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Check investor readiness
A practical checklist for finding the gaps in your fundraising story before you spend time on outreach. This score is directional, not a prediction of investment.
Six readiness checks
0/6 yesYour next preparation steps
Define the buyer and problem
Interview five people in one customer segment. Record the last time the problem happened, what they did and who paid. Write a buyer/problem statement using those observations.
Use the customer validation plan →Name the milestone this raise buys
Write the observable result, deadline, people and costs. Separate the amount you want from the amount the milestone requires.
Build the milestone and valuation worksheet →Make the cash plan match
List monthly cash collections and payments. Add a slower-sales case, then show the lowest cash point and how long the raise lasts.
Complete weeks 9–12 →Show customer evidence
Separate interviews, unpaid trials, paid pilots and recurring sales. For each measure record its period, denominator and source, then choose the next proof point.
Build the evidence slide →Make the pitch understandable
Run a two-minute cold-read of your deck. Ask someone to repeat the buyer, problem, evidence and ask; revise whichever part they miss.
Use the annotated deck and template →Choose investors whose mandate fits
Shortlist five organizations. Compare geography, stage, sector and capital type with your milestone; record why each fits before outreach.
Compare angel investors and networks →No founder information is saved. Download or print the readout and use it to choose the highest-impact preparation gap.