💥 The Problem: Alignment Fails Before the Raise

Most founders don’t fail because of weak ideas or bad tech.
They fail because their funding path and execution strategy are out of sync.

They pitch with ambition—
but not with readiness.
They raise with traction—
but not with alignment.

At ClimeNow, we built LaunchPad to change that.

Before we grade anything, LaunchPad applies a three-axis evaluation system.

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1️⃣ Archetypes: Who You Are — And Why It Matters

Before you benchmark anything, you need to define who you actually are.

We map your startup across four capital-critical archetypes:

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🧠 Team Archetype

Is your founding team aligned in ambition, risk appetite, and execution velocity?

• Misaligned founders burn faster than they scale.
• We look at founder DNA, ownership goals, and pacing appetite.

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🎯 GTM Archetype

Is your go-to-market motion fast and scalable — or heavy and strategic?

• CAC structure, sales cycles, and customer types shape your capital needs.
• Your GTM archetype tells us what your burn and revenue rhythm actually require.

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⚙️️ Scalability Archetype

Can your solution scale efficiently, or does complexity increase with every unit?

• We assess how growth affects cost, ops, and margin evolution.
• This helps determine whether you're a fit for equity, infra, blended, or hybrid capital.

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💼 Business Model Archetype

Are you SaaS, Hardware, Climate IoT, Infra-as-a-Service, or something in between?

• Your capital stack must match your model.
• A SaaS narrative with a hardware margin kills credibility.

Your Archetypes define your capital-fit DNA.
They also determine which investors fit your ambition — and which don’t.

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2️⃣ Readiness Levels: Where You Stand — and What’s Missing

Once you know who you are, the next question is:
Are you ready to raise? Or do you just think you are?

At ClimeNow, we score your investor readiness across 10 core dimensions:

The 10 Dimensions of Investor Readiness

1. Leadership — Do you have the right team, with aligned roles and incentives?
2. Technology — Is your tech validated (TRL 3–7)? Documented performance?
3. Commercial — Pilots, LOIs, or real customers?
4. Market — Is your market clear, large, and reachable?
5. Ecosystem — Are you plugged into strategic players and accelerators?
6. Fundraising — Is your raise aligned with milestones and investor types?
7. Financial — Have you benchmarked CAC, burn, margins, and Rev/FTE?
8. Business Model — Is it recurring, scalable, tested?
9. Governance — ESG, compliance, legal structure sound?
10. Defensibility — IP, data moat, or durable advantage?

Every dimension is scored, color-coded, and translated into actions you can take before you waste time fundraising.

Most founders wait until they’re already in the room.
LaunchPad tells you what to fix before you walk in.

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3️⃣ KPI Benchmarks: Do Your Numbers Match Your Story?

This is where most founders get blindsided.
They have metrics — but they’re not capital-fit.

We benchmark your financial, operational, and impact KPIs by:

📈 Financial KPIs

• Revenue Growth Rate
• ARR / MRR
• CAC Payback (SaaS vs Hardware)
• LTV / CAC
• Gross Margin
• Burn Multiple

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🔁 Operational KPIs

• Rev / FTE
• Cap efficiency (Revenue / Raised)
• Runway & Fundraising logic
• Cap table alignment

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🌍 Climate Impact KPIs

• CO₂ Avoidance or Removal
• Energy savings or clean capacity added
• Climate metrics per $ or unit deployed

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Your KPI benchmark isn’t just a health check.
It’s your capital story, made credible — or weak — by numbers.

We tell you:

✅ Where you signal strength
🚩 Where you raise red flags
🎯 What funding path fits your metrics

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✅ What You Get with LaunchPad

• A 360° Readiness Score
• Your Capital Archetype Mix
• Your KPI Benchmark Report
• Tactical next-step roadmap
• Milestone-aligned OKRs
• An investor-grade clarity report

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🚀 The Outcome

• Faster fundraising
• Stronger investor conversations
• Fewer wasted cycles
• Better capital match
• Founder control preserved

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📣 Ready to Get Investor-Ready?

Run the free Funding-Impact Calculator—plug in your round and see the cash, equity, and runway you’d leave without ClimeNow.

Or watch our 8-minute product demo to see the engine in action.

Ready when you are—let’s close the Readiness Gap.