Honest evaluation, India-calibrated.
Foundalyze exists because Indian founders and investors deserve a tool calibrated for India — not a Western framework dressed up in saffron.
India is the world's third-largest startup ecosystem and the second-largest MSME economy. Yet 90% of Indian startups fail within 5 years — a higher rate than peer ecosystems. The most-cited cause is not founder ability or product quality. It is cash-flow mismanagement, weak product-market fit, and decisions made on benchmarks that were never India-calibrated.
Most evaluation frameworks borrowed from Silicon Valley assume capital depth, talent saturation, and consumer spend that India doesn't yet have. Burn rates, runway thresholds, regulatory burdens, and team norms differ. A ₹5L/month burn in Bhopal is not a ₹5L burn in Bengaluru. A SaaS team of 4 in India is not a SaaS team of 4 in Boston.
What we do
We score business plans across four dimensions — Financial Viability, Team & Founder Quality, Market & Product-Market Fit, and Operations & Legal Readiness — using weights derived from CB Insights failure data, NASSCOM 2025 research, and the Angel Capital Scorecard Method. Every benchmark is published, every formula is visible, and every claim cites a named Indian source.
We also run 24 input-consistency checks before scoring even begins — because a team of 15 burning ₹2L/month should not pass unquestioned.
Who we serve
- Investors and VCs — pre-screen 100s of pitches with consistent, comparable scores.
- Consultants and incubators — add depth to advisory work without billing the time it would take to do this manually.
- SME owners and MSMEs — get an honest, sector-calibrated read before a fundraise or bank application.
- First-time entrepreneurs — replace flattery with feedback that improves the plan.
Our principles
- Transparency over branding. Our methodology is public. If you disagree, argue with the formula.
- Verification over self-reporting. 24 checks before scoring. Stage downgrades when claims contradict reality.
- India-specific over imported. Burn multipliers for 40+ Indian cities. State-scheme bonuses. Sector-burden mapping.
- Outcome accountability. Every report tracked at 12 and 24 months. Annual Accuracy Report published — no cherry-picking.
The team
Foundalyze Analytics Pvt. Ltd. is headquartered in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The product is built by a small engineering team and validated by a 9-person expert panel — ex-NASSCOM, ex-SIDBI, ex-NABARD, ex-RBI, ex-CDSCO, ex-ONDC, ex-Gati Shakti, ex-FSSAI, and ex-NSDC practitioners — who certify the scoring rubric for their sector annually.
The panel certifies the rubric — never individual reports. Their names and credentials appear on every report in their sector.