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Build a Fresh, Verified CTO Email List

  • Target CTOs, VP Engineering, and Heads of Engineering by tech stack, industry, size, and geo
  • Every email verified in real time, so you skip the bounces of a bought CTO email list
  • Describe your ideal technical buyer in plain English and get a ready-to-use list in minutes
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CTOs at Series B dev-tools startups in the US
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Peter LindqvistPeter Lindqvist
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98%
Role Match

Peter holds the CTO title, directly matching the search.

Funding Stage

Buildforge raised a $38M Series B in 2025, matching the target funding stage.

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Danielle OstranderDanielle Ostrander
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96%
Industry

Pipeworks Dev builds CI/CD developer tooling, matching the dev-tools industry filter.

Funding Stage

The company is at Series B, matching the target stage.

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Aaron FeldsteinAaron Feldstein
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94%
Role Match

Aaron holds the CTO title, matching the target role.

Industry

Codegate Labs builds developer tooling, within the dev-tools search filter.

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Wei ChenWei Chen
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92%
Funding Stage

Runtime Forge is a Series B startup, matching the target funding stage.

Geography

Based in Austin, TX, within the US target geography.

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Runtime ForgeCTO & Co-FounderemailCheckUS iconUS
Natalie BrossardNatalie Brossard
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90%
Industry

Devstack Systems builds internal developer platforms, matching the dev-tools industry.

Funding Stage

The company raised its Series B round, matching the target stage.

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Peter Lindqvist
Peter Lindqvist
Buildforge

Chief Technology Officer at Buildforge, a Series B developer-tools startup that raised $38M in 2025. Leads a 45-person engineering org building CI/CD infrastructure for enterprise teams.

San Francisco, CA, US
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A smarter way to build a CTO email list

Instead of buying a stale CTO email list, search 700M+ professional profiles across 100+ B2B and web sources to build a fresh one on demand — verified, targeted to your exact tech stack and market, and ready to work the day you search. Pair it with your broader sales intelligence stack to prioritize accounts already showing buying signals.

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Search in plain English

Describe the engineering leaders you want — like "CTOs at Series B dev-tools startups in the US" — and Lessie turns it into a precise search, returning matching CTOs in minutes.

  • No boolean strings or filters to learn
  • Target CTO, VP Eng, and Head of Engineering
  • Refine and re-run instantly
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Target by tech stack

Filter engineering leaders by the tools their company runs — say, Kubernetes and Snowflake, or React and AWS — so your outreach speaks to the stack they already own.

  • Technographic targeting, not guesswork
  • Filter by industry, company size, and geo
  • Reach the CTOs who fit your product
Verified emails, not stale rows

Every email is checked at roughly 95%+ accuracy before it reaches your list, so you skip the bounces and burned sender reputation that come with a bought CTO email list.

  • Real-time email verification
  • Cross-checked against multiple sources
  • Cleaner data into your CRM
Fresh, built on demand

Generate a list live against your criteria the moment you need it — B2B contact data decays roughly 30% a year, so re-running the search regularly keeps your pipeline current instead of aging in a spreadsheet.

  • No waiting on a vendor file
  • Titles reflect reality today
  • Export to CSV or push to your stack
700M+
Professional profiles searchable
100+
B2B & web data sources
95%+
Email deliverability
Minutes
From search to verified list

Lessie vs a bought CTO email list

A bought list is a decaying snapshot — B2B contact data decays roughly 30% a year — and a generic database still leaves you filtering by hand. Lessie builds a verified, tech-stack-targeted CTO email list on demand, at the moment you search.

What mattersBought CTO email listGeneric B2B databaseLessie
Email accuracyUnverified, high bounce ratesPartly verified, varies by recordVerified in real time
Data freshnessStatic snapshot, decays monthlyRefreshed on a fixed cadenceBuilt live at search time
Tech-stack targetingNoneLimited add-on, extra costFilter by language, cloud, tools
Company size & industryCoarse categoriesFilterable but manualPrecise, plain-English filters
GeographyBroad regions onlyCountry / region filtersCountry, region, or city
Time to a usable listSales call, then wait for a fileHours of manual filteringMinutes, self-serve

Who builds a CTO email list with Lessie

If you sell to, recruit, or partner with engineering leaders, Lessie can build a segment as narrow as CTOs at Series B dev-tools startups in the US. Here is how four types of teams put it to work.

