The financial viability check: This is how institutional investors evaluate your project
80% pitches don't fail because of the idea. Find out the 5 dimensions of financial viability and how to evaluate whether your project is really financially viable.
- How to understand the pitch failure: 80% don't fail because of an idea and use it for your capital strategy
- How to understand the 5 dimensions of financial viability and use it for your capital strategy
- How to understand data-driven fundability assessment and use it for your capital strategy
- How to understand practical next steps and use it for your capital strategy
The pitch failure: 80% don't fail because of an idea
80% of pitches are rejected - but not because of the quality of the idea. They fail because of incorrect aim. Wrong investor, wrong stage, wrong geography, lack of credibility.
The 5 dimensions of financial viability
1. Market Fit & Traction:Is the market demand real?
2. Team & Leadership:Are the founders credible?
3. Business Model & Economics:Can the company be profitable?
4. Capital structure:Is the usage clear?
5. Exit & Return:How does the investor get his money out?
Due diligence documents and audit documents
Data-Driven Fundability Assessment
CANVENA analyzes 375+ filters on 70,000+ institutions worldwide. Result: Fundability Score for each combination.
Practical next steps
1. Self-evaluation:Give yourself honest marks on the 5 dimensions.
2. Gap analysis:Where are you weak?
3. Targeted investor selection:Top 20, not 100.
4. Professional Due Diligence Prep:Legal, IP, financial plan solid?
5. Ongoing Improvement:Learn after every pitch.
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Kostenloses Strategiegespräch →Quellen & Studien
- Gompers et al. (2020) 'How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?'
- CANVENA Fundability Database
What you now know — and how to use it
- You know the core concepts and can apply them directly to your situation
- You know which mistakes to avoid — saving you time and capital
- You understand how this building block fits into your overall strategy
Sources & Further Reading
This article is based on a review of leading expert literature and curated primary sources from the CANVENA source matrix — more than 60 core books and 120 online resources across all relevant fields from capital intelligence, family office, strategy and valuation.
Books
- Damodaran on Valuation — , Wiley.
- Valuation: Measuring & Managing the Value of Companies — , Wiley (McKinsey & Company).
- Principles of Corporate Finance — , McGraw-Hill.
- Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A — , Wiley.
Online Resources & Industry Reports
- Damodaran Online — NYU Stern
- Valuation Insights — McKinsey & Company
- HBR Finance — Harvard Business Review
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