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What does your deck actually evidence?

Numen scores a pitch deck against 13 venture criteria weighted for your funding stage, out of 120 — plus a separate 8-area US market readiness score out of 100, and a risk rating that is not a summary of either.

Built for founders entering the US from abroad, and used most often by Korean AI companies deciding whether they are ready to make the move.

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Every report below is the complete output of a deck Numen actually scored — the same scores, the same category breakdown, and the same written assessment a founder receives. Nothing is abridged for the preview.

Company names have been replaced with aliases. Scores, category breakdowns, and report text are otherwise unedited.

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Funding stages2 at launch
SeedComing soon

Early product in market. Judged on early proof and a repeatable motion.

Series AComing soon

Scaling. Judged on traction, economics, and go-to-market execution.

The stage sets every weight in the rubric, so it is picked first and has no default — scoring a deck against the wrong stage produces a confident, wrong number.

How it will workThree steps
  1. 01

    Pick your funding stage

    Seed or Series A. Required, with no default: the stage sets every weight below it, and traction alone swings from 10 points to 16 across them.

  2. 02

    Numen reads the deck

    PDF or PPTX. Speaker notes are read too, since that is often where the numbers actually live.

  3. 03

    Scored on 13 criteria, plus US readiness

    Each item is scored 0–10 on the evidence present in the deck — not on how ambitious the claim is. A confident assertion with no supporting figure scores low. The 120-point venture total and the 100-point US score are calculated separately.

The 13 criteriaPoints of 120, by stage
CategorySeedSeries A
Problem97
Value Proposition67
Why Now75
Product129
Market Opportunity1214
Go-to-Market1015
Traction1016
Business Model89
Competition78
Defensibility8
Financials910
Ask & Use of Funds5
Team1712
Total120
96–120
Strong

Evidence across the rubric is specific, quantified, and consistent.

78–95.9
Promising

Real substance, with named areas still carried on assertion.

60–77.9
Developing

The shape of the case is present; the evidence for it is not yet.

0–59.9
Early

Core claims are not yet evidenced. Validate before scaling.

The weighted total is calculated in code, not written by the model. Risk is calculated separately and is not a summary of the score — a deck can score well and still carry high risk if its traction, go-to-market, or US evidence is thin. A dash marks a weight the rubric does not yet define. Series A will not be scored until that column is complete, rather than scored against a guess.

US market readinessPoints of 100

Scored separately, and deliberately so. A company can be a strong investment and still be unready for the US; folding the two into one number hides exactly the signal this is here to surface. These weights do not move with the stage — being early does not make a company readier for a market.

AreaSeedSeries A
US Problem / Customer Relevance1515
US Target Customer Definition1010
US Competitive Position1515
US Product / Localization Readiness1010
US Go-to-Market Strategy1515
US Validation / Traction1515
US Pricing & Business Model Fit1010
Team / US Execution Capability1010
Total100100
80–100
Strong U.S. Readiness

The company appears reasonably prepared to pursue the U.S. market.

65–79.9
Developing U.S. Readiness

Good potential, but meaningful gaps should be addressed.

50–64.9
Early U.S. Readiness

Some indicators are positive, but the U.S. strategy remains largely unvalidated.

0–49.9
Not Yet U.S. Ready

Significant customer, competitive, GTM, or execution validation is still required.

PricingOne tier at launch
Free
$0

The whole product. A stage-weighted venture score, a separate US market readiness score, and a risk rating that is not a summary of either.

  • VC score out of 120, weighted for your funding stage
  • All 13 category scores with their point values
  • Investment readiness against the stage you selected
  • US market readiness scored separately, out of 100
  • Risk rating as an independent signal
  • Extraction confidence and notes
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