Stop pitching in the dark. Start connecting with confidence.
01 — The bridge
The bridge between ready startups and right-fit VCs.
The path to funding is inefficient and filled with friction for everyone involved. We bring intelligence to both sides of the table.
For Founders
Your roadmap to “yes”
You spend months perfecting your pitch deck, only to face a wall of silence or vague rejections. We don't just test your readiness; we build it — with a clear score, a detailed report on your weaknesses, and an interactive roadmap of actionable steps to become truly fundable.
Explore our offeringsFor VCs
High-signal deal flow
Your team is buried under a firehose of inbound pitches of which less than 5% are relevant. We deliver a small, consistent stream of pre-vetted startups that precisely match your investment thesis — every introduction an opportunity worth exploring.
Become a Partner02 — How it works · For founders
A smarter path to investment.
Your strategy must be a GPS, not a map. For founders, our process is a living, adaptive roadmap to funding — designed for clarity and results.
01
Assess & Analyze
Complete our comprehensive assessment to generate an instant Investment Readiness Score and a detailed report identifying your key strengths and weaknesses.
02
Build & Improve
Using a personalized, interactive roadmap, you take concrete steps to strengthen your business, improve your model, and validate your market.
03
Connect & Grow
When you become investment-ready and align with a partner's thesis, we facilitate a warm, trusted introduction — ensuring the first conversation is meaningful.
We empower the next generation of high-impact startups — guiding visionary founders to investor readiness through operational excellence, strategic clarity and unstoppable execution.
03 — The method
Methodology,
not guesswork.
A battle-tested blueprint for building fundable companies, born from our own experience as founders, builders and investors.
INVEST9™
Investment readiness
Our assessment systematically evaluates and enhances a startup's maturity, growth potential, and investor appeal across six critical dimensions — the blueprint behind every readiness score and roadmap FundReady delivers.
The six dimensions
Insight
An unparalleled understanding of the market, customer problems, and competitive landscape.
Network
Access to relevant strategic networks, resources, and partnerships.
Value
A clearly defined, compelling articulation of the product's unique added value.
Execution
Proven implementation competence, operational excellence, and a clear roadmap.
Structure
A transparent, efficient, and scalable organizational and shareholder structure.
Traction
Demonstrable market successes, customer validation, and positive market response.
Six dimensions, operationalized by nine concrete success factors — the basis for a standardized, in-depth assessment that ensures every startup is built to convince future partners and scale effectively.
MAVEC™
Market validation
Our market lens goes beyond surface-level numbers to ensure startups are targeting markets that are not just large, but alive, strategically sound, and ready for innovation. We analyze the complete ecosystem.
The ecosystem lens
MMoney
Is there sustainable, significant revenue to be made?
AAudience
Are customers willing, able, and ready to buy — and remain loyal?
VVitality
Is the target market alive, growing, and energized?
EExternal Risks
What potential threats could destabilize or diminish the market?
CConnectivity
How strongly interconnected and self-reinforcing is the market ecosystem?
04 — Advisory offerings · For founders
From first audit to funded.
Start with a data-driven audit, grow with an adaptive companion — and, for a select few, continue into a personal advisory partnership with edgx.
The Companion
Pay per assessment · From CHF 290
For the committed founder: your adaptive journey to funding. The Companion is your AI-powered co-pilot, guiding you through a dynamic, milestone-driven journey to become truly fundable.
How it works
Initial Readiness Audit
Get your baseline score and a personalized, multi-milestone roadmap.
AI Companion Check-ins
Your AI partner proactively tracks progress via conversational updates.
Milestone Re-assessments
Run a new audit after hitting a milestone to get an updated score and a recalibrated roadmap.
You only pay for value, not for access: CHF 390 for the initial audit, then CHF 290 per milestone re-assessment. Each new assessment recalibrates your roadmap and updates your score to reflect your startup's current state.
Raising funding isn't about a polished pitch deck — it's about proving, fundamentally, that you are ready to scale and represent a credible investment opportunity.
The Advisory Partnership
Invitation only
For the most promising startups, the journey continues beyond FundReady: we refer them to our venture-building partner edgx, whose team works with founders personally — as a dedicated advisor and fundraising co-pilot through strategy, operations, and the raise itself. Excelling with The Companion is the best way to earn an invitation.
Explore the partnership at edgxProvided by edgx
Strategic Advisory
Hands-on, personal guidance from the edgx team for founders navigating product strategy, market entry, and organizational design.
Fundraising & Structuring
Preparing companies for institutional capital using the same INVEST9™ standards edgx applies to its own ventures.
Investor Network
When readiness is proven, edgx opens doors: targeted, warm introductions to credible VCs and angel syndicates from their network whose thesis matches your venture.
05 — FAQ
Your questions,
answered.
We primarily partner with early-to-growth stage technology startups (typically Seed to Series B), often based in Switzerland or Europe. Crucially, these startups should be past the initial prototyping stage, demonstrating proven organizational maturity, clear growth potential, and a compelling, articulated vision.
Our unique edge comes from being active builders and founders ourselves. The methodologies we use to assess startups are the same battle-tested frameworks we use to build our own ventures. This practical, in-the-trenches experience, combined with a disciplined approach to making investor connections only when a startup is truly ready, sets us apart. We understand your journey because we live it.
Our primary role is to provide the tools for readiness and facilitate impactful connections to institutional investors and angel syndicates. Direct investment is not part of the FundReady model, but we remain open to evaluating co-investment opportunities alongside our trusted partners on a case-by-case basis when strategic alignment is strong.
The journey begins with our Investment Readiness Assessment. Get in touch at hello@fundready.ai, complete the assessment to receive your score and detailed report, and begin working through your personalized roadmap. When you're ready, we'll help with the connections.
Our methodologies were born from extensive experience in venture building and investment. The readiness assessment rigorously evaluates a startup's investment readiness across six dimensions and nine critical success factors, while our market-validation lens evaluates the strategic viability and attractiveness of your target market ecosystem. Together they provide a structured, evidence-based foundation for every score, roadmap, and introduction we make.
FundReady is proudly based in Zürich, Switzerland. We leverage the dynamic strengths of the Swiss innovation hub while maintaining a global network and perspective to support visionary founders worldwide.