Is Your Startup Investor-Ready?

Find out in under 3 minutes whether your numbers are ready to back your pitch.

Investors love a big vision but they’ll dig into your numbers before they write a cheque. This free scorecard will show whether your financials are pitch-ready, or if there’s work to do

Take the quiz to help you:

Instantly see where you’re strong and what to fix.
Spot the financial gaps that could derail your fundraise.
Get a tailored action plan based on your stage and setup.
Avoid wasting months pitching before you’re ready.

1. Do you currently track your monthly recurring revenue (MRR) or another recurring income metric? *

Yes, and it’s updated monthly

Yes, but it’s not always up to date

No, we track revenue loosely

No, we don’t track recurring income yet

2. Do you have a clear and up-to-date financial model? *

Yes, with 12–18 months forward view

Yes, but it’s out of date or rarely reviewed

No, but we’re working on it

No model yet

3. Do you know your Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)?

Yes, calculated monthly

Roughly estimated based on ad spend

Not really sure

Not applicable yet

4. How do you track cash flow?

Weekly cash flow forecasting

Monthly cash flow summary

We check the bank balance and make decisions from there

We don’t track cash flow consistently

5. Do you know how much runway you have? (Time until you run out of cash)

Yes, to the month

Rough idea

Not really

No idea

6. Have you reviewed or cleaned your financials in the last 3 months? (e.g. bookkeeping, reconciliations, tax position)

Yes, we’ve done a full internal check

We’ve looked at the basics

Not recently

Not at all

7. How confident are you in your gross margin and cost of delivery metrics?

Very confident—broken down by product or channel

Somewhat confident, but not segmented

Unsure, we haven’t really analysed this yet

Don’t track this

8. Do you have management accounts or financial reports that your board or leadership team reviews monthly?

Yes, commercial management reports + narrative

Yes, basic financial reports

Occasionally share a P&L or summary

No reporting process in place

9. Do you know your LTV:CAC ratio? (Even roughly) *

Yes, and we track it monthly

We’ve calculated it once or twice

No, not something we’ve done

Not applicable to our business model

10. Are your finances being led or supported by someone with fundraising experience? (e.g. CFO, advisor)

Yes, we have someone in place

No, but planning to bring someone in

No, and not sure if we need that

It’s just me, and I’m winging it

12. Fundraising timeline?(optional)

0-3months

3-6months

6+ months

Not sure

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