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Mock Investor Due Diligence Review: Know Where You Stand Before You Raise
Mock Investor Due Diligence Review: Know Where You Stand Before You Raise
Offered by Angela C.
5.0
Stanford Startup Instructor | 1st-Time Founder Specialist | Funding, GTM
Studied at Stanford University
Works at Stanford University
Package Description:
You've built something. Maybe you have early traction, a deck, a product, or a growing customer base. You're preparing to raise — or you've already started pitching and something isn't landing the way you expected. Before you spend more time in rooms where investors say "we'll circle back," you need to know exactly what they're seeing that you're not. This package is an investor-grade evaluation of your startup, conducted by someone who has evaluated early-stage companies as an angel investor, as an accelerator mentor, and as a judge for early-stage startup competitions at Stanford and Penn. I don't just coach founders on how to pitch — I've sat on the other side of the table and made real calls on real companies. This is what that lens looks like applied to yours. Before our session, you'll submit your deck, any relevant financials or metrics, a brief description of your fundraising history or investor feedback to date, and a short written answer to three questions: What have you built or proven? What does your ideal investor look like? Where do you think your pitch is weakest? This pre-work is required — it's what allows me to come into our live session with a fully formed view rather than asking you to explain your own startup to me for an hour. I then spend 3 hours in deep async review, evaluating your startup across five dimensions: 🏗️ Founder-market fit 📈 Problem severity and market pull 💡 Business model logic ✅ Quality of traction and validation 💰 Fundraisability right now I read your materials the way an investor would during a real due diligence process, looking for the gaps that don't get caught in friendly feedback sessions. We then meet for a 1-hour live session where I walk you through my full read — what's working, what's raising flags, what questions would stop your raise cold, and what needs to be true before you're genuinely ready to close a round. Finally, you receive a written evaluation summary covering each of the five dimensions, your most critical gaps, and a prioritized action plan for addressing them.
What you'll get from this package
A written investor-grade evaluation of your startup across five key dimensions.
clear, honest answer to the question most founders avoid asking: are you actually ready to raise right now?
Specific identification of the gaps most likely to kill your raise, ranked by severity.
A prioritized action plan for what to fix and in what order.
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
I work with a small number of clients at a time so I can give everyone my full attention — when we're working together, you're a priority, not a name in a queue. ✅ What you can expect from me: Deep preparation before our live session. The async review hours are real work — I go through your materials with the same rigor I'd apply evaluating a company for investment. You'll feel the difference when we sit down together. Honest, direct feedback. I'll tell you what's working and what isn't, including things that are hard to hear. Founders who've gotten friendly feedback for months often find this session clarifying in a way nothing else has been. That directness is the point. 🤝 What I ask of you: Submit all pre-session materials at least 48 hours before our live session. The async review cannot happen without them, and the live session will be rescheduled if materials aren't submitted on time. Come ready for an honest conversation about where your startup actually is, not where you wish it were. The founders who get the most from this engagement are the ones who genuinely want to know what's not working. Note: this is strategic advisory, not execution. I won't be building your deck, writing investor emails, or sourcing contacts on your behalf. We are focused on strategic refinement — helping you think and communicate more clearly — not on producing deliverables for you. 48-hour cancellation or reschedule policy applies for all live sessions. Otherwise full session credit will be deducted from your time balance.
Services included:
Market Research
Venture Capital Strategy
Branding
Fundraising
Go-to-Market Strategy
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