Proof of Usefulness Report

VenturePole

Analysis completed on 2/13/2026

+42
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

VenturePole presents a conceptually sound platform addressing gender disparity in venture capital through AI-driven tools. While the project lists verifiable past achievements (F10 Accelerator, Mozilla Builders Award circa 2020), the current submission is heavily penalized for clearly inaccurate claims in key fields (e.g., claiming 'most people have used my product' and audience reach is 'everyone'). The lack of current active user data, combined with a 'marketcap' metric substituted for revenue, suggests the project is either inactive or in a very early/stalled stage compared to the high-traction examples in the calibration scale.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+17.5
Audience Reach Impact+2.0
Technical Innovation+9.75
Evidence Of Traction+5.0
Market Timing Relevance+7.0
Functional Completeness+0.75
Subtotal+42
Usefulness Multiplierx1.01
Final Score+42

Project Details

Project URL
venturepole.com
Description
VenturePole's AI-powered investment platform helps founders get investment-ready and investors make higher returns. We are on a mission to help female founders raise equal venture capital money as men, from 2.3% to 50%. Our smart tools like our Investment Risk Rating uses unsupervised machine learning to predict startup survival; our Valuation Calculator presents different valuations using five popular methods; our Company Strength & Weakness Analysis highlights strength and weakness in team, market, product and business model; our diligence questionnaires optimize the most frequently asked questions by investors, covering team, company, product, financial, tech, market and legal. Our tools are unbiased and factor in a diversity surplus. We are the organizer of the Female Newcomer Founder Award. Our customers include HealthInc, the health tech accelerator of Startupbootcamp. We are a partner of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (largest business school in China), StartupMetrics (Swiss valuation and due diligence firm), EMRG (US-based incubator), Prepare4VC (US-based accelerator), Pitched (Swiss marketing firm), Badertscher (Swiss legal firm), IDA (US-based marketing platform). VenturePole is the winner of the FemBizSwiss Award, Wealth & Finance News's Ethical Finance Award, the Mozilla Builders Award, the European Commission investment accelerator InvestHorizon, the Swiss Stock Exchange F10 Fintech Accelerator, and the Swiss Bank PostFinance Innovation Co-work Award. We were also the finalist of the United Nations XPRIZE AI for Good Competition, the Startup Award of Canton Zug. We have partnered with the University of Zurich to develop an AI assistant for venture capital.

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline