Startup Readiness Index
The Startup Readiness Index scores how ready your startup is to raise investment, out of 100. It also tells you which gaps an investor is most likely to find and what to fix first.
Find it in the app under Resource Center → Startup Readiness Index. It is available to startups on the Go and Pro plans.
Take the assessment
The tool asks 15 multiple-choice questions, one at a time. They cover paying customers, monthly revenue, growth, retention, runway, financial records, cap table, use of funds, pitch materials, your team and whether the business is registered. It takes about five minutes.
If your startup profile already answers a question, that answer is selected for you. Keep it or pick a different one. Whatever you choose here is only used for the score. It does not change your profile.
Answer honestly. "I do not know" and "We do not track it" are real options, and picking a better answer than the truth only hides the gaps an investor will find anyway.
How the score works
Your answers and your startup profile feed seven pillars. Each pillar gets its own score out of 100, and the overall index combines them. Traction, finances and investor readiness count for more than the others.
- Product & Validation
- Market & Traction
- Business Model
- Financial Readiness
- Team
- Scalability
- Investor Readiness
Product & Validation has no questions in the assessment. It is scored only from your startup profile: problem, solution, target customer, differentiation, competitors and stage. A low bar there usually means those profile answers are empty or a sentence long, and the result page says so.
The same answers always give the same score. AI is only used after scoring, to write the explanation of your gaps.
Readiness bands
Your overall score puts you in one of six bands.
| Score | Band | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 39 | Idea / Not Ready | Significant fundamentals are missing. |
| 40 to 54 | Early Stage | The concept exists, but major validation is still needed. |
| 55 to 69 | Developing | Some investment fundamentals exist, but important gaps remain. |
| 70 to 79 | Almost Ready | Strong foundation. Fix the key weaknesses before fundraising. |
| 80 to 89 | Investment Ready | The startup shows strong investment fundamentals. |
| 90 to 100 | Highly Investment Ready | Ready for active investor conversations. |
Read your result
- Overall score and band, with a short summary of where you stand.
- Readiness breakdown shows a bar for each pillar. Where a pillar depends on your profile, it tells you how many of those profile answers are empty.
- Biggest gaps lists the weakest pillars first, with the answers that pulled each one down. Each is marked as not answered or a thin answer, and comes with actions to take.
- Before you approach investors is a checklist of things to have ready.
- What to do next has a button for each pillar you scored low on. It opens the tool that helps: your startup profile, the AI Funding Calculator, Business Frameworks or Investor Finding.
Improve your score
Your result is saved, and Investor Finding shows it on its Overview tab. After you fix something, click Retake to answer again and get a new score.
- Complete the startup questionnaire, with real detail in problem, solution, target customer and competitors. This is often the fastest gain.
- Build a deck with the Pitch Deck Generator.
- Work out your raise and use of funds with the AI Funding Calculator.
- Write down and sign your cap table and register the company. These cost little and investors check them early.