The ComposabilityScores™ Scoring Framework
ComposabilityScores™ is an investor-grade venture readiness framework designed to answer one question clearly:
“Is this company becoming investable — and why?”
Unlike traditional startup scores or readiness checklists, ComposabilityScores™ does not average performance or reward completeness. It identifies right-tail potential, diligence blockers, and directional momentum using a structured, auditable scoring system.
The result is a consistent readiness signal founders can act on, and investors can rely on.
What ComposabilityScores™ Measures
Every company is assessed across 13 core readiness dimensions that reflect how real investors evaluate risk, upside, and execution quality.
These dimensions span market and problem clarity, business model quality, team and execution capability, traction and evidence, financial readiness, and governance, risk, and scalability.
Each dimension is scored independently on a 0–100 scale, with clear rationale keys recorded for every score.
No narrative summaries.
No black-box explanations.
No hallucinated insight.
How Scoring Works
Ranking Beats Averaging
ComposabilityScores™ does not calculate a simple average. Instead, scores are combined using non-linear weighting so that strength at the top compounds, weakness still matters, and excellence moves readiness faster than mediocrity.
Improving a strong category materially shifts readiness more than polishing a weak one. This reflects how investors actually decide.
Score-Dependent Contribution
Each category contributes differently depending on its score band. High-quality execution amplifies readiness. Low-quality execution does not dominate the outcome.
This prevents checklist optimisation and rewards genuine progress.
Momentum Is a Signal
ComposabilityScores™ tracks change over time, not just snapshots. Momentum affects interpretation: improving companies can advance readiness bands faster, stagnant excellence is capped, and deteriorating signals constrain readiness.
Two companies with the same score are not equal if their momentum differs.
Investor Lens Overlay
Scores are interpreted through an Investor Lens that reflects stage expectations, investment thesis alignment, and diligence reality.
The Investor Lens does not add or subtract points. Instead, it expands or compresses score meaning, gates readiness when misaligned, and prevents false “fit” signals.
A high score with the wrong lens is still a risk.
Readiness Bands
Scores resolve into readiness bands that indicate what the company is realistically ready for now. Bands are not promises; they are a structured signal for engagement and diligence readiness.
Each assessment is immutable once published and traceable to inputs, version, and policy logic.
Action Is Focused
ComposabilityScores™ does not generate long task lists. Each cycle produces at most one OKR, triggered only by high-severity blockers, and chosen to unlock non-linear readiness improvement.
If an action does not materially change investor perception, it does not ship.
Built for Trust and Auditability
- Deterministic, versioned assessments
- Immutable results once published
- Full audit trails and traceability
- Human-in-the-loop where required
This makes ComposabilityScores™ safe for IC use, explainable to LPs, reliable across portfolios, and suitable for accelerator standardisation.
Who This Framework Is For
Founders
- Understand investor readiness without guesswork
- Focus effort where it changes outcomes
- Track progress toward investability
Investors
- Screen opportunities earlier with confidence
- Prioritise diligence using a shared signal
- Monitor portfolio momentum and risk
Accelerators & Programmes
- Apply consistent standards across cohorts
- Identify emerging outliers earlier
- Support founders with clarity, not noise
Next Steps
Start your readiness score, explore example outputs, or learn how investors and accelerators use a shared, defensible signal.