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Funding Readiness Score

Readiness

Score your startup across the metrics, traction, and signals investors evaluate in under 5 minutes. Know whether you are truly fundable at the round you want.

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Team & Product (self-assess 1-5)

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Overall Score
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Verdict

Runway & Burn Calculator

Metrics

Model your runway with real numbers. Toggle hiring, churn, and revenue scenarios to see how each decision shifts your survival timeline.

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Toggle scenarios:

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Months of Runway
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Net Monthly Burn
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Cash Zero Date

Unit Economics Calculator

Metrics

Calculate CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC ratio, and payback period. The numbers that determine whether your business model works at scale.

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CAC
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LTV
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LTV:CAC
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Payback (months)
LTV:CAC Ratio
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Break-even
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Payback period
Net Customer Value
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At month 36
Reactivation Cost
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Cumulative
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LTV CAC (incl. reactivation) Break-even Profit zone Loss zone
Model Parameters
LTV Ceiling $480
Max revenue per customer
Initial CAC $120
Day-zero acquisition cost
Monthly CAC Growth $2.8
Reactivation spend per month
LTV Growth Rate 0.12
Speed of revenue accumulation
Contract Length 12
Typical contract cycle (months)
LTV:CAC Ratio

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Payback Period

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LTV Plateau & Churn

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Reactivation Investment

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Contribution Margin at Month 36
The green zone between LTV and CAC represents cumulative profit per customer. The red zone before break-even shows the investment recovery period.
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net per customer

Revenue Model Builder

Financial Model

Project your monthly revenue over 18 months using starting MRR, growth rate, and churn. See how compounding works for and against you.

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MRR at Month 6
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MRR at Month 12
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MRR at Month 18
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ARR at Month 18

Headcount & Salary Planner

Financial Model

Plan your team build and see total loaded cost. Headcount is the largest expense for most startups. Model it before you commit.

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Enter headcount per department and average annual salary:

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Total Headcount
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Monthly Loaded Cost
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Annual Loaded Cost

P&L Snapshot

Financial Model

Build a quick monthly P&L summary. Enter your revenue and cost lines, get gross margin, operating margin, and net income at a glance.

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Revenue

Operating Expenses

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Gross Margin %
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Total OpEx
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Net Income
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Net Margin %

Three-Scenario Planner

Financial Model

Model base, bull, and bear cases side-by-side. Every financial model shown to investors should have three scenarios. See how different assumptions change your trajectory.

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Base Case

Adjustment Multipliers

Sensitivity Analysis

Financial Model

See how changes in two key variables affect your outcome. Pick your X and Y drivers, set ranges, and see the resulting matrix of outcomes.

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The table will show: rows = revenue change (-30% to +30%), columns = burn change (-30% to +30%)

Valuation Estimator

Fundraising

Get a stage-appropriate valuation range based on your ARR, growth, and market benchmarks. Not a prediction, but a grounded starting point for negotiations.

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Low Range
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Midpoint
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High Range

Dilution Simulator

Cap Table

See how each funding round dilutes founder ownership. Model option pools, multiple rounds, and understand what you'll actually own at exit.

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Founder % After
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Investor %
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Post-Money Valuation

SAFE vs Convertible Note

Cap Table

Compare pre-money vs post-money SAFEs and convertible notes. See the actual dilution difference that most first-time founders miss.

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SAFE Investor %
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Founder % After
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Effective Price/Share

Multi-Round Dilution Tracker

Cap Table

Track founder dilution across Seed, Series A, and Series B. See cumulative ownership erosion and what you own at exit after three rounds.

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Seed Round

Series A

Series B

Pitch Deck Scorecard

Fundraising

Score your pitch deck across the 10 signals investors evaluate in the first 30 seconds. Identify weak slides before they silently kill your raise.

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Rate each element 1 (weak) to 5 (strong)

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Deck Score
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Verdict

Exit Proceeds Estimator

Exit

Model your exit outcome. See what founders, investors, and option holders actually take home after preferences, participation, and escrow.

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Founder Take-Home
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Investor Returns
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Investor Multiple

Guides & Resources

In-depth references to complement the calculators above.

Fundraising

101 VCs & Angels Open to Cold Outreach in 2026

Verified investors who accept cold pitches. Fund sizes, check sizes, portfolio companies, notable exits, and direct contacts.

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Tools

The Best Business Tools & Services for Founders in 2026

Curated guide to EOR, SaaS, financial services, hosting, AI tools, and business formation platforms.

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Template

Fundraising Readiness Scorecard

Score yourself across 21 items spanning financial model, pitch materials, data room, metrics, and process readiness.

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Template

Investor Update Templates

Monthly and quarterly update templates with structured sections for metrics, wins, challenges, and asks.

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Template

Due Diligence Data Room Checklist

42-item checklist covering every document investors expect in a data room, with status tracking and folder structure.

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