Open Resources

Everything here is free, and built from the other side of the table. The numbers, the sources, and the market, the same things I looked at when I decided whether to back a company. Use them before you write a slide, set an ask, or send a single email.

Startup Benchmarks

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Funding Database

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Fundability Assessment

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Term Sheet

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Startup Benchmarks ✳︎ Funding Database ✳︎ Fundability Assessment ✳︎ Term Sheet ✳︎

Fundability Assessment.

Before you learn how to raise, work out whether you should. Five honest questions decide which route you're actually on, venture, angel, grants, or not raising at all. It's the one call you can't easily undo, so make it on purpose. Covered across thePlaybook.

A handwritten style illustration of an investment modeling interface titled 'The metrics that matter to you,' featuring options to select stage, sector, geography, and currency. It includes options for ownership over time, starting ownership details, and buttons for split evenly or custom percentage ownership, with annotations and instructions.

Startup Benchmarks.

See where you stand. Model what you'll own through every round, then benchmark your valuation, growth, and odds against real venture data. The numbers an investor already has in mind, before they tell you. Covered in thePreparation.

Funding Database.

Find who to approach. Every funding source, filterable by your stage, your geography, and the kind of capital you actually need. VC, angel, family office, grant, accelerator. See which ones dilute you and which don't, side by side. Covered in thePreparation.

A hand-drawn illustration of a website interface for finding funding sources for companies. It features dropdown menus for company stage and geography, a text box for sector input, and buttons for selecting funding types like venture capital, angel, family office, grant, and accelerator.

Term Sheet Guide.

A real seed term sheet, read the way someone on the other side of the table reads it: what each clause means, where a founder-friendly deal lands, and the version to push back on. Covered in theProcess.

A hand-drawn style screenshot of an annotated term sheet for startup funding, including a section with three selectable options: 'Founder-standard,' 'Watch,' and 'Resist,' with an 'Expand all' button and a section labeled 'THE MONEY' featuring a pre-money versus post-money valuation explanation.