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Your round in the UK early-stage market
140
investors could be a fit for your round

out of 500+ VCs, angel networks and syndicates we checked you against

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Working for you

Pre-seed university spin-out, paid pilots in the pipeline, SEIS allocation left and a full-time founding team.

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Holding you back

Being deep tech hardware. 30% of investors back software only.

Estimated from your deck and company detailsiYour snapshot is based on your pitch deck, company details and answers to a few questions. Once you join, a guided interview gives us the full picture of your company, so we can show you an accurate investor fit.
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What's in your Investor Fit Snapshot

See where you stand with early-stage investors

Here's what you'll see, step by step.

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Your investor fit

A percentage for how many investors in your field could be a fit for your round today.

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Who could be a fit, and why

Two investors that are a strong fit for your round, and why.

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What's holding the rest back

What's stopping more investors from being a fit, so nothing catches you out when you pitch.

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Where you stand, by category

How you do on each area investors set rules on, weakest first, and what's working for you.

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Then, your round's Benchmark Report

Comes with marketplace access. A final check on where your round stands before you go live.

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Investor Fit
Estimated
71 out of 100, medium
MediumHigher than 56% of startups on ThatRound
  1. 42in your field, with no criteria ruling you out
  2. 28could be a fit for this round today

67% of the investors in your field could be a fit

Investor Fit
Estimated
71 out of 100, medium
MediumHigher than 56% of startups on ThatRound
  1. 42in your field, with no criteria ruling you out
  2. 28could be a fit for this round today

67% of the investors in your field could be a fit

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Two of them, and why

A UK investor in deep tech hardware
Deep tech
Physical sciences
Pre-seed
UK only

Backs only non-digital deep tech with experiments still to run, in UK-based companies, and names optical processing chips among the areas it is actively looking at. A photonic inference accelerator at proof of concept is exactly that.

A UK technology fund for photonics and AI
Photonics
Semiconductors
AI
EIS

Its technology fund backs semiconductors, photonics and AI, sells only to businesses, needs UK presence and EIS, and sets TRL 3 as its minimum. A B2B photonic AI chip with EIS and a lab proof of concept meets each of those rules.

+26 more investors could also be a fit for this round.

Two of them, and why

A UK investor in deep tech hardware
Deep tech
Physical sciences
Pre-seed
UK only

Backs only non-digital deep tech with experiments still to run, in UK-based companies, and names optical processing chips among the areas it is actively looking at. A photonic inference accelerator at proof of concept is exactly that.

A UK technology fund for photonics and AI
Photonics
Semiconductors
AI
EIS

Its technology fund backs semiconductors, photonics and AI, sells only to businesses, needs UK presence and EIS, and sets TRL 3 as its minimum. A B2B photonic AI chip with EIS and a lab proof of concept meets each of those rules.

+26 more investors could also be a fit for this round.

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What holds the rest back

What you build
Won’t change
30% of investors

They back software only or a single other field, or rule out deep tech and hardware by name.

How developed the product is
Changes as your round moves
29% of investors

They want a working MVP or more before they invest. You told us you are building a proof of concept.

13 more things hold back the rest, from revenue and traction to where you are based and whether you have a lead. Your round's Benchmark Report covers each one.

What holds the rest back

What you build
Won’t change
30% of investors

They back software only or a single other field, or rule out deep tech and hardware by name.

How developed the product is
Changes as your round moves
29% of investors

They want a working MVP or more before they invest. You told us you are building a proof of concept.

13 more things hold back the rest, from revenue and traction to where you are based and whether you have a lead. Your round's Benchmark Report covers each one.

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Where you stand, by category

Share of investors whose rules you clear on each. Weakest first.

What you build and where55%
Your product69%
Your round70%
Traction and revenue73%
Your team95%
Your financials97%
Your market98%
Working for you

A pre-seed university spin-out with some paid pilots in the pipeline, remaining SEIS allocation and a full-time founding team opens up a good portion of the market for you.

Holding you back

Being deep tech hardware. 30% of investors back software only or a single other field, or rule out deep tech or hardware by name.

Where you stand, by category

Share of investors whose rules you clear on each. Weakest first.

What you build and where55%
Your product69%
Your round70%
Traction and revenue73%
Your team95%
Your financials97%
Your market98%
Working for you

A pre-seed university spin-out with some paid pilots in the pipeline, remaining SEIS allocation and a full-time founding team opens up a good portion of the market for you.

Holding you back

Being deep tech hardware. 30% of investors back software only or a single other field, or rule out deep tech or hardware by name.

With marketplace access
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Investor Fit
77/ 100
HighHigher than 70% of startups on ThatRound

Each bar is the number of startups on ThatRound at that score.

Your round’s Benchmark Report

What’s in the way

Won’t change38 investors

Rules about what your company is, like its sector or where it’s based. These investors sit outside your field and don’t count against you.

You set9 investors

Round terms you choose before you go live: round size, valuation and the runway the round buys.

Changes as your round moves14 investors

Things that change as your round progresses, like revenue, a committed lead and how much is committed so far.

Illustrative example. Your snapshot is an estimate until we have the full picture of your company.

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ThatRound has been really supportive in my fundraising journey.

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The experience has been great so far.

They helped us restructure and improve our pitch deck, and they are very responsive. We are hoping to raise money in this round, and the experience has been very positive overall.

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Dave Newton

Founder, Oxford Music

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…Bradley and ‘ThatRound’ have delivered so far…

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