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Capital Readiness Index

OceanMerge Capital Readiness Index · Startup track

Startup Capital Readiness Index

32–39 questions depending on your answers, in 13 short steps. About 12–15 minutes. Progress is saved in this browser tab.

  1. 1About your organisation
  2. 2Your capital raise
  3. 3Equity story & market
  4. 4Traction & unit economics
  5. 5Financial reporting & model quality
  6. 6Team & governance
  7. 7Cap table & legal structure
  8. 8Data room & due-diligence readiness
  9. 9Capital ask, use of funds & valuation
  10. 10Investor targeting & process readiness
  11. 11Risk & compliance
  12. 12Exit & return path
  13. 13Your details

The profile personalises your score, benchmarks and report.

About your organisation

Why we ask

Investors screen by sector thesis first; it also sets the benchmarks used in your report.

Why we ask

Where management sits shapes which investors can back you and how.

Why we ask

Many institutional investors can only invest into certain structures; a 'flip' can take months.

4Where do you sell today?
Why we ask

Geographic reach shapes the equity story and which investor mandates fit.

5What is your link to the GCC (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait)?
Why we ask

GCC sovereign, government-backed and family capital often looks for a regional presence or plan.

6Full-time headcount
Why we ask

Headcount frames burn, management depth and the governance investors will expect.

7Which round are you raising?
Why we ask

Stage sets the evidence investors expect: belief at pre-seed, proof of pull at seed, repeatability at Series A.

8Annual recurring revenue (ARR) or last-12-month revenue
Why we ask

Revenue is the first number every investor asks for; it also decides which unit-economics questions you see.

9Revenue growth over the last 12 months
Why we ask

Growth rate is the single strongest driver of venture valuation and interest.

What you plan to raise, how and when.

Your capital raise

10External capital raised so far
Why we ask

Prior rounds tell investors who already backs you and what terms they will inherit.

11How much are you raising?
Why we ask

Cheque size decides which investors are even in scope.

Why we ask

Optional. Used to personalise your report and to test your use of funds.

13Which instrument do you expect to use?
Why we ask

The instrument changes the documents, the investor pool and how valuation is handled.

14When do you want the capital in the bank?
Why we ask

We compare your timeline with your estimated time-to-ready.

Why we ask

Optional. Lets the report test the implied revenue multiple against the evidence you give.

14 % of your score

Equity story & market

16What is your strongest evidence that customers want this?
Why we ask

Investors fund evidence of pull, not opinions about a problem.

17How have you sized your market?
Why we ask

A bottom-up market model shows you understand who buys and how many of them there are.

16 % of your score

Traction & unit economics

18Gross margin today
Why we ask

Margin shows whether growth will compound into value or just consume cash.

19Net revenue retention (revenue kept and expanded from last year's customers)
Why we ask

Retention proves that customers stay and grow, the core of a recurring-revenue story.

20Customer acquisition economics
Why we ask

Investors want to see each dollar of sales and marketing return more than a dollar.

21Pre-revenue: which milestones have you reached?
Why we ask

Without revenue, investors back milestones that de-risk the next round.

22Cash runway at current net burn
Why we ask

Short runway weakens your negotiating position, and investors price it in.

8 % of your score

Financial reporting & model quality

23How are your accounts kept?
Why we ask

Clean monthly numbers are the basis of every diligence request.

24Which financial model do you have?
Why we ask

Investors test your assumptions, not your totals; a driver-based model lets them.

14 % of your score

Team & governance

25How many founders work full-time on the business?
Why we ask

Institutional investors rarely back part-time founding teams.

26Which core capabilities do founders or senior hires cover: product/tech, commercial, finance/operations?
Why we ask

Investors look for a team that can build, sell and run the business.

27How is the company governed?
Why we ask

Governance tells investors how decisions will be made after they invest.

10 % of your score

Cap table & legal structure

28What is the state of your cap table?
Why we ask

The cap table is the first document investors' lawyers check.

29Have founders, employees and contractors assigned their IP to the company?
Why we ask

If the company does not own its IP, investors have nothing to invest in.

30Founders' combined ownership, fully diluted
Why we ask

Investors want founders motivated through several more rounds of dilution.

31Are any SAFEs or convertible notes outstanding?
Why we ask

Stacked or undocumented convertibles can surprise new investors at conversion.

8 % of your score

Data room & due-diligence readiness

32What state is your data room in?
Why we ask

A ready data room shortens diligence and signals a well-run company.

33Are customer and key supplier relationships on signed written contracts?
Why we ask

Investors verify revenue against signed contracts.

10 % of your score

Capital ask, use of funds & valuation

34How have you planned the use of funds?
Why we ask

Investors buy milestones; the use of funds should show exactly how their money reaches the next one.

35How did you arrive at your valuation expectation?
Why we ask

Unrealistic valuation is the commonest reason good companies fail to close.

8 % of your score

Investor targeting & process readiness

36Do you have a target investor list?
Why we ask

A raise is a sales process; a qualified pipeline is the first requirement.

7 % of your score

Risk & compliance

37Is the company involved in, or threatened with, any legal claims?
Why we ask

Undisclosed claims found in diligence end deals; disclosed and quantified ones can be priced.

38Do you hold the licences and data-protection documentation your activity needs?
Why we ask

Regulated activity without licences, or personal data without compliant policies, can stop diligence.

5 % of your score

Exit & return path

39How clear is the route by which investors could make a return?
Why we ask

Every investor sizes the exit before the entry.

Almost done.

Your details

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