Investment Readiness / Audit
v1.0 · Pre-seed / Seed Diagnostic

Know if your startup is
actually fundable.

We evaluate your business across growth, retention, monetization, and defensibility using structured investment frameworks. No narratives. Just signal.

Start Investment Readiness AuditSee how it works
~12 min
Audit length
5
Engines evaluated
0–100
Readiness score
Investor-grade
Diagnostic output

01 · Problem

Most startups don't fail
from lack of funding.

They fail from weak fundamentals. The kind investors detect in the first ten minutes of a call and politely never mention.

  • No retention engine. Users try the product and disappear.
  • Weak unit economics dressed up as growth.
  • Misleading traction metrics — vanity, not validation.
  • No distribution advantage. Acquisition is one-off and expensive.
  • No scalable growth loop. Every dollar in produces one dollar out.

02 · Framework

The five engines.

A startup is the sum of five compounding systems. The audit evaluates each one independently — and how they connect.

01Strong

Acquisition

How users discover your product, and whether the channel is repeatable.

Repeatable channel
02Weak

Activation

How quickly users reach first value, and what fraction of them get there.

Time-to-value unclear
03Weak

Retention

Whether users keep coming back — the single hardest signal to fake.

Cohort flatline
04Strong

Monetization

How value becomes revenue, and whether pricing matches willingness to pay.

Willingness to pay
05Missing

Expansion

How users compound — through more usage, more seats, or more users.

No growth loop

03 · Process

A diagnostic system, not a survey.

  1. STEP 01

    Input startup data

    Structured prompts across team, market, product, traction, and readiness. Specific. No vibes.

  2. STEP 02

    System evaluates all 5 engines

    Each engine is scored against investor benchmarks. Open-ended claims are validated, not trusted.

  3. STEP 03

    Receive investor-grade report

    Readiness score, engine breakdown, risk flags, and a verdict. The same lens a partner uses.

04 · Output

What you receive.

A structured report — not a marketing PDF. Designed to be read by you, or forwarded to an investor without explanation.

Sample Report · ACME.io
v1.0
Readiness
53
/ 100
Needs refinement
Acquisition
78
Activation
54
Retention
41
Monetization
72
Expansion
22
Verdict: Needs refinement. Retention and expansion engines below investor threshold. Acquisition + monetization are credible.
Readiness Score
0–100 weighted by investor priors
Engine Breakdown
All five systems, scored independently
Risk Flags
Green / amber / red, with rationale
Verdict
Ready · Needs refinement · Not investable

Final

Get your Investment
Readiness Score.

Start Audit

~12 minutes. No account required.