Methodology
How the Investability Profile is scored
Private capital runs on trust, and trust should be inspectable. This page explains what we measure, where the evidence comes from, and what the score does and does not mean. No black boxes.
The Capital Quotient
The headline score reads across three dimensions, weighted toward what capital evaluates first at your stage:
Narrative
Can the story be followed and defended? Problem, solution, market, and ask, read the way an investment committee reads them, with claims separated from evidence.
Numbers
Do the figures hold together? Traction, unit economics, and the capital ask, checked for internal consistency and against what the public record supports.
Network
Who stands behind the company? Team footprint, advisors, customers, and prior capital. Corroborated where possible, flagged where not.
The verified layer
A profile is more than a self-assessment. We corroborate the company footprint against independent sources and keep two readings side by side: a verified score built only from what the evidence supports, and a narrative score reflecting the story as presented. The distance between them is a working checklist, never a verdict. Where we find risk, each item is tracked to resolution: resolved, partially resolved, or outstanding.
- Company registries (state filings, OpenCorporates)
- SEC EDGAR (including Form D capital-raise filings)
- Domain records (registration age via RDAP)
- Press, product, and public web footprint
- Founder-supplied materials (deck or structured intake)
Lower, not worse
Early-stage companies score lower by design. A pre-seed company with a real founder, a registered entity, and a thin public footprint is exactly where a legitimate pre-seed should be. The profile marks the position and prescribes the next moves; it does not punish the stage. Every profile is timestamped and versioned, so re-running it after you close gaps shows measurable progress.
The human layer
Nothing reaches an investor-facing surface on the strength of a model alone. Named advisors review profiles before they enter curated rooms, and introductions are made by people, never by an algorithm. The machine screens; people vouch.
What we never do
- Sell or share your deck or founder data without consent.
- Guarantee funding, introductions, or outcomes.
- Present a claimed figure as a verified one.
See how your company reads
Free, private, about ten minutes. One score, the evidence behind it, and the gaps to close before you raise.
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