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We built an outcome graph of ~6,900 accelerator companies — every Y Combinator batch and Startmate cohort — and linked each to what happened next. Three lessons: failure is the training data everyone throws away, selection and success are different instruments, and the outcome is the only signal that doesn't flatter you.
Most founders upload once and move on. The ones who reach investor-ready upload twice, in the right order. Data from the NUVC platform shows which dimension changes produce the biggest score jumps — and which ones are a waste of time.
Data from 286 pitch decks scored by NUVC shows a clear pattern: founders focus on market and product, but the lowest-scoring dimensions are risk acknowledgment (4.91/10) and financials (5.10/10). Here is what investors are actually checking.
AI can analyse a pitch deck across 7 investor dimensions in under two minutes. Here is what that means for founders — what AI finds, where most decks fall short, and how the evaluation process is changing.
390 deals. A$5.1B. Seed median up 150% in three years. AI captures 61% of capital but only 20% of deals. Here is what the State of Funding 2025 data actually means for founders raising right now.
Seed median hit A$2.5M in 2025, up 150% from 2022. AI now captures 61% of all AU VC capital. Only 22% of seed-funded startups reach Series A. Here are the benchmarks that should anchor every AU fundraise in 2026.
NUVC assigns every founder a raise probability score alongside their NuScore. Here is exactly how it is calculated, what the tiers mean, and what you can do to move yours up.
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