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Startup RX Tear Sheets
what is a startup rx tear sheet?
Startup Rx Tear Sheets are principal-level investment analyses that enable your firm to get smart on a potential investment at speed. Each Tear Sheet is a single-page document outlining the pros and cons of an investment from an unbiased, expert perspective. Each Tear Sheet also provides only the most salient details that back up our top-level analysis, so you can remain focused on decision-making. Last, we provide sample additional questions you might like to ask founders before writing a term sheet.
Download an example tear sheet here.
WHY
Startup Rx
Tear Sheets?
Startup Rx Tear Sheets:
Reduce the cost of your initial investment analysis (by between 43% and 71%).
Lead to faster investment decisions.
Reduce bias from the media or your social network.
Leverage higher quality analysis from Starup Rx’s internal network effects. We run more analyses than any one VC professional.
use cases include:
Reducing investment analysis costs.
Speeding investment decisions.
Freeing junior investment professionals to source more deals and spend more time networking.
Socializing a deal within the investment team.
Socializing a deal within an investor network.
Leverage for future pitch materials if investment outperforms analysis.
Strengthen LP relationships by providing insight into reasons for/against a deal.
HOW TO USE
STARTUP RX
TEAR SHEETS?
what’S in
startup rx
tear sheets?
where applicable,
tear sheets evaluate:
Key merits and risks.
Founder(s) and team.
Business model.
GTM strategy.
Company financials.
Market size.
Competition/comps.
Investment trends.
Exit trends.
Intellectual property.
