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How It Works

From registration to a bespoke dashboard, report, and action plan.

The process collects narrative, financial, and supporting evidence for careful human review without forcing founders through a long online questionnaire.
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Confidential. Human-reviewed. No failure score.
  1. 01

    Sign up

    Create a secure founder workspace and choose your preferred language.

  2. 02

    Download

    Download the Assessment Questionnaire and Financial Data Template in that language.

  3. 03

    Complete

    Complete both files offline, including relevant funding, acquisition, and investor-concentration information.

  4. 04

    Upload and submit

    Upload the completed files and relevant supporting documents, review the file list, and submit the assessment.

  5. 05

    PMI review

    The team examines the narrative, financial and operating evidence, documents, and relevant historical pathways. Clarification may be requested.

  6. 06

    Dashboard and report

    PMI builds the startup’s dashboard and prepares a detailed feedback report. Findings are reviewed before publication.

  7. 07

    Action plan

    The founder receives practical priorities, evidence needs, recommended actions, and review points.

For accelerators, incubators, universities, and investor portfolios

A clearer programme and portfolio view

Use the same diagnostic structure across the cohort without flattening different companies into one score.

Standardized review

One core structure, shared status definitions, and a consistent release process.

Bespoke startup findings

Each company receives its own dashboard, report, and action plan.

Earlier support decisions

See emerging concerns and evidence gaps before they become harder to address.

Cross-startup themes

Identify recurring support needs across a programme or portfolio.

What authorised programme managers can see

Only immutable, human-approved publications covered by current data-sharing permission appear here. Database access rules re-check permission and aggregate privacy thresholds whenever this page is opened.

What they do not automatically receive

Raw questionnaire files, private financial documents, reviewer notes, draft or unreleased findings, or information belonging to another programme or portfolio.

Add a consistent diagnostic layer to your programme or portfolio.

Discuss cohort access, portfolio access, founder onboarding, review capacity, and the information your team is permitted to see.

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