posted multiple new roles in the last two weeks.

I keep only companies whose most recent round was announced within the last nine months, with a bias toward the most recent five months. This keeps the list urgent.

3. Check the job‑posting signals

Look at the job titles the company is advertising. Are they looking for senior/staff engineers, machine learning specialists, or full‑stack developers? The role type shapes your angle. If they’re hiring for an AI team, you might reference Montreal’s deep learning talent (MILA, universities). If they’re hiring generalists, the message can be broader.

Also, if the same role has been open for 60+ days, that’s a pain point you can reference later — it signals they’re struggling to fill the role.

4. Trim down to a manageable first batch

For a first campaign, I’d load 30–50 highly qualified contacts. It’s better to test messaging on a small, refined list than to blast 300 semi‑relevant names. With Origami’s free plan you can handle a batch that size without spending a dime.

Once I’ve got a clean, segmented list of decision‑makers at funded Montreal companies that are actively seeking the kind of engineer my product supports, I’m ready to write the sequence.

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Step 2: Build the 3‑Touch Email Sequence

Here’s where most guides fall short. They give you a generic template that could be sent to any SaaS founder. This audience — a funded Montreal company hiring software engineers — has distinct triggers:

• They just raised capital and need to deploy it on talent.
• The Montreal market is tight; great engineers get multiple offers.
• The city’s tech ecosystem is split between local Francophone talent and global remote workers, which affects outreach and culture.
• Decision‑makers are often product‑minded and allergic to sales jargon.

Every message below is written for that reality. You can use them as they are, or customize the offer. They’re designed to be 50–100 words, direct, and skimmable on a phone.

Within Origami, you have two ways to create this sequence:

Option A: Paste your own templates. Write the three emails yourself (or copy mine below), paste them into the sequencer, set the delay between each touch (e.g., Day 1, Day 3, Day 7), and hit “Launch.”

Option B: Let the AI agent generate it. Tell Origami’s agent something like:

“Write a personalized 3‑touch email sequence for each lead on my list. The audience is CTOs/Engineering leaders at funded Montreal startups hiring software engineers. Focus on speed‑to‑hire and the city’s competitive talent pool. Keep messages under 100 words and use a casual, direct tone.”

The agent will pull profile data — title, company, industry — and bake in custom details so every message feels handwritten. You can then review and tweak before sending.

Below is the exact sequence I’ve used (and tweaked over dozens of campaigns). I’ll present it as Option A templates.

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Touch 1: The Cold Opener (Day 1)

Subject: Montreal engineering team scaling? Preview text: Quick idea for your next hires

Hi ,

Saw raised and is hiring software engineers in Montreal. That’s a competitive market — top talent gets multiple offers.

I help funded startups like yours fill senior engineering roles without going through agencies. We’ve placed 15+ engineers in the city this year, from Polytechnique grads to ex‑Shopify leads.

Worth a quick call to see if our pipeline can give you an edge?

Cheers,

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Why this works: It acknowledges their precise situation (raising, hiring, Montreal), implies social proof, and asks for a small yes. No platitudes.

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Touch 2: The Different Angle (Day 3)

Subject: Still filling those Montreal roles? Preview text: The talent market’s moving fast

Hi ,

Just bumping my note from a couple of days back.

Montreal’s engineering pool is tight — and with so many funded startups competing, time‑to‑hire can stretch. Our sourcing method finds engineers who aren’t on job boards but are open to the right challenge. It typically cuts fill time by ~2 weeks.

Would a 10‑minute intro later this week make sense? No worries if things are already under control.

Best,

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Instead of repeating the first email, this tug adds a concrete benefit (shorter time‑to‑fill) and removes pressure with a soft no‑worries line.

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Touch 3: The Breakup (Day 7)

Subject: Closing the loop Preview text: Final follow‑up

Hi ,

I’ve tried reaching you a couple of times about helping ’s engineering hiring in Montreal. If scaling the team isn’t a pain right now, no hard feelings.

