Fundability Mini-Assessment
Get a readiness score and the gaps most likely to slow your raise.
The Raise Memo
Fundraising intelligence for founders.
Practical tools and a library of articles for the decisions founders face before, during, and after a raise.
Or get the newsletter — a note for founders raising capital.
What this is
One place for the whole raise
Three strands, one brand. A set of free tools that do the arithmetic a raise demands, a newsletter that lands the thinking behind it in your inbox, and a learning library that answers the questions founders keep asking in the order they come up.
The toolkit
Start with a tool
Raise + Runway Planner
See how many months a given raise buys, and when the next one starts.
SAFE + Dilution Decoder
See the ownership you keep after a SAFE converts at a priced round.
From the Memo
Recent reading
Round size and runway
How Long Should Startup Runway Be After a Fundraise?
Runway is a strategic choice: here is how to connect it to milestones, risk, and the next decision.
Fundraising readiness
What Do Investors Look for in an Early-Stage Startup?
A clearer way to think about evidence, team, market, and the quality of the opportunity.
Fundraising readiness
How Do I Know If My Startup Has Product-Market Fit?
A practical framework for separating promising signals from a story that is still searching for evidence.
The Raise Memo provides educational information only. It is not legal, tax, investment, accounting, or financial advice. Every company's situation differs, so talk with qualified professionals before making decisions about a financing.