Investment Screening & Decision Support
An independent view before the investment decision.
Focused analysis for venture funds, family offices, angel investors, and lean investment teams evaluating a company or opportunity. We structure the evidence, test the investment case, and surface the questions that deserve attention before capital is committed.
The mandate
Decision support for a specific company, not another generic diligence checklist.
Early-stage investment decisions are often made with incomplete information, uneven company materials, compressed timelines, and assumptions that have not yet been made explicit. A pitch deck can explain the opportunity without resolving the investment case.
Solten Ventures provides an independent analytical layer around a specific company or transaction. The work can begin as a focused screen and deepen where the evidence, uncertainty, or size of the decision warrants it.
Scope
From first screen to a structured investment view.
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Investment Screening
Review the company, market, business model, traction, economics, financing context, and investment logic to identify what is supported, what is unclear, and what deserves deeper work.
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Company & Market Analysis
Examine the company in context: competitive position, business model, operating evidence, market structure, growth logic, and material external dependencies.
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Assumption & Thesis Testing
Make the investment thesis and its assumptions explicit, then distinguish evidence from inference and identify where the case remains dependent on unverified claims.
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Decision Preparation
Translate the analysis into unresolved questions, verification priorities, founder interview topics, risk areas, and the points that ultimately require investor judgment.
Selected Research
A focused second view when the opportunity deserves more than an initial impression.
Before a first meeting
Structure an unfamiliar opportunity quickly and identify the questions worth spending meeting time on.
Before committing capital
Pressure-test the investment case, reconcile company claims with available evidence, and surface unresolved assumptions.
When internal views differ
Create an independent evidence-based view that helps separate factual disagreement from differences in judgment.
When the case has changed
Revisit the original thesis after material changes in financing, strategy, traction, economics, market conditions, or execution.
The objective is not to produce a mechanical score. It is to make it clearer what the evidence supports, what remains uncertain, and what deserves attention before the decision.
Deliverables
Analysis is designed around the decision, not a fixed consulting format.
A focused screen may result in a concise Investment Screening Brief. A deeper mandate can extend into company and market research, evidence reconciliation, investment-thesis testing, and a structured guide for the next stage of diligence.
Investment Screening Brief
A concise independent view of the opportunity, evidence, gaps, material risks, and next questions.
Deep-Dive Analysis
A broader review of the company, market, competition, economics, operating evidence, and investment case.
Founder Interview Guide
Questions derived from the actual analytical gaps in the opportunity rather than a generic diligence template.
Thesis Review
A structured comparison between the original investment logic and new evidence when the case materially changes.
How we work
Evidence first. Judgment stays with the investor.
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Frame
Define the decision, stage, available materials, constraints, and the questions that matter.
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Investigate
Review company materials and relevant external evidence; reconcile claims, numbers, assumptions, and context.
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Test
Examine the investment logic, identify contradictions and missing evidence, and isolate the questions that remain open.
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Deliver
Provide a concise, decision-oriented analysis with sources, limitations, unresolved questions, and next steps.
Boundaries
Independent analysis, not outsourced investment authority.
Solten Ventures strengthens the analytical process without replacing investor judgment, conviction, or final authority. The work is not legal, tax, accounting, audit, or regulated investment advice. Where specialist verification is required, we identify the need rather than pretend to replace it.
Client materials and company information are handled under the firm's confidentiality practices. Client-specific work is not published or reused as public research without authorization.
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Solten Ventures is an independent research and analysis firm focused on capital, companies, and the decisions between them.
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