Know your risk profile before investors surface it in the room.

Scores the quality of your pitch — how compelling, complete, and investable your deck is. Covers team, market, product, traction, business model, defensibility, and narrative structure.

"Is this a compelling investment opportunity?"

Scores your downside exposure — the likelihood of failure across 12 stage-calibrated risk dimensions. A strong VaultScore™ with a HIGH VaultRisk™ band (or elevated 0–100 exposure) still faces hard questions in diligence.

"What could make this investment fail?"

Measures how defensible your business model is — moat type, compounding trajectory, investor stress-test questions, and the strategic actions to widen your position.

"Why can't a well-funded competitor take this market?"

Operational execution assessment across seven stage-calibrated dimensions — binding constraint, scaling fragility, dependencies, key-person risk, capital-to-throughput, management layer, and repeatability.

"Can this team actually execute the plan they're pitching?"

Is the market ready now, or is this a timing bet? Investors who passed on a great idea 3 years too early still passed. Timing risk dominates at early stages when there is no traction to prove the market has arrived.

Is the addressable market large enough to return a fund? Undersized markets cap returns regardless of execution. Investors score this on whether the ceiling is real and reachable — not just a large TAM number from a research report.

What prevents a well-funded competitor from replicating this in 18 months? Moat risk grows with stage — at Series B+, investors expect quantified compounding, not a theory. Absence of structural differentiation is a valuation discount.

Can this team execute the plan they have presented? When traction is thin, the team becomes the primary signal. Scored on domain expertise, execution history, and fit between founders and the problem.

Is the revenue model clear, credible, and scalable? Scored on pricing logic, unit economics, monetisation clarity, and gross margin potential. A compelling product with a broken business model is still a risk.

Is there evidence the market wants this product at the price being asked? At growth stages, traction is the primary de-risking signal investors look for. Scored on growth rate, retention, NRR, and evidence quality.

How much capital is required to reach the next fundable milestone? High burn, slow revenue recognition, and dependency on future raises to survive create capital efficiency risk. Scored on runway, burn multiple, and path to break-even.

Is there strong evidence users find the product indispensable? PMF risk is distinct from traction — it measures depth of engagement, not just growth. Scored on retention curves, NPS signals, usage frequency, and switching cost evidence.

Is the business dangerously dependent on one customer, channel, partner, or geography? Concentration risk grows with stage as investors look for diversified, durable revenue rather than a single large customer that can terminate.

Are there pending regulatory changes, IP conflicts, or compliance requirements that could materially impair the business? Healthcare, fintech, and AI companies carry elevated regulatory risk that investors price into the deal.

Is the GTM motion scalable and credible for the stage? As companies scale, investors want evidence of a repeatable sales process, not just a list of channels. Scored on CAC payback, channel concentration, and sales motion clarity.

Is there a credible path to liquidity — named acquirers, comparable exits, or a viable IPO thesis? Weighted at 0% until Series B+, when it becomes a scored dimension (4%). Pre-Series B decks do not receive an Exit Risk score.

The same deck content used for VaultScore™ is analysed for risk signals across all 12 dimensions (Exit Risk is weighted from Series B+ onward). No re-upload needed.

Each dimension is interpreted in light of your selected stage. A Pre-seed deck is not held to the same traction standard as a Series A.

If a dimension cannot be scored because your deck omits required information, it is flagged as INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — not scored as mid-range. Missing data is a risk signal in itself.

You receive a 0–100 score and a LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH / CRITICAL band, plus primary risks, key risk actions, and dimension-level findings.