Answer the hard questions
before the investor meeting.
You get one shot with each investor, and a pass rarely comes with a reason. Bring your deck, or just the idea. Premise asks what they'll ask, pushes back on weak answers, and builds the five documents you need to walk in ready.
Free for 14 days. No card. About 5 minutes from a deck, 20 from scratch.
Built for first-time founders getting ready to raise
You have a deck
You've rewritten it ten times and still can't tell what an investor will poke at. Upload it and find out in minutes.
You have a pitch coming
An investor coffee, a demo day, a pitch competition. Rehearse first with an investor who has read your plan and won't go easy on you.
You're doing this without a sounding board
No co-founder or advisor whose job is to say “that number doesn't hold up.” Premise is that voice, whenever you need it.
See it on a real deck
Your pitch deck in. Pressure-tested suite out.
Kettlewise is a startup we made up: inventory software for independent cafés. We wrote a typical pre-seed deck for it, uploaded it to Premise, and these are the documents Premise built, unedited. The company and its numbers are fictional. The pushback is real.
See the deck that went in ↗
Where Premise pushed back · hover a box to see it on the page
Kettlewise is fictional. The documents are Premise's unedited output.
What you walk out with
Five documents that actually get you a callback.
Investors decide in seconds whether a deck is worth reading. Premise builds yours to survive that first glance and the hard questions after it, checked so no number contradicts another. Export the whole suite as one polished PDF.
One-Pager
The page that has to work in 60 seconds.
- ✓The problem and who has it
- ✓Your solution and who pays
- ✓Market size, with its source
- ✓A competitor comparison table
- ✓Traction so far, and the ask
Founder Roadmap
Phase by phase, from today to your first real milestone.
- ✓What each phase has to prove
- ✓Milestones and rough costs
- ✓The riskiest assumptions, tested first
Feasibility & POC Report
An honest verdict on what's real and what isn't yet.
- ✓An executive verdict up front
- ✓Each key claim marked validated, partly validated, or not yet
- ✓What it would take to prove the rest
Pitch Deck Narrative
The story an investor needs to follow, slide by slide.
- ✓Every slide's message and content
- ✓Speaker notes in your voice
- ✓Answers ready for the hardest questions
Brand Overview
The identity built on your positioning.
- ✓Positioning and voice
- ✓Name options and their risks
- ✓Logo concepts and a color palette
Already have a deck?
Upload it. Premise reads it, asks about the gaps, and builds all five in about five minutes.
Pressure-test my deckHow it works
Plan. Revise. Connect.
Build it, fix it, rehearse it. Each step answers a question an investor will ask.
Your readiness grade
Always know what to do next.
Nine checks, each one something an investor asks about. Your grade turns “now what?” into one next step, and tells you why it matters.
Private to you. Investors never see a score.
Why investors care: one number that disagrees makes them doubt every other number.
- ✓All five documents built
- ✓No placeholders left
- 3Run the consistency check
- ✓Pitched the skeptical investor
Why Premise
The first time you hear the hard question shouldn't be in the meeting.
Most first-time founders get one shot with each investor. When it's a pass, they rarely hear why, and usually it was a question they hadn't worked through: who exactly buys, why now, what the money actually gets you. Well-connected founders hear those questions early from advisors and friends who've raised before. Premise asks them first, pushes back on weak answers while they're still cheap to fix, and gives you documents that hold up when someone pushes.
When you're ready
Let investors find you, on your terms.
Once your suite holds up, you can list your venture for vetted investors in our private beta. It's optional, and you stay in control.
Stealth by default
Investors see the shape of your venture, not its name, until you decide otherwise.
Your process stays yours
Investors see only the venture profile you approve. Never your chats, your drafts, or how you work on Premise.
Nothing until you say yes
Investors request an intro. No contact details change hands unless you accept.
Investor? Apply for access. Free during the beta, and every application is reviewed by hand.
