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Know exactly how defensible your business model is — before investors stress-test it in the room.
A score separate from your VaultScore™, built on 6 proprietary dimensions. Not pitch quality — business defensibility.
A score out of 100 measuring the structural defensibility of your business model — not your pitch.
Identifies your primary moat type from 7 categories (Data Flywheel, Network Effects, Switching Costs, and more).
Scores across 6 dimensions: moat type, evidence, compounding trajectory, competitive stress test, time to replicate, and strategic clarity.
Gives you the exact investor questions you'll face in the room — specific to your moat type and score — so you're never caught off guard.
Includes a strategic action plan: the specific steps that will widen your moat before your next raise.
"Show me the evidence the moat is forming. What metric specifically proves the gap is widening?"
Each range tells you exactly where you stand with investors — and what they will ask when they probe your position. The goal is not a perfect score. The goal is to move to the range where investors make offers.
Your moat is structurally deep, evidenced, and compounding. You can defend your position against a well-funded entrant.
Preemptive term sheets. Questions shift from "do you have a moat" to "what could break this in 10 years."
The moat is real and evidenced. You can articulate the structural mechanism clearly — and the data shows it's working.
Conviction investment territory. Investors ask whether the gap is widening each quarter. Yes = strong terms.
The foundation is being built. Investors can see the direction — but they'll want proof before the next raise.
Term sheet possible, but investors add milestones tied to moat evidence. Valuation gets argued down without proof of compounding.
You have a theory of why you're defensible — but the mechanism is not clearly structural and there's no evidence yet.
Investors push hard in the room. If you can't explain the structural mechanism, the deal stalls or gets repriced.
There is no structural reason customers can't switch to a well-funded competitor. The product may be good — the position is not defensible.
Investors pass before deep diligence. Deal relies on being first and moving fast — not on structural advantage.
Your primary moat type is identified from seven structural categories. The moat type determines how the rest of the score is calibrated — a regulatory barrier is stress-tested differently than a data flywheel.
The VaultMoat™ is built from six dimensions evaluated against your specific deck content — not generic criteria. Each dimension has a maximum point value that reflects its relative importance in investor decision-making.
How structurally durable is the moat category itself? A data flywheel or network effect scores higher than a brand claim — because the mechanism is harder to replicate and compounds over time.
Is the moat evidenced (Strong), being built (Emerging), generic (Weak), or just claimed without mechanism (Asserted Only)? This is where most decks lose points — founders assert defensibility they cannot demonstrate.
Does the moat get stronger over time (Accreting), stay fixed (Static), or face erosion risk (Eroding)? Investors pay a premium for Accreting moats — each quarter of growth makes the competitive gap harder to close.
Does the deck directly address why a $50M+ competitor cannot replicate this position? Founders who pre-empt the stress test — with specifics, not platitudes — score significantly higher here.
How long would it realistically take a well-resourced entrant to reach competitive parity? Under 12 months scores low. 2–5 years or more scores high. Regulatory and data moats typically score strongest here.
Does the founder demonstrate they understand the moat mechanism — and have a concrete plan to widen it? Tactical roadmaps without strategic moat logic score low. Founders who can name the mechanism and the trajectory score high.
Every VaultMoat™ report includes the exact question an investor is most likely to ask in your next meeting — based on your specific moat type and score. Founders who can answer it confidently close at better terms.
“What happens when a well-funded competitor replicates this in 12 months? And why would customers stay?”
“Walk me through the structural mechanism — not the roadmap, the mechanism that exists today. Why can't a $50M entrant buy their way to parity?”
“Show me the evidence the moat is forming. What metric specifically proves the gap is widening — not just growing, widening?”
“Is the competitive gap widening each quarter, or just holding? What's the single most specific thing that could unwind this position in 3 years?”
“What breaks this in 10 years — not what threatens it, what actually breaks it? Who is the most dangerous potential entrant and why haven't they moved?”
Your report shows the specific stress-test question for your moat type, not the generic one for your range. A data flywheel founder and a switching costs founder at the same score face different challenges in the room.
The VaultScore™ tells investors how good your pitch deck is. The VaultMoat™ tells them how good your business is. Investors look at both — and a high VaultScore™ with a low VaultMoat™ raises a red flag.
Moat strength is one axis. Investors also evaluate pitch quality, downside exposure, and operational execution simultaneously. On a full report, those modules unlock in five stages as your best VaultScore™ rises — see /vaultscore.
Scores the quality of your pitch across 8 investor criteria — team, market, product, traction, business model, defensibility, and narrative — calibrated to your stage and sector.
Learn more →Downside exposure score across 12 stage-calibrated risk dimensions. Know your risk band (LOW → CRITICAL) and the exact priority actions to de-risk before investors surface them.
Learn more →Operational execution assessment across seven stage-calibrated dimensions. 0–100 score.
Learn more →Included in every Pro analysis. Know your moat, the investor question you'll face, and the exact steps to widen your position before your next raise.
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