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Get fundable. Then get funded.

The frightening part of raising is not the pitch. It is knowing what you are supposed to have before you pitch, and nobody hands a founder that list.

01 The part nobody says

The scariest part of raising is not the pitch.

It is the preparation. Knowing what a fundable company is supposed to have, in what shape, before anybody will take you seriously. Nobody hands a founder that list, so most people assemble it from advice, guesswork and whoever they last had coffee with.

WHATWhat am I supposed to have?A deck, a model, a data room, a story that survives the second question. In what depth, at this stage, in this sector? Nobody tells you.
WHENAm I ready yet?The only honest answer most founders get is somebody else's opinion, delivered kindly, months too late.
WHEREWhat is actually missing?Not a grade out of ten. The specific gap, in your own documents, that will end the conversation.
HOWAnd how do I fix it?This is the part that eats a month. It is also entirely knowable, and nobody has written it down for you.

The pitch is one hour. Getting ready for it is the other three months.

02 The easy part now

Argo turns the preparation into a form you fill in.

This is the whole point of it. Argo already knows what a fundable company at your stage looks like, and it already knows your company, so the gap between the two stops being a mystery and becomes a list.

01It reads what you haveYour deck, your documents, your numbers and the meetings you have already had. You do not describe yourself into a questionnaire.
02It tells you what is missingNamed, specific, and quoted from your own material. Not a score with nothing underneath it.
03It tells you how to fix itThe next action, in order, so preparing becomes a sequence instead of a feeling of dread.
04It checks your workDo the thing, and Argo reads it again and moves the line. You always know exactly where you stand.

Everything a founder is supposed to already know, written down and put in order.

03 The gate

And it will not let you go out before you are ready.

That is the promise behind the preparation. Until you clear the line, outreach stays shut.

Every criticism comes with the evidence behind it, quoted from your own materials, so you can fix it rather than argue with it. And you can overrule it: Argo records that you did, and carries on. It is a gate, not a jailer.

A first meeting only happens once. A fund you burn cold in March is not available again in September, which is why being told the truth early is worth more than being encouraged.

Warm and unflinching. It will tell you the thing your friends will not.

04 Contradictions

Your deck and your model disagree. Somebody is going to notice.

Better us than them.

Argo reads across everything you have put in front of it and surfaces the places where two of your own documents say different things. The headcount on slide nine against the one in the plan. Last year's revenue in two shapes. A market size that moved between drafts.

FOUNDEvery clash, listedWith both sides quoted, so you can see the disagreement rather than take our word for it.
RESOLVEDYou settle itPick the true one, correct the other, and Argo stops raising it.
BEFORENot in the roomA fifteen minute job at your desk, and an unrecoverable one across a table.

05 The list

A list built from what Timer already knows about you.

You will not describe your company into a form. Timer has been in the room for every meeting you have had.

Argo builds the target list from your actual stage, sector, traction and story, and scores each funder against them with its reasoning attached. Duplicates are merged, and a name it cannot stand behind does not make the list.

2raises at once on Max, because a raise is finite and so is your attention
1company profile, taken from what Timer already holds rather than a form you fill in
0directories rented. The list is built for you, not looked up

06 Warm paths

The best intro is one you already have.

Argo looks through the people your company actually knows and finds the route to the fund, before it considers a cold one.

A warm path is the default and cold is the fallback, which is the opposite of how prospecting software normally behaves. A raise is not a volume game. There are a few hundred funds that could plausibly say yes, you get one shot at each, and partners talk to each other.

Volume is a strategy for selling. It is a way to lose a raise.

07 The data room

A data room that tells you what they actually read.

Built from documents you already have, shared by link, and watched.

You will know that the deck was opened, that the model was opened twice, and that nobody has touched the cap table. That is the difference between guessing where you stand after a meeting and knowing.

BUILTFrom what you haveThe documents, the deck and the numbers already in Timer, pulled into one room.
SHAREDBy linkOne link per conversation, so you know who saw what.
WATCHEDAnd reported backActivity comes back to you, so the follow-up is informed rather than hopeful.

08 The AI currency

Reading a company is expensive. Once.

Assessing your materials, reading a market, scoring a hundred funds and drafting the follow-ups is real work, and most tools would meter you into silence for it.

Timer has one currency: Pallas Minutes, PM. The same balance pays for the assessment, the list, the drafts, the transcription of every investor call and everything else you do that month. Your plan includes PM, and when a heavy week needs more you top up in seconds.

An allowance you cannot extend is not a plan. It is a deadline.

09 Cost

Argo comes with Max.

Not a success fee, not a percentage of what you raise, and not a per-introduction charge. Nobody takes a cut of your round.

Max€179/moTwo raises at once, with the whole of Timer underneath. Argo included.
EnterpriseTalk to usUnlimited raises, deployed and governed across the organization.
What raising normally costs you, and where it lives in Timer (Max and above)
What you needIn TimerToday you buy
A readiness checkIncludeda friendly advisor, if you have one
A target listIncludedan investor database subscription
Warm intro routesIncludedyour own memory, and luck
A data roomIncludeda data room product, per month
Knowing what they readIncludedthe same product, on the higher tier
Follow-ups that reference the callIncludedan hour, per meeting

Find out what you are missing, before it costs you a meeting.

Argo reads what you already have and hands you the list: what is missing, why it matters, and what to do next. The part every founder is expected to somehow already know.

The future belongs to organizations that remember.