About the Quiz

This interactive quiz helps startup founders determine an appropriate fundraising target based on their company's current metrics, growth trajectory, and future plans.

Questions Asked

The quiz consists of 9 questions covering:

1. Monthly burn rate (from <$50k to >$500k)

2. Current monthly recurring revenue (from pre-revenue to >$500k MRR)

3. Monthly revenue growth rate (from <15% to >40%)

4. Serviceable addressable market size (from <$1B to >$20B)

5. Planned team growth over next 12 months (from <10 to 50+ people)

6. 18-month expansion plans (from market penetration to global expansion)

7. Competitive landscape assessment (from emerging market to disrupting existing market)

8. Product development stage (from MVP to multiple product lines)

9. Current customer base size (from early adopters to 200+ enterprise customers)

How Scoring Works

• Each answer is assigned a score from 1 to 4, where:

• Score 1 = Early stage/smaller scale

• Score 2 = Growing/moderate scale

• Score 3 = Scaling/larger scale

• Score 4 = Mature/largest scale

• The quiz calculates an average score across all questions and provides recommendations based on these ranges:

• Average ≤ 1.5: Seed round of $1M - $3M (12-15 months runway)

• Average 1.6 - 2.5: Seed+ round of $3M - $7M (15-18 months runway)

• Average 2.6 - 3.5: Series A round of $7M - $15M (18-24 months runway)

• Average > 3.5: Series A+/B round of $15M+ (24+ months runway)

Contact Marion Street Capital to discuss how our FinOps expertise can help your growth stage company raise capital.