Free for founders · Raise Readiness Score

Find your gaps.Fix them with Claude.

Nine taps, two minutes: your Raise Readiness Score, your three biggest gaps, and the exact free tools from a vault of 40 verified Claude repos that fix each one.

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Everything here is free

Everything a founder needs,even if you can't pay

Take what helps. Pay only if you want it done faster, with me.

Your score and 3 gaps

Where you stand, and what to fix first, in two minutes.

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40 verified Claude tools

Real repos and Skills for investors, deck, model, data room, outreach and pitch practice.

Checked Oct 11, 2026

Four free StartWise tools

Investor Exam, Pitch Deck Check, Deck Generator and Idea Pressure Test.

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The build-it-yourself plan

How to rebuild StartWise with open source: the tools, the hours, the real costs.

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Up to $139K in credits

Startup perks from tools you already use, sorted so bootstrapped founders can claim first.

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A free intro review

If I believe in your team and product and there's traction, I'll introduce you to investors I know.

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37 step-by-step guides

Validate, get customers, deck to term sheet, the 30 days after, Claude power-ups and your own AI agents. Free, with templates and prompts.

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The AI Stack course

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok from setup to your own bots and agents, with a path for your goal. Free.

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The Claude Skill Library

The best free skills for raising, building, design, sales, marketing and running the company. Two starter skills to download.

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A free course, starting today

The Raise Course: ten short lessons by email, one a day, from idea to term sheet. Videos as I record them.

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The Raise Templates

Investor CRM, data room folders, monthly update, outreach emails and a 12-week plan.

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A SAFE calculator

See what every SAFE, the option pool and your next round do to what you own.

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A free live workshop

One live hour with me every month, open to every founder.

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See the whole free stack in one place
Why I give this away

Raising shouldn't dependon who you already know

Daniel Koren, founder of StartWise
Daniel KorenFounder, StartWise
The first quote

$30,000 to get started

When I took my first idea to a company in Israel, they quoted me about $30,000 for a deck, a business plan, a product spec, a prototype and investor intros.

No network

I didn't know a single investor

So I built my network the slow way: going to events and pitching myself to anyone who would listen.

Running my agency

The same story, every founder

I saw what help really costs: thousands for consultants, $500+ a month in tools, and the same common mistakes I'd made myself.

Then AI changed the math

So I built StartWise

Most of that work now takes hours with the right AI. StartWise does it from $20 a month, and everything you need to do it yourself is free.

$30,000 → from $0
My open-network pledgeMy investor network is open to you, for free.

If I believe in the team and the product, and there's traction, I'll introduce you to investors I know. No fee, no equity, no cut of your round. I do it because good connections between good people are good for everyone, me included.

Ask for a free intro review
52.9%of US venture dollars went to the Bay Area and New York last quarterPitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2026. Source
$3–25Ka month for a fundraising consultant, often plus 2–8% of your roundConsultant fee guides, 2026. Source
40 vs 15investor meetings: funded seed founders vs unfunded ones, from a similar number of contactsDocSend, 175 startups (2019 data). Source
One OS instead of twelve tools

Stop paying $548 a monthfor a stack that doesn't talk

What founders usually pay forList price / mo
Crunchbase ProInvestor researchIn StartWise$99
Apollo BasicVerified emailsIn StartWise$65
Instantly + inboxesCold emailIn StartWise$65
HeyReachLinkedIn outreachIn StartWise$79
DocSendData roomIn StartWise$45
The SwarmWarm-intro mappingIn StartWise$99
folk, LivePlan, Gamma, Missive, Claude ProCRM, model, deck, inbox, AIIn StartWise$96
Typical total$548/mo
StartWise Premium$39/month

Investors with named partners and verified emails, deck and Deck Doctor, plan and model, data room, AI co-founder. Platinum adds multi-channel outreach and one inbox for $79.

Get 20 investors freeOr see how to build it yourself →

List prices from each vendor's pricing page, October 11, 2026, monthly billing. Where StartWise doesn't fully match a point tool, the build-it-yourself page says so.

Three ways to raise.Pick yours.

Do it yourself

The free path

$0+ your hoursAbout 100–155 hours over 8 weeks
  • Score, 3 gaps and the 40-tool vault
  • Free StartWise tools
  • Perks, credits and the DIY plan
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Can't pay right now

Founder Access

Freeby applicationDecision within 14 days
  • For founders without the money or the network
  • A set number of seats each month
  • Give back later by helping the next founder
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Move fast, with me

Done with guidance

From $27Investor-ready in 30 days
  • 12 Claude Skills that do the work
  • Live calls and a deck review with me
  • StartWise Premium included
Start with my score

Who this isn't for: founders treating it as a hobby who think it might become real later. It's for founders who want to move fast, without wasting weeks figuring it out alone.

Two minutes now.A real plan tonight.

01 / SCORE

Nine taps

Your stage, your round, your deck, your list and your traction.

02 / FIX

Three gaps, three tools each

The exact vault tools for your weakest spots, in your inbox.

03 / RAISE

Go alone or go with me

The free path, Founder Access, or the Skill Pack and Sprint.

From founders

Founders whomoved faster

Real founders, shared with their permission. Results vary; most founders use the free tools to get their materials ready faster.

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. The score, the 40-tool vault, the DIY plan, the perks list and the four StartWise tools are free. You pay only if you want the Skill Pack, the Sprint or StartWise.

Do you take a percentage of my raise?

Never. Everything is a flat price, and intros through my network are free. Nobody here takes equity or a cut of your round.

Do I need to code?

No. Most vault tools are Claude Skills and prompts you paste in. The repos come with setup guides, and each card shows how long setup takes.

Which Claude plan do I need?

Prompts work on any plan. Skills and repos work best on Claude Pro or Max. Some tools need a free API key.

How do the free intros work?

Ask for an intro review and tell me about the team, the product and the traction. I read every one. If I believe in it, I'll make the introduction myself, free.

What happens after the score?

You see your results right away and get them by email with the vault. After that there's an optional $27 Skill Pack. Skip it and keep everything free.

The $30,000 of workstarts with two minutes.

Your score, your gaps and 40 tools to fix them. Free.

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