If it becomes one later — especially if you suddenly need three more senior devs by next quarter — my door is open.

Good luck with the push. Montreal is a fantastic place to build.

Cheers,

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The breakup gives the recipient an off‑ramp, keeps the door open, and leaves a positive impression. Many replies come on this third touch from people who were simply too busy earlier.

Customizing for different segments: If you split the list by funding stage, you can create variants. For seed‑stage companies, I might make Touch 1 more aggressive: “Your seed round gives you maybe 18 months to hit the next milestone. The right first engineering hire can make or break that timeline.” For Series A, I’d emphasize process and retention: “Scaling to 30+ engineers means you need more than raw talent — you need people who’ll stick and build culture.”

Both versions live in Origami’s sequencer as different campaigns, launched against the respective sub‑lists.

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Step 3: Launch the Sequence Directly From Origami

Here’s where Origami saves you hours of duct‑taping tools together.

After you paste your templates (or approve the agent‑generated ones) and set the delays — typical cadence Day 1, Day 3, Day 7 — you click “Launch.” That’s it. The sequencer handles delivery, threading, and tracking. You never export a CSV or juggle an SMTP service.

What happens after you hit “Launch”

All touchpoints fire automatically. Recipients get the first email on the day you set. If they don’t reply, Touch 2 goes out after the delay, then Touch 3. You can adjust the gap (I like business days, not calendar days) for each step.

Open, click, and reply tracking live in the same dashboard where you built the list. You can see exactly which contacts opened multiple times, who clicked a link, and who replied — without switching apps. Next to a contact’s activity, you still see their enriched profile: title, company, technologies used, the funding signal that got them on your list in the first place. That context makes every reply easier to handle.

Automatic un‑enrollment stops you from looking foolish. If someone replies — even a “not interested” — Origami removes them from the sequence. You won’t send a breakup email after a live conversation starts. It’s a small thing that prevents reputational damage.

No extra sending fees. The sequencer itself is included on all paid plans. You’re only paying for the credits used to enrich leads. Once the contacts are in your account, sending the sequence costs nothing additional. Even on the free plan, those 1,000 credits let you test a small campaign end‑to‑end.

Response rates you can expect

For this specific audience — funded Montreal companies actively hiring — a well‑refined list and a tight 3‑touch sequence typically yields:

• Reply rate: 8–14% (all replies, including “not now”)
• Positive reply / meeting rate: 3–5% of total contacts

That’s based on real sends in 2025‑2026 with 50–contact batches. If you’re seeing below 5% reply rate after two campaigns, the problem is usually either the list (not enough urgency, wrong title) or the message (too generic for the Montreal context). I always check the list first — adding a funding‑recency filter often lifts responses more than rewriting email copy.

When to iterate on messaging vs. when to iterate on the list

If your open rate is above 60% but replies are low, the subject line works but the body doesn’t resonate. Try swapping the angle in Touch 1 from “speed to hire” to “quality of hire,” or reference a specific technology they use (Origami can enrich for tech stack, which makes personalization easy).

If open rates are below 45%, your emails may be landing in promotions or spam, or the list isn’t targeted enough. In that case, trim the list further — only companies with funding <6 months old and hiring for senior roles.

Because everything — enrichment, sequencing, and analytics — lives in Origami, you can run these tests in days, not weeks. You’re not patching feedback loops across separate tools.

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Wrapping up

You started this process by telling Origami what your ideal prospect looks like: funded companies, actively hiring software engineers, located in Montreal. The AI built and enriched the list. Now, with the same tool, you’ve refined that list, loaded a human‑sounding 3‑touch sequence, and launched it — all without leaving one dashboard.

That’s the difference between having a list and running a working pipeline. If a campaign underperforms, the unified view inside Origami tells you whether to fix the audience or the message. No guesswork.

Take the templates above, adapt the offer to your product, and run a small batch this week. The Montreal tech scene is growing fast, and the right email, at the right time, to the right CTO, lands meetings.