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Dev-tools & infra SaaS
"CTOs at Series B dev-tools startups in the US"

Reach the technical buyers who evaluate and approve developer tooling, targeted by the stack they run so your pitch lands with context.

Developer toolsInfrastructureTech-stack fit
Cloud & security vendors
"VP of Engineering at cloud security companies in Europe"

Build a list of engineering leaders responsible for cloud and security decisions, filtered by region and company size for focused outbound.

CloudSecurityEnterprise
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Technical recruiters
"Heads of Engineering at 50-200 person fintechs"

Source engineering leaders for executive search or map a talent pool, with verified emails so first-touch outreach actually reaches them.

Executive searchFintechTalent mapping
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IT services & consulting
"CTOs at mid-market IT services firms in the UK"

Find the engineering decision-makers who buy implementation, migration, and managed services, targeted by industry and geography.

IT servicesConsultingMid-market

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FAQ

Get answers to common questions about Lessie AI.

What is a CTO email list?

A CTO email list is a set of chief technology officers and senior engineering leaders — VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, and similar roles — paired with their verified work email addresses. Most teams buy one, but bought lists go stale fast: B2B contact data decays roughly 30% a year, and CTOs at high-growth startups change jobs even faster than that average. With Lessie you build a fresh CTO email list on demand, filtered to the exact tech stack, company size, industry, and geography you sell into, so every contact is relevant the day you reach out.

How does Lessie build a CTO email list?

You describe who you want in plain English — for example, "CTOs at Series B dev-tools startups in the US." Lessie searches across 100+ B2B and web sources, matches profiles to your criteria, verifies each email in real time, and returns a structured list. It works the same way as our CTO finder, so the same query can power outbound, account research, and technical recruiting without switching tools or waiting on a vendor to ship a static file.

Are the emails on the list verified?

Yes — every address is checked at roughly 95%+ accuracy before it reaches your list, so you avoid bounces and protect your sender reputation. If you already own a bought CTO email list, you can also run it through our email verifier to catch stale or risky addresses before you send. Verification is the difference between a list that lands in inboxes and one that quietly burns your domain — especially when you are contacting senior technical leaders at scale.

Can I target CTOs by tech stack?

Yes, and it is one of the biggest reasons to build a list instead of buying one. You can filter for engineering leaders whose companies run a specific language, framework, cloud, or database — the same technographic targeting that powers precise outbound. Want CTOs at companies using Kubernetes and Snowflake, or React and AWS? Describe it and Lessie returns matching contacts. Tech-stack targeting means your message speaks directly to the tools the CTO already owns.

How is this better than buying a CTO email list?

Bought lists are static snapshots that decay fast — B2B contact data decays roughly 30% a year as people change roles, so emails go stale within months and you pay for rows you cannot verify. Lessie generates the list live against your exact criteria at the moment you search, so titles and contact details reflect reality today — the same live-search approach behind our B2B lead generation workflow. You also control the definition of a good contact — role, tech stack, size, and geo — instead of accepting whatever a vendor packaged, which means higher match rates and far less list scrubbing.

What can I do with the list once it is built?

You can export any list to CSV or push it straight into your outreach and CRM stack. Because each record carries a verified email, current title, and company context, the data lands ready to segment and sequence — no manual cleanup. Teams typically pull a fresh set of CTO contacts, enrich the fields they need, and hand off to their sequencing tool in a single pass, then re-run the search whenever they want a new batch of engineering leaders.

Is Lessie free to try for building a CTO email list?

Yes — you can run real CTO searches, filter by tech stack, company size, industry, and geography, and review verified results before you pay anything, so you can confirm match quality and email accuracy fit your ICP before committing budget to a paid plan. The paid plan unlocks unlimited verified contacts, natural-language search, and CSV export at $39.9/mo — far less than the recurring cost of re-buying a static CTO email list every time it goes stale.

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