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We read your business the way reviewers and investors do — what is blocking you, and the three things to fix first.
Sample diagnostic report
We hold your business plan and financials up against review criteria, one by one. The conclusion comes first, the evidence in charts and tables, and every action with a timing and an owner. Below is a sample: a fictional materials company diagnosed in our actual format.
Inside the report
A CEO can grasp the conclusion in three minutes, and the team can follow the evidence behind it. Click any image to open the full page.
Overall readiness and the three reasons behind it come first. Short on time? This page and the final action plan tell you what to do.
A grade is not a score. It shows how much work remains before an investor meeting.
Runway and the investment timeline on one chart, showing when negotiating power disappears.
The sample company's 94 minutes is a big improvement, yet 26 minutes short of the 120-minute regulatory benchmark. Investors ask about that gap first.
Where we cannot judge, we say what would make a judgement possible. We also mark which items effort can change.
We prepare the investment committee's questions as status, judgement and fix boxes. Answered in advance, the same weakness becomes a managed task.
Conflicting market figures in the plan, checked against public forecasts.
Post-investment shareholding and the basis for the target valuation, in numbers.
The principle redrawn simply, so a reviewer understands it at a glance.
Current and recommended order side by side, showing what to move forward.
Every caution item could be changed with effort; runway was the most urgent. The number of items and the results depend on the material each company provides.
The full sample report
On top of a common diagnosis, we judge separately from an investor's view and a grant reviewer's view. Each chapter opens with its conclusion in bold.
Scroll sideways and click to enlarge. Page count and structure vary with each company's material and goal.
Sample report. The company, people, financials and test figures are fictional; the ThermalGate separator is a fictional technology based on published research. Competitors are not named.
Read for your purpose
Investors ask how many times their money comes back. Grant reviewers ask whether the plan will be built and used as described. We fix the purpose first and read against that standard.
Companies preparing for investment or a loan, or whose growth has stalled
Finance, business and risk in one structure, with status, judgement and fix set out in a box for each item.
Startups preparing grant applications or investor pitches
The weak points reviewers and investors see first, and the three fixes to make before the meeting.
With our Video division, we turn the findings into a technology explainer video.
Grant or investment outcomes, or ghost-writing.
How reviewers read
What is different, and is there proof?
Is the market you can sell to shown in numbers?
Are revenue figures grounded?
Can the company hold out?
Are the right people in place?
FAQ
No. We do not ghost-write. We show the weak points reviewers and investors will see, and the three things to fix first.
No. Outcomes are decided by reviewers and investors. What we give you is a clear judgement of where you stand and what to do first.
Pricing is shared after we understand your case, because scope depends on your purpose and material.
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