Edge Alpha · Proprietary Operating System

Your IQ Score for
Investor Readiness

Edge Alpha benchmarks every dimension that matters to institutional investors — market, team, IP, traction, financials — and gives you a single, actionable score in minutes.

30
Scoring Indicators
6
Parameters
450+
Sector Data Points
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How it works

Three steps to your
readiness score

01

Upload

Drop your pitch deck. Edge Alpha extracts and scores up to 30 indicators across 6 parameters automatically. Supported formats: PDF, PPTX, Google Slides link.

02

Targeted questions

3 adaptive questions fill the gaps that would move your score most. No form-filling. No fluff. Each question is chosen based on what your deck left ambiguous.

03

Your IQ Score

A live, partial score based on what you've shared — with a clear breakdown of what to improve and by how much. Benchmarked against 450+ sector data points.

Scoring framework

6 parameters.
30 indicators.
Zero guesswork.

Every indicator maps to a question an institutional investor will ask. Edge Alpha asks it first — and scores the answer before you're in the room.

P1

Market Readiness

Market Validation

Paying customers, customer conversations, retention, sales cycle length, and commitment level — LOIs and signed contracts.

5 indicators
P2

Market Potential

Market & Competition

TAM size, market urgency (why now), competitor landscape, and degree of differentiation from existing solutions.

4 indicators
P3

IP & Defensibility

Technology

Patents and trade secrets, months to replicate, technical depth, and build complexity. What stops a well-funded competitor from copying this in 6 months?

4 indicators
P4

Founder & Team

People

Years of domain experience, founder-market fit, and functional coverage across tech, sales, and product. The right team for this specific problem.

3 indicators
P5

Structural Impact

Mission Alignment

Impact focus and mission alignment. Weighted low for most sectors — weighted higher for health and climate. Not a vibe check; a structural signal.

2 indicators
P6

Financials

Business Model

MRR/ARR, monthly burn rate, runway in months, and gross margin. Does the unit economics story hold at the next stage of scale?

4 indicators

Know where you stand before the room does.

Edge Alpha is available exclusively to founders in the InnoSphere network.

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