Use the room at the moments a raise can go wrong.

Before the first deck goes out

No investor has seen the deck yet, or there is only a narrative. Every early send is a first impression you can only spend once.

• Upload a PDF, PowerPoint or OpenDocument deck, or paste the narrative if the slides are not ready.
• The readiness check stops a teaser that is too thin to read instead of spending a run on it.
• Absence detection names missing traction, competition, ask, team, market or use-of-funds sections.
• The verdict strip and the top three objections show what the room hits first.

Starts with: Reality Check (free)

A partner meeting is on the calendar

The meeting is this week and cannot be repeated. The question you have not prepared for is the one that costs it.

• The diligence dossier ranks the distinct questions the room asked by how often and how seriously they came up.
• A printable prep sheet carries the top objections, questions and fixes into the meeting.
• Objection flashcards let you answer out loud and repeat the cards that still need work.
• The 1:1 drill and the three-investor panel let you rehearse against the profiles that pushed hardest.

Starts with: Full Read

After a round of polite passes

“Too early for us” and “not a fit for our thesis” carry no signal. Real investors rarely say what actually stopped them.

• Each ranked pass reason shows the candid concern next to the polite version an investor would send.
• Compare those polite lines with the emails you have received to find the concern underneath.
• Sources of conviction show which parts of the deck created positive movement, so you keep what works.
• The Pitch Mentor groups related objections, so one fix can answer several of them.

Starts with: Full Read

Revising the deck between meetings

You changed the deck. Without a comparison you cannot tell whether the edit closed a concern or only moved it.

• Same Room Replay runs a compatible room again after each revision.
• The version comparison shows which objections disappeared, persisted or appeared after the edit.
• Real-meeting labels and the miss log record what real investors actually asked, and carry it into later runs.

Starts with: Fundraise Season

Raising a different stage than last time

A seed deck and a Series A deck are judged against different bars. Founders who move up a stage often keep the old story.

• The fundraise frame (stage, round size, geography, sector and traction) sets who is in the room and the bar they apply.
• Stage frames run from business angel and pre-seed to Series C and growth.
• Stage-adjacent profiles say so when a deck reads like a different round than the one it asks for.
• Disclosed private-offering records are used for stage and round-size context only.

Starts with: Reality Check (free)

Deciding who to approach first

Outreach order matters, and a long list hides which kind of investor is likely to engage with this deck.

• The targeting profile describes the kinds of investor whose lens responded in the simulated room.
• It describes archetypes, never named people or firms. You build the actual list yourself.
• The archetypes page explains each decision lens before you run anything.

Starts with: Full Read

Raising in German-speaking markets

You pitch in German, or you prepare in German before an English meeting.

• Reports, drills and the site are available in English and German.
• Geography is part of the fundraise frame that decides which profiles fit the room.

Starts with: Reality Check (free)

Getting a second opinion from people you trust

Advisors and angels you know will read the deck. Their reading is worth more when the simulated verdict has not shaped it first.

• Expert blind screens send invite links to real angels, advisors or GPs you choose.
• They screen the same deck without seeing the simulated verdict first, and they need no account.
• Their answers sit next to the simulation, so you can see where the two agree and where they differ.

Starts with: Any completed run

When SimVC is the wrong tool

The simulation reads the materials you give it. It cannot see anything outside the deck, so some fundraising questions are out of reach by design.

• It does not predict whether you will raise, and it never shows a funding probability or an investability score.
• It does not give you names of real investors or firms to contact.
• It cannot model warm intros, partner chemistry, fund timing, FOMO or reputation.
• It does not replace conversations with real investors. Use it before them, and feed what you learn back in.