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Answer once, on the record, and let the record raise for you.

Every investor asks your deal the same questions. Argus turns your answers into one shared, scored record that every evaluator inherits, so diligence stops being a cost you pay per investor.

See how it worksFive steps, about a minute.
Step 1 of 5

Send what you already have

Your deck, offering documents, and projections, exactly as they are. No forms, no portal onboarding, no retyping. Argus does the uploading.

PDFInvestorDeck_v7.pdf14.2 MB
PDFPPM_Final.pdf2.8 MB
XLSProjections.xlsx412 KB
Exactly as they are. Nothing reformatted, nothing retyped.
Step 2 of 5

The report builds itself in minutes

The same six pillars every private deal on Argus gets, benchmarked against comparable deals in your category, every figure carrying its source page. The first score arrives with a wide range, because unanswered questions are priced into it.

0
of 100
Track record
Alignment
Terms
Risk
Operations
Transparency
Range 34 to 62Wide, because unanswered questions are priced in. That is your upside.
Step 3 of 5

See exactly which answers move the score

Your workspace opens from one link, no account needed. Deal-specific questions come first; the diligence checklist follows, ordered by impact, each answer worth a stated number of points. Write roughly, let the rewrite button clean it up, and every answer is reviewed before it publishes.

Due diligence · specific to your deal
Fund II is 5x the size of Fund I. How does the operator bench scale to 30 companies?
How much of your own capital is in this deal?
+4.1 pts
An accepted answer clears a red flag.
Walk through the waterfall step by step.
+1.4 pts
An accepted answer adds coverage.
Answers reviewed and accepted46 / 100
Step 4 of 5

Put the hard answers on camera

One recorded interview becomes a Briefing Room: clips titled by what you actually said, ranked by what investors most want to hear, each mapped to the questions it answers. Investors search it in plain language and jump to the exact moment.

41:27
Fund one runs on a zero-and-40 structure instead of the standard two-and-20.U-TS-2
Screening 30,000 projects taught the team to hire experienced CEOs.U-TR-3
A dedicated studio bench supplies each startup's CTO, CFO, and sales.U-PO-1
Each clip maps to the diligence questions it answers. Candor on camera earns credit in the score.
Step 5 of 5

Let the record raise for you

A filled record is a selling document no deck can match: an independent score, benchmarked terms, your answers on the record. Share the link anywhere, reach the Argus community on Discover, and answer each question exactly once, ever.

Summit Venture Studio Fund II
Venture studio · $50M raise
57
Range 56 to 72
argus.tech/r/summit-fund-iiListed on Discover
A family office opened the record · followed the deal
An RIA asked 3 questions · your existing answers covered all 3
Every future evaluator inherits the record. The work compounds instead of repeating.
The rules the score lives by
Payment never moves the score

There is no way to buy a point. Disclosure is the only lever, which is why the score is worth showing to investors.

Every answer is reviewed

Nothing publishes until Argus reviews it, and every point sits in a ledger anyone can open.

You control your updates

Ongoing updates are holders-only by default; widening them is your recorded choice.

Nothing is forced on the record

An answer you cannot publish can be marked open to a direct conversation instead.

Start with what you already have

Send your deck and offering documents, exactly as they are. The report comes back with your workspace link, and the first answers can be on the record the same day.