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Acumeny is an Experts Rating Platform that helps smart investors find high-potential startups - like never seen before. As an experienced investor, you are invited to participate in our survey and let us understand what you see as the most important criteria for you when examining invest in a startup. It will take approximately one minute to complete the questionnaire. It is very important for us to learn your opinions.

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The Problem
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What is the problem you are solving?
Describe the pain points you are addressing
Why has no one solved this before?
What barriers exist?
Why are you addressing them?
What advantages do you have in solving this problem?
 
 
Market size
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How big is the problem you are solving?
Can you quantify it?
Annual market growth?
Are there any references?
 
 
Team
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key team members and brief history include former startups or corporate experience
former work together and the length of the professional relationships
Successes, relationships that can be leveraged as potential customers, advisors, or future acquirers.
experience in venture-backed companies with successful sale/IPO
Are there any gaps in your team that this funding will help to fill?
Indicate total amount of FTEs (Full Time Employee)
 
 
Technology/Solution
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What stage are you at?
Pictures of your product / technology in action / Screen shots of your software (if applicable)
Infrastructure before/after your technology is implemented
Visual/chart on how your technology works
what your primary product does (e.g. ‘XYZ will enable virtual environments to be used for project sharing across different countries.’)
how this is an improvement (e.g. ‘This will allow for an average time savings of 30 minutes/day for every FTE.’)
Is your technology defensible/Patentable?
Did you applied for a Patent
 
 
Customers/Revenue Model
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Who are your customers?
Define verticals
Identify existing clients
What is your pricing model?
What is the LTV (Customer LifeTime Value) of your customers?
How profitable are these customers?
 
 
Go to Market
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How will you reach your customers in an economical way?
What is your distribution strategy?
What channels will you use?
Are there key partnerships you have locked up?
How are you planning to build momentum?
 
 
Competition
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Who are your main competitors?
How are they currently addressing the problem you are solving?
In which key ways is your product superior?
Where are your competitors in the development stage? (behind you in development or major established market players?)
What direction are they moving with their technology?
What IP protection do you have?
 
 
Financials
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Provide financial information for current year and previous year
Provide 5 year forward looking projections
Provide top line revenues, costs, and margin figures
Summarize again how you plan to execute on this plan
 
 
Milestones
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What stage are you at?
How much have you raised to date?
Who have you raised from?
What have you accomplished with the funding raised so far?
How much are you looking for now?
What milestones will you achieve with the funding you are looking for?
How long will those funds last (24, to profitability, etc.)
How long until profitability
 
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