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VC fit qualification calculator
The founder can mechanically screen any investor against their raise and constraints and get a keep/cut verdict with a fit score.
You receive: A pure function vcFitScore(raiseAmount, idealCheckMin, idealCheckMax, fundFullyInvested, stageMatch, sectorMatch, geoMatch) -> { checkSizeFit (bool), hardGatesPass (bool), fitScore (0-100), verdict (enum: keep|cut) } graded on hidden cases.
Part of Pitch Investors
Example
A sample of what this play produces. Your result is generated for your inputs.
- Check Size Fit
- true
- Hard Gates Pass
- false
- Fit Score
- 85
Breakdown
- Check Size Fit Points
- 40
- Stage Match Points
- 20
- Sector Match Points
- 15
- Geo Match Points
- 0
- Fund Not Fully Invested Points
- 10
Inputs
- Raise Amount
- 1000000
- Ideal Check Min
- 250000
- Ideal Check Max
- 1500000
- Fund Size
- 60000000
- Stage Match
- true
- Sector Match
- true
- Geo Match
- false
- Fund Fully Invested
- false
STUD screening a fictional target investor, Meridian Field Ventures (invented example fund, EU-only mandate), against STUD's $1,000,000 target raise (ILLUSTRATIVE, not a committed raise). Check-size fit passes: the raise sits inside the fund's ideal check band, $250,000 <= $1,000,000 <= $1,500,000, both edges inclusive. The additive score is 40 (check-size fit) + 20 (stage: pre-seed matches their pre-seed and seed mandate) + 15 (sector: AI agent tooling matches) + 0 (geography: their EU-only mandate does not cover a US venture) + 10 (fund not fully invested) = 85, clamped to 0 to 100. The verdict is still cut: keep requires check-size fit AND every hard gate, and the geography gate fails, so hardGatesPass is false. That is the strategic point of the rule for STUD's shortlist work: an 85 score with a failed hard gate is a cut, so founder time never goes to a fund whose mandate cannot say yes. The $60,000,000 fundSize is context only and does not enter the computation, per the play's honestScope. All fund parameters are invented for the fictional example fund; the raise amount is STUD's labeled illustrative target.
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Scope of the check
What's verified: STUD verifies the function reproduces the reference check-size test (idealCheckMin <= raiseAmount <= idealCheckMax, both edges inclusive), the hard-gate logic (stage, sector, geography, and fund not fully invested), the additive fit score (40 for check-size fit, 20 stage, 15 sector, 15 geography, 10 fund not fully invested, clamped to 0-100), and the keep/cut verdict (keep only when the check-size fit and all hard gates pass) on hidden cases. The weights and the keep/cut rule are a fixed convention from the book, not an endorsement of any deal. STUD does NOT know real fund data, does NOT judge whether the investor is actually a good partner, and does NOT use the fundSize input in the computation (it is contextual only).