A. Sources
Research-informed review structure.
Fons is informed by how leading venture investors publicly describe startup evaluation, then translates those signals into a structured profile that can be reviewed consistently.
For venture capital
Structured startup profiles
for VC funds.
Fons gives investors a clearer way to source, review, and compare early-stage startup opportunities using structured profiles and supporting evidence.
Private build. First-look access by request.
The problem
Startup discovery is noisy, inconsistent, and hard to compare.
VCs do not lack startup opportunities; they lack structured, comparable, evidence-based startup profiles that help them quickly identify which companies are worth deeper review.
The triage calculator
Run the numbers on your own fund.
Annual triage cost
£64,000
2 analysts × £80K × 40%
Equivalent to 0.8 full-time analysts.
Failures of the current approach
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Inconsistent formats
Founder submissions arrive in different shapes, making companies harder to compare quickly or review against the same inbound standard.
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Claims without proof
Founders state market size, GTM, traction, and customer evidence, but the supporting material often arrives later, inconsistently, or not at all.
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No comparable profile
A pitch deck is a snapshot. It rarely gives investors a structured view of what has changed across traction, product, team, and fundraising signals.
Why this works
Structured signals, not subjective first impressions.
Fons turns founder submissions into consistent company profiles, separating startup claims from supporting evidence so investors can review opportunities with more context.
B. Operators
Evidence alongside claims.
Investors can review what a startup says, see the evidence beside each claim, and identify what still needs to be requested before deeper diligence begins.
C. Stage
Stage-aware comparison.
Pre-product, pre-revenue, and growth-stage companies should not be reviewed as if they are the same. Fons keeps stage context visible while preserving a comparable profile structure.
Early-stage discovery gets clearer when every company is reviewed through the same structured evidence layer.
Proof
See it work.
The public page shows the workflow and AI-readable surfaces. The decision engine itself is an internal build, shown by request until the tested investor frontend is ready.
Internal decision engine
Request a walkthrough.
See how structured answers and supporting evidence become a clearer investor review profile. The engine is not publicly accessible yet.
AI-readable page
The VC page as Markdown.
Fons exposes Markdown mirrors for public pages so startup and investor surfaces are easier for AI systems to read and index. Plain-text mirrors remain available as a fallback.
Evidence workflow
“Ask for proof behind the profile, not another unstructured deck.”
VCs can request evidence from startups through the Fons profile workflow.
Pre-launch. Built for VC funds reviewing early-stage startup opportunities through structured intake and evidence.
What you get
The product.
Structured profiles, evidence workflows, and thesis-aware comparison for VC funds reviewing early-stage startup opportunities.
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Structured company profiles
Founders submit company, team, product, traction, GTM, differentiation, monetisation, and capital context in one comparable profile.
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Evidence-based review
Startup claims are separated from supporting evidence, making it easier to see what is proven, what is missing, and what deserves deeper diligence.
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Thesis-aware comparison
Funds can review opportunities against the signals that matter to their thesis while keeping the underlying startup profile consistent.
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Evidence requests
VCs can request additional proof from startups when a claim needs backing before a serious partner discussion or diligence step.
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Updated startup signals
Profiles can be kept current as traction, product, team, and fundraising signals develop, rather than freezing the company in a single deck.
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Cleaner sourcing workflow
Structured intake reduces the time analysts spend normalising messy inbound submissions before they can decide what is worth deeper review.
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Pitch-deck assisted onboarding
Founders can use an existing deck to help populate the structured profile, reducing friction while keeping the investor view comparable.
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Fund intake link
Funds can route founders into a structured Fons profile instead of another free-form email thread, deck attachment, or generic application form.
Request access
The investor workflow is in private build.
First-look access is by request. We're talking to micro-VCs and pre-seed funds shaping the v1. Book twenty minutes and we'll walk you through how structured profiles, evidence, and thesis-aware review fit your sourcing workflow.
- 01Twenty-minute walkthrough. Focused on your current sourcing workflow.
- 02Priority for thesis-informing funds. Your review process shapes v1.
- 03We only use these details to qualify and book the walkthrough.