Investor-Ready Business Plan

Why you need more than a pitch deck

Seed and Series-A investors read hundreds of decks a month. A complete, data-grounded business plan:

• Proves there’s a real market and you can own a slice of it.
• Demonstrates revenue logic, capital efficiency and risk controls—on paper, not in hopeful verbal promises.
• Cuts due-diligence friction so term sheets land faster.
• DIY spreadsheets invite credibility gaps; big-firm plans blow early-stage budgets.

Fifth Axis delivers bank-grade rigour without the enterprise price tag.

Our process: precision meets pragmatism

• Foundation workshop – Align vision, milestones, funding target.
• AI-accelerated data sweep – Pull market, pricing, and cost metrics across EU, US, Canada.
• Human validation – Senior consultant stress-tests every assumption against decade-deep operating experience.
• Iterative build – You review key sections mid-way; no last-minute surprises.
• Delivery & hand-over – Editable files, live tour, support window.

Deliverables—what you actually receive

• Investor summary (2 pages) - Executive snapshot investors can read in 3 minutes
• Full narrative plan (≈25 pages, editable doc) - Problem, solution, GTM, ops, milestones—structured to match VC IC checklists
• Five-year financial model (Excel/Sheets) - Cohort-driven revenue, COGS, OPEX, hiring plan, cash runway, IRR
• Scenario & sensitivity sheet - Shows resilience of margins and runway under upside/base/downside cases
• Market & competitive analysis extract - Credible TAM/SAM/SOM and differentiation proof-points
• Risk & mitigation matrix (market, tech, compliance) - Pre-answers investor DD questions
• Data source book & citations - Audit trail for VC analysts
• 60-min walk-through + 30-day Q&A channel - Helps you own every assumption before investor calls

Turn-around: 15 business days from kick-off.

Why partner with Fifth Axis instead of DIY templates or a large consultancy

• Senior strategist + AI firepower – Every engagement is led by an expert who blends advanced AI tools with an investor’s lens; DIY kits give you one-size-fits-all frameworks, while big firms delegate to juniors.
• Founder-friendly pricing – Transparent, startup-sized fees; avoid the hidden cost of lost investor confidence that DIY mistakes create and the 5- to 6-figure retainers charged by large consultancies.
• 15-day delivery – Launch-ready in two weeks, vs. burning weeks of late-night DIY edits or waiting 2–3 months for a consulting behemoth to finish.
• Editable models you actually understand – We hand over clean, unlockable spreadsheets; DIY templates hide black-box formulas, and big firms lock insights in static PDFs (and charge for updates).
• Post-delivery Q&A support – Ask follow-up questions at no extra cost; DIY offers none, and large firms bill every additional hour.

Take action now

Your funding clock is ticking. Book a free 15-minute video call consultation to scope your investor-ready business plan and reserve a start date.

Fifth Axis: translating ambition into numbers investors trust.