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Free readiness quiz
Are you actually ready to raise?
Five quick questions about your stage, traction, team, deck, and ask. We score your readiness and tell you what to fix before you start emailing investors.
- Personalized readiness score on 5 dimensions
- Tells you what to fix before sending the first email
- Free. 60 seconds. Localized in 12 languages.
Compiled from 500+ funded raises and 100+ investor conversations.
Created by founders from top global accelerators
How it works
Five questions. One honest answer. Zero wasted outreach.
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Answer 5 quick questions
Stage, MRR, team size, deck status, and ask amount. 60 seconds total.
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We score your readiness
Overall score plus per-dimension breakdown. Based on 500+ funded raises in our database.
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Get your fix-it list
Specific actions to close gaps before you email investors. Save weeks of wasted outreach.
See what your readiness report looks like
A clear score plus the specific gaps to close before you start raising. Sign up to take the quiz.
Sample readiness report
Overall readiness score7/10Strong on traction and team. Weak on deck and investor list. Two weeks of work away from being raise-ready.
Biggest gapDeckYour traction is strong but the deck does not show it. Spend the next 5 days rebuilding slides 3 to 6 around your two strongest metrics.
Estimated time to raise-ready2 weeksQuick wins: tighten the deck, prep answers to 10 standard questions, build the target investor list of 50.
Sign up to take the quiz and get your personalized readiness report.
What investor-readiness actually looks like
Founders raise too early more often than too late. Four signals that you are actually ready.
01
You can name your three strongest metrics in 10 seconds
If you cannot rattle off your MRR, growth rate, and retention without checking, you are not ready. Investors test for this in the first 60 seconds of every call. Memorize three numbers cold. They are the foundation of every pitch.
02
Your deck tells a story, not a list
Decks that show 'features, customers, team, ask' as bullet points fail. Decks that walk through 'why now, who hurts, what we built, what we proved, what we do next' close rounds. Your deck should read like a thriller, not a brochure.
03
You have 50+ named target investors
Generic 'we will email VCs' is not a strategy. You need 50+ specific investor names, with partners identified, recent deals noted, and a reason each fits you. If you do not have the list, you are not ready to send the first email.
04
You can run a 30-minute meeting without notes
Investor meetings test how well you know your own business. If you need to look up numbers, the meeting is over. Practice every pitch out loud, twice, with a friend acting as a hostile investor. Find the gaps before partners do.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the readiness score?
Strong directional signal based on 500+ funded raises in our database. It will not predict whether YOUR round closes, but it tells you where the typical investor would push back. Treat it as a punch list, not a verdict.
What if I score low?
Good news. Better to find out from a free quiz than from 50 rejected investor emails. The score comes with a fix-it list. Two weeks of focused work moves most founders from 5/10 to 8/10.
What if I score high?
Start emailing. A high score does not guarantee a round, but it means you have removed the standard blockers. Use Round Funded to match with the 10 best-fit investors and start outreach this week.
How is this different from a generic startup readiness checklist?
Generic checklists give you 50 boxes to tick. We give you 5 questions weighted to what investors actually evaluate. The score is calibrated against real funded outcomes, not best-practice opinions.
Can I retake the quiz after I improve?
Yes, retake any time. Founders typically retake every 4 to 6 weeks during prep. Watching your score climb from 5 to 8 over 2 months is one of the best progress signals in fundraising.
Keep going
Got the score. Now close the gaps.
Round Funded
Score it. Fix it. Raise it.
Round Funded gives you the score, the gaps to fix, and the investors to email so you raise on data, not luck. Track every meeting and reply in one pipeline.