Capital Resources
Capital Resources · Raise & Scale
Capital Resources
For founders raising capital or pursuing strategic growth — pitch deck tools, due-diligence checklists, financial models and exit-readiness frameworks.
For Founders
AI Maturity & Capital Readiness Assessment
Score your startup across technology, traction, team, storytelling and fundraising readiness — 30 questions, instant result.
OpenFounder–Founder Fit Score
A quick five-question gut-check on whether you're ready for a Seed or Series A raise — team, traction, moat, market, readiness.
Open — freePreparing Your AI Startup for VC Due Diligence
A comprehensive guide to what investors examine — technical deep-dives, data provenance, IP, red flags and a readiness checklist.
OpenThe Fourth Turning Founder Playbook
A strategic framework for building AI companies that survive and thrive through major societal and technological shifts.
OpenThe Term Sheet Negotiation Handbook
Common VC terms decoded, AI-specific clauses to watch for, and negotiation guidance — what to concede and what to hold.
OpenThe Post-Raise Governance Checklist
What to set up after closing — board cadence, founder protections, equity admin, financial controls and AI governance.
OpenThe AI Startup Pitch Deck Template
A slide-by-slide deck guide for frontier AI companies — with AI moat, data strategy and 'why now' slides built in.
OpenThe AI Startup Pitch Deck Guide + Prompt Generator
Download the full slide-by-slide guide, then answer a short wizard to generate a custom, copy-paste prompt that builds your investor-ready deck in Claude or ChatGPT.
OpenAI Startup Financial Model & Valuation Template
How to structure a sound AI-business model — revenue build, inference/token COGS, runway, TAM/SAM and valuation approaches.
OpenThe Data Room Index & Checklist
The complete folder structure and document list investors expect — tailored to AI companies, with model cards and data provenance.
OpenCap Table & Option Pool Modeler
Model dilution across rounds — founders, ESOP and investors, with pre/post valuations — plus a founder-friendly guide.
Open — freeTAM/SAM/SOM Builder for AI Ventures
A guided worksheet to size your market — total, serviceable and obtainable — with AI-specific expansion logic.
Open — freeAcquisition Target AI Due Diligence Checklist
What to examine before you buy an AI company — data rights, model reality, key-person risk, IP, and the integration cost hiding under the demo.
OpenExit Readiness Scorecard
Score how sale-ready your AI company is across seven dimensions — financials, cap table, IP, revenue quality, team and buyer landscape — long before you sell.
OpenPost-Acquisition Integration Playbook
The first 100 days after the deal closes — retaining the people, integrating the data and models, holding revenue, and the governance that protects the value you paid for.
OpenBuyer Outreach & NDA Template Pack
Run a disciplined buyer process — build the buyer universe, sequence outreach in waves to create tension, share information in stages, and protect it with the right NDA.
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