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For early-stage UK B2B founders

Know where you stand before you raise.

A ten-minute assessment that reads your venture the way an early-stage investor would, then gives you a plan for the next ninety days.

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Funding readiness

5.8/ 9

Pre-Seed Ready
  • Problem
  • Customer
  • Product
  • Market
  • Go-to-market
  • Business model
Example report

How it works

Three short steps

About ten minutes in all.

  1. 12 min

    Your company

    Sector, stage, revenue and who you sell to.

  2. 25 min

    Six maturity questions

    From problem to business model, each on a five-step scale.

  3. 33 min

    Your traction

    Customers, pilots and letters of intent you can evidence today.

What you get

What your report covers

  • A funding readiness score

    One number from 1 to 9 that weighs maturity and traction equally, and says which kind of investor you're ready for.

  • Where you stand

    Each of the six dimensions placed on the scale, so you can see what's ahead of the rest and what's lagging.

  • An investor's reading

    What's working, what's holding you back, and what the next round will want to see. Plain English, no flattery.

  • A 90-day plan

    Three priorities with specific actions and the evidence each should produce. Yours to keep as a PDF.

The report is only as useful as your answers. Choose what your evidence supports today, not where you hope to be.

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