Market insight
What private markets are actually doing.
Essays from the desk, a preview of the Capital Readiness Benchmark, and a podcast on the decisions that win or lose a deal.
The Capital Readiness Benchmark
When it publishes, the Capital Readiness Benchmark will be built from anonymized founder decks submitted to the VC Risk Review, so founders can see how fast a cohort climbs when it works the gaps and investors can see where inbound quality is heading. Fund deal flow is never included.
- $2.4M
- Median ARR at Series A
- 88
- Median score after six re-scores
- 140
- Decks in this quarter’s set
Illustrative example. The figures and trend shown are sample content, not a published GoPresent benchmark.
Median Capital Readiness across a four-month raise
Anonymized median across founders who completed six or more comparable runs. Series A cohort only.
As at 31 Jul 2026
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2026 | 41 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 55 |
| 15 May 2026 | 66 |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 74 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 82 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 88 |
From the desk
The desk, published.
Podcast
Go Build Tomorrow
With Office of Tomorrow · Hit Enter on What’s Next
Founders and operators talk through the decisions that actually move a business: what earns trust, what closes a deal and what quietly kills one.
- 04Immigrant founders win because they have no backup planwith Sarah Romanko34 min
- 03Tourist or knight in shining armour? How expectation setting reduces pit stops for scale-up founderswith Gary Brown42 min
- 02Why your business is not as unique as you thinkwith Gary Brown49 min
- 01Why responding within one minute can seal the deal in networking and hiringwith Andrew MacAskill42 min
#20STR
20 Seconds to Raise
One fix, twenty seconds, from the people on both sides of the table. Follow #20STR anywhere you already scroll.
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Ask MaWith Lisa Vigar
Also on LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok under #20STR. Players load only when you press play.
Guides
How GoPresent works.
What each product returns, what we do with your data and the questions people ask first.
- How the free screen worksFor Investors: submit a company website, with its deck if you have one, and get a verdict, a deal score from 0 to 100, an evidence ledger and an IC-ready memo draft in 2–5 minutes.
- How the VC Risk Review worksFor Founders: a Capital Readiness Score with deck observations, locators, limitations and next actions made explicit, before you raise.
- Frequently asked questionsThe free screen, the 90-day pilot, security, file formats and what founders ask before they start.
- Security and complianceHow decks are stored, who can access them and the controls in place, encrypted at rest and in transit.
By audience
Built for VCs, family offices and accelerators.
Get the benchmark before it’s public.
One email every two weeks: the benchmark when it publishes, one essay, the new episode and the next event date. We never share a deck without permission.