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Free Startup Investment Readiness Assessment Template

Score team, traction, market, defensibility and financial readiness the way an early-stage investor scans, with an AI strengthening plan.

~10 min
5 weighted dimensions
AI PDF Report
AI Consultant
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Score team, traction, market, defensibility and financial readiness the way an early-stage investor scans, with an AI strengthening plan.

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About this template

Fundraising fails less from bad pitches than from unreadiness underneath them: thin traction data, fuzzy market sizing, no financial model a partner could interrogate. This assessment scores a startup the way an early-stage investor scans it — team, traction, market, defensibility, financial readiness — and the AI report ranks the gaps that would surface in diligence, with what to build first. It is a readiness mirror, not a promise of raising.

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Template at a Glance

TemplateStartup Investment Readiness Assessment
CategoryBusiness & Strategy
FormatWeighted 1–5 assessment with personalized AI PDF report
Time to completeAbout 10 minutes per response
What you getA personalized AI report (printable PDF) per response, plus the raw answers
Best forFounders · EIRs and angels · Accelerators
CostFree to copy and customize on FormLM
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What This Assessment Measures

Five dimensions, scored 1–5 and weighted into one result.

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Live Preview

Sample form and AI report preview — fill it in to see live scoring and the report.

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Sample AI report with scoring visuals and recommendations, printable as a PDF.
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Scan the QR on the report to start an AI consultant chat.
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What's Included

Everything you need to run this template.

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Five weighted dimensions

Team, Traction, Market, Defensibility, Financial readiness — each scored 1–5.

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Weighted composite score

A defensible overall view that keeps dimensions separate.

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Personalized AI PDF report

The weakest dimension, what it caps, and a prioritized fix list.

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QR into an AI consultant chat

Every report links a chat trained on this topic for follow-ups.

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How It Works

From copy to deliverable in four steps.

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Use This Template

Copy the assessment, scoring and report settings into your FormLM workspace — free.

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Customize

Adjust dimensions and weights to match how your business runs.

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Share and collect

Send the link or QR; each response is scored automatically.

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Review and act

Open the personalized AI PDF report and share it with stakeholders.

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Who Is This For

Pick your role — see how it fits your workflow.

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Founders

Self-diligence before meetings.

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EIRs and angels

Structured first-pass triage.

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Accelerators

A pre-demo readiness check.

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Key Features

What makes this template work as a professional deliverable.

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Sample Questions Inside

A preview of real questions — the full version adds scoring and a personalized report per respondent.

  1. Our team capability visibly matches the problem we solve (1–5)
  2. Growth metrics are measured, clean and explainable (1–5)
  3. Market size and timing withstand investor challenge (1–5)
  4. We can articulate what makes us hard to copy (1–5)
  5. Financials, model and data room are diligence-ready (1–5)
  6. Which diligence question worries you most? (open)
  7. What evidence would change an investor's mind fastest? (open)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this assessment for?
Founders preparing to raise pre-seed or seed who want the investor's scan order applied to themselves before meetings do.
Does a good score mean we will raise?
No — readiness reduces avoidable failure modes; the tool is honest that markets, fit and process luck remain outside it.
Should advisors or angels be given the report?
It is designed as private preparation; a strengthened readiness profile is the output you share, selectively.
What counts as traction on this scale?
Repeatable, explainable motion — cohort retention, pipeline, usage depth — not vanity charts; scoring instructions guide the distinction.
What does the AI report produce?
A readiness profile across five lenses, the top diligence-gap list, and a sequenced pre-raise strengthening plan.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Click Use This Template to copy the form, scoring and report configuration into your FormLM workspace for free, then customize and share it.
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