Gust’s support network for serious founders turning great ideas into big companies. Virtual sessions with startup experts and network of vetted software and service providers help startups avoid pitfalls, eliminate roadblocks, navigate growth challenges and accelerate progress.
The startup evaluation and feedback engine is a survey style tool that helps founders break down and evaluate their venture from the perspective of investors. Founders enter information about their team, business model, and traction and receive feedback about their relative strength in each area. At the end, they are presented with a comprehensive overview of how much they may be able to raise and from what types of investment organizations.
Startup evaluation & feedback on demand
The co-founder equity split tool is a software-based facilitation of the co-founders agreement conversation. Co-founders break down their own and their teammates skills, commitment in time and capital, and previous experience to align expectations and facilitate a fair initial equity split.
Gust Launch helps founders form and maintain a funding-ready company. It provides incorporation in Delaware, company governance setup, registered agent service, restricted common stock grants, a fully transactional cap table, self-service legal processes for common early-stage legal needs, and human-in-the-loop support.
The Gust Company profile leverages structured data collected from founders to unlock access to the Gust Capital Network and Gust Provider Network. Gust Company Profile data is used to help founders find the right resources and capital based on their current progress. Once they are ready to apply to investors on the platform, the Gust Company Profile acts as a common application, allowing them to leverage their information to easily apply to multiple matching capital sources.
The Gust pre-money valuation calculator helps founders understand how investors think about valuing early stage companies. By combining information about team, business model, and traction the tool provides an estimate for a reasonable pre-money valuation and a structure for communicating that valuation to potential investors.