You’ve assessed the business. What about the person who has to build it?
Structured behavioural diligence on the people you’re about to back. Evidence of what the founder has shown, what needs checking, and what to ask next. No scores, rankings or predictions.
Founder Signal doesn’t tell you who to back. It helps you know what to investigate before you do.
- 6working areas, from execution to stewardship
- 60–80minutes of founder time, all online
- 2–3page diligence profile per founder
Founder Signal™Before you back them: the evidence brief.Observed strengthsClarify or verifyNeutral probesSample diligence profile
See what your committee would get.
A sample diligence profile, plus how the assessment and video interview work.
Your founders don’t need another masterclass.
They need help making the decisions that move their businesses forward.
Hands-on working sessions on the commercial problems between investment and growth. Every workshop uses the company’s actual product, customers, metrics and challenges. Founders leave with decisions made, not a folder of slides.
Book it your way →- 1Customer & Value Proposition LabAre we solving an important enough problem for a specific enough customer?→
- 2Business Model Stress TestDoes the business model actually work?→
- 3Positioning & Commercial StoryWhy should this customer choose us instead of doing nothing or choosing someone else?→
- 4Adoption & Switching BehaviourCustomers understand the product. Why aren’t they switching?→
- 5The B.R.A.I.N.stormWhich single behaviour will move the result, and what nudges it?→
- 6Customer Journey & Growth FrictionWhere are we losing customers between awareness and repeat use?→
- 7Go-to-Market Design SprintHow exactly are we going to acquire the next 1,000, 100,000 or 1,000,000 customers?→
- 8Growth Economics & MetricsDo we understand the numbers that decide whether this company can scale?→
- 9AI Opportunity DiscoveryWhere would AI, automation or a better process remove the most friction?→
- 10The P.R.O.M.P.T. LabCan your team brief AI well enough to trust what comes back?→
- One workshopfor one company
- A 2–4 week sprintthrough the core sequence
- A portfolio clinicwe diagnose 5–15 companies and assign each the right workshop
Anyone putting money behind businesses.
Public funds and ministries
Programme design and deal sourcing for government funding schemes, with evidence on who applies, who doesn’t and why.
Development finance institutions
Pipeline building and funding-readiness prep, so more applicants meet your requirements.
Private equity and venture funds
Deal flow in a target sector or market, and growth support for the companies already in your portfolio.
Impact and corporate investors
Programmes and cohorts that reach the businesses you exist to back.
Foundations and specialist funds
Help defining the programme, then finding and supporting the right applicants.
Tell us who and what you’re trying to back.
Book a call →Running a fund or a funding programme?
Tell us what you’re trying to back and where it’s getting stuck.
We’ll suggest where to start.