Funding Route Evaluator

# Funding Route Evaluator

**Domain:** Fundraising, Pitch and Investor Strategy
**Level:** 🟢 Essential

> Evaluate the best funding path for your stage and situation. Produces a structured comparison of all viable routes with trade-offs, dilution impact, and readiness criteria for each.

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## Variables

Fill in every `[BRACKETED_VARIABLE]` before running. Do not leave any bracket unfilled.

| Variable | What to Enter | Example |
|----------|---------------|---------|
| `[BUSINESS_STAGE]` | Where the business is today | e.g. Pre-revenue, product built, 2 design partners, 3 months to first paying customer |
| `[CAPITAL_REQUIRED]` | How much you need to raise and what it will fund | e.g. £500,000 to fund 12 months of runway, hire one engineer, and reach 10 paying customers |
| `[FOUNDER_SITUATION]` | Personal financial position and constraints | e.g. Full-time on the business, no personal savings runway beyond 3 months, co-founder has £30k savings |
| `[BUSINESS_TYPE]` | Type of business and its fundability profile | e.g. B2B SaaS, recurring revenue model, not capital-intensive, no physical product |

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## The Prompt

Copy everything in the code block below. Replace all `[VARIABLES]`. Paste into Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, or any capable LLM.