About this framework

Purpose of the VC Investment Scoring Framework

This is a standardized scoring rubric that VCs use to evaluate early-stage startups consistently and defensibly.

What it does

It turns subjective "does this company feel investable?" judgment calls into a structured, repeatable 100-point evaluation across six dimensions:

Market & Problem
Team
Product & Differentiation
Business Model
Traction & Validation
Mission & Narrative

Why it's useful

Consistency — Every deal gets scored the same way, so a Series A fintech and a pre-seed biotech are compared on the same rubric, not gut feel.
Forces rigor — The sub-dimension notes prompt analysts to actually answer key questions (TAM size, CAC:LTV, moat) rather than skip past gaps.
Audit trail — The signal flags and conviction statement create a written record of why a decision was made, useful for partner meetings and post-mortems.
Actionable output — The score maps directly to a recommendation (Pass / Watch / Diligence / Term Sheet), so the framework produces a decision, not just a number.
Adaptable — The framework is explicitly meant to be tuned per fund thesis (e.g., a deep-tech fund might emphasize Team and Product more than Traction).

About TokenRoster

Vision

Every founder deserves to be judged by what they're building, not by whether they can get into the right room. We want a market where good companies get seen and funded regardless of geography, pedigree, or connections.

Strategic Direction

Start by making startups readable to investors through objective AI assessment, then build outward into the full stack a company needs as it grows — matching, legal, and equity — turning a one-time report into the place founders run their company from.

Mission

Replace the warm intro and the polished deck with a structured, trustworthy assessment that any founder can generate for free — so the barrier to being taken seriously by capital drops to zero.

Who We Are

TokenRoster is an AI assessment platform for early-stage startups. Founders feed in their real documents and get an investor-grade evaluation scored across six dimensions; investors get a curated roster of companies already vetted on the things that matter. Built in Houston, designed to work anywhere.