Investor Conviction Engine · 0/29 answered

Engine · 100 points

Would a serious VC
take a second meeting?

Answer honestly. The scoring is designed to penalise gaming — vague answers, overclaiming a moat, or claiming "Hard to replicate" without evidence will lower your score.

Section A

Founder Quality

25 pts

Founder–Market Fit

How closely does your background relate to the problem you're solving?

Max 5 pts

Founder Commitment

What is your current level of commitment?

Max 5 pts

Team Composition

Max 5 pts

Learning Velocity

What major assumption about your market changed in the last 12 months? Be specific.

Max 5 pts

Founder Resilience

Describe the hardest challenge you've overcome while building this company.

Max 5 pts

Section B

Market Opportunity

20 pts

Market Timing

Why is now the right time?

Max 5 pts

Market Size

Explain your market size bottom-up (users × ACV → SOM). Vague TAM answers score weak.

Max 5 pts

Venture-Scale Potential

Can this realistically become a $100M+ company?

Max 5 pts

Competitive Positioning

Max 5 pts

Section C

Product-Market Fit & Defensibility

25 pts

Product Stage

Max 3 pts

Customer Pain Intensity

Max 4 pts

Customer Retention (90 days)

Max 5 pts

Product Pull

If your product disappeared tomorrow, how would customers react?

Max 4 pts

User Engagement

Max 4 pts

Core Moat

Investors care whether the moat is believable, not which type it is.

Max 3 pts

Replication Difficulty

How hard is this to replicate? If you claim 'Hard' but your moat explanation is weak, score is automatically reduced.

Max 2 pts

Section D

Business & Traction

20 pts

Revenue Status

Max 3 pts

Revenue Scale (MRR)

Max 3 pts

Monthly Growth

Max 5 pts

Unit Economics (CAC / LTV)

Pick your understanding, then explain how CAC and LTV were calculated.

Max 4 pts

Acquisition Engine

Max 5 pts

Section E

Investment Readiness

10 pts

Incorporation

Max 2 pts

Founder Equity Structure

Max 3 pts

IP Ownership

Max 3 pts

Legal Risk

Max 2 pts

Section F

Exit & Data Room

Exit Strategy

Have you thought about your exit strategy?

Max 5 pts

Data Room Completeness

Tick everything you currently have. Scored out of 10 based on coverage.

Max 10 pts

0/60 documents · 0/10 score

Ready for the verdict? You'll get a score, an investor memo, and a list of reasons you'd get a pass.