Pricing
Two weeks free. Then pay per venture.
Try everything in Premise free for 14 days. After that, each venture is a one-time $20, and it's yours for good. No subscription.
Per venture
Start with 14 days of everything, free. No card. After that, each venture you want to keep working on is a one-time $20.
- The full guided interview, or start from your deck
- All five investor-ready documents
- Revise: refine every document, versioned
- A consistency check across all five
- Pitch rehearsals with a candid debrief
- Export the suite as one polished PDF, in your colors
- An investor listing with no end date (beta)
- Yours for good. No subscription.
When your trial ends, nothing is deleted: every venture stays readable, and you unlock only the ones you want to keep building.
What founders are saying
The process felt much closer to sharing a business idea with a skeptical friend than with an AI. It pushed back hard on my assumptions and didn't just tell me I had a good idea. Most AI tools say 'Great! Here's how it could work.' Here, I had to fight to keep the idea alive, which is exactly what you want.
I was blown away by Premise. I thought I had every detail of my investor pack nailed down, but it opened my eyes to a few important weak points.
You've built an exceptional product. As someone who's raising right now, seeing my venture through a different lens is invaluable, and Premise gives me exactly that.
A really thorough understanding of our ecosystem and product, just from our deck. Quite astonishing, really.
I honestly felt like I was talking to a real person. The replies were so logical, it dug deep into how I think, and it asked about the real-life moment that got me thinking about this idea in the first place.
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
I already have a deck. Do I start over?+
No. Upload your deck, one-pager, or notes. Premise reads them, asks about the gaps, and builds your five documents in about five minutes.
What exactly do I get?+
A guided conversation that builds five investor-ready documents — one-pager, founder roadmap, feasibility & POC report, pitch deck narrative, and brand overview — each tailored to your venture and exportable, plus Revise to refine them and pitch rehearsals to practice the room.
How long does it take?+
About 15–20 minutes of focused conversation to produce your full five-document suite. The more honest detail you bring, the sharper the output.
Do I need a business background?+
No. Premise calibrates to you — whether you're technical, business-minded, or starting completely fresh with just an idea.
How is this different from ChatGPT?+
Use any AI you like to brainstorm; general AI is great at answers. Premise is where you prove the venture to people who can fund it: a structured path to five documents that agree with each other, a readiness grade that always shows your next step, and investors on the other side.
Can investors use Premise too?+
Yes, Premise is two-sided. Investors apply for access (free during our private beta, and reviewed by hand), then browse pressure-tested ventures by sector and traction, follow the ones they like, and request intros. Founders stay in control: they choose what's shared and approve every intro before any contact is exchanged.
Can investors see what I'm doing on Premise?+
No. Investors only see the venture profile you approve when you list. They never see your chats, your drafts, your revisions, your rehearsals, or your grade. How you work on Premise stays yours.
Do investors see my readiness grade?+
No. Your grade is private coaching: it shows you the next step and why investors care about it. Investors only see the venture profile you approve.
How much does it cost?+
Everything is free for your first 14 days, with no card: as many ventures as you like, Revise, pitch rehearsals, the PDF export, and an investor listing. After that, each venture you want to keep working on is a one-time $20, and it stays unlocked for good. There is no subscription. Ventures you don't unlock stay saved and readable.
Is my work private?+
Yes. Your projects and documents are tied to your account and aren't shared with anyone unless you choose to list your venture for investors. Even then, you decide exactly what's shown (stealth by default, with no name or sensitive details), and no contact is exchanged until you accept an intro.
Can Premise make mistakes?+
Yes. Premise is AI, and like any AI it can get things wrong. It flags figures and competitor details that need checking, and the consistency check catches contradictions across your documents, but you're responsible for verifying figures, competitors, and claims before you share anything.
Your next pitch is coming. Walk in ready.
Face the hard questions before the meeting, not in it. Free for 14 days, no card.