The Investor-Ready Kit
The average VC firm screens 200 companies a year. It invests in four. Arrive in order.
You get a deck template, a runway model, a cap table simulator and a data room checklist. Then nine investor emails, ten AI prompts and a guide to raising in Italy. Eight files in all, and the first is a 14-day plan.
€149, one-offEight files in English and ItalianInstant download after payment
Five of the eight files, in the order you’ll use them.
Where you are
Five templates from five places. None was made to work with the others.
A deck from one site, a cap table from another, a data room list from a blog. Each is fine alone. None knows about the others, and few were written for a company raising in Italy.
An investor reads them side by side. The story, the model and the cap table have to say the same thing.
What investors do
Three numbers to plan around.
Nine in ten deals start elsewhere
In a survey of 885 venture capitalists, only 10% of deals came inbound from company management. Your introduction request and forwardable blurb carry as much weight as the cold email.
They read your files side by side
Investors compare the deck, the model, the cap table and the data room. CRV, a US venture fund, warns that numbers which disagree can quickly stall a deal.
The next round is about two years away
On Carta, the median time from seed to Series A was 1.9 years in Q4 2025. The runway model shows the month your cash ends and how long your round will last.
The real price
What going in unprepared really costs you.
The first read
DocSend’s research puts the time investors spend on a deck at under three minutes. The template follows the order investors expect, from problem to ask.
The first filter
Italian Angels for Growth, a Milan angel group, examines about 100 deals every two months. Three in a hundred reach its members’ vote and two are invested.
The first negotiation
On Carta, the median software seed raised $4.1 million, and the median dilution was 18%. The cap table simulator shows who owns what after the SAFE, the seed and the Series A.
Where you want to be
Now picture the first meeting.
The partner opens your data room and finds each document where it should be. The model and the cap table agree with the deck. The first question isn’t “can you send the numbers?” It’s about your market.
You spend the call on the business, not on finding the latest version of anything.
What’s inside
Eight files, in the order you’ll use them.
Start here
A 14-day plan to your first ten investor emails, and the order to use the files in.
Pitch deck template
The slides in the order investors expect, with guidance in the speaker notes of every slide.
Runway and use of funds model
Type in who you’ll hire, what it costs and what you expect to sell. The model shows your burn, your cash and your runway, month by month, and fills in the use-of-funds table.
Cap table and dilution simulator
See who owns what after a post-money SAFE, a seed and a Series A, with the option pool counted. It also shows how an exit splits.
Data room checklist
47 documents in seven folders. You won’t need them all at once, so each one says when it’s due and what to watch for.
Investor email templates
Nine email templates, from the cold email to the announcement of the close. Five rules sit behind them.
AI prompts for founders
Ten prompts that make ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini act like a tough first investor.
Raising in Italy 2026
Funding sources, investor tax breaks, innovative startup rules, Smart&Start Italia and a 12-week plan.
A page from the kit
The 14-day plan, in five lines.
This is the plan from the Start here file. Each line names the file to use that day.
Start here · Investor-ready in 14 days
From a rough idea to the first ten emails
- Days 1 to 2. Write your pitch in one sentence, and name the problem the way your customer would. Then try it on three people from outside your industry. (AI prompt 2)
- Days 6 to 7. Build the plan: hires, costs, revenue. Check the runway reaches 18 to 24 months after the round. (Runway model)
- Day 8. Model the round: SAFEs, option pool, dilution. Know your numbers before an investor does the maths for you. (Cap table simulator)
- Days 9 to 10. Assemble the data room, at least the pre-seed and seed documents. (Data room checklist)
- Day 14. Send the first ten. Follow up within the week, and start your monthly update. (Email templates)
Five of the plan’s nine steps. In the kit, the file for each day has its own column.
The kit
One download, one price.
€149
one-off, VAT added where it applies
Get the kitThe 14-day plan ends with your first ten investor emails ready to send.
- All eight files, in English and Italian, in one download
- October 2026 edition, each file dated
- Licence for your own company or companies
- Questions and feedback at info@adaxit.com
How it works
Three steps, no waiting.
Buy
Pay at checkout by card or PayPal.
Download
The eight files download right after payment, and a copy of the link is emailed to you.
Start here
Open the first PDF and follow the 14-day plan, from the deck to your first ten emails.
Why Adaxit
Built around how a raise is prepared.
Adaxit is a small advisory firm in Milan. Since 2019 we’ve prepared startups and SMEs for capital, working on their deck, their model, their valuation logic and their data room. This kit puts that preparation in files you can use yourself.
One order
The files follow the order in which investors ask their questions. Build them one after another and nothing gets done twice.
Italy and abroad
Italian notes where they apply, such as the visura camerale and innovative startup status, and US instruments such as the SAFE.
Dated
Rules and figures in the Italy guide are accurate to the best of our knowledge at 1 October 2026, and its sources are listed.
Plain about limits
The kit is educational. It is not legal, tax or investment advice, and Adaxit does not provide investment services.
Honest fit
Is it for you?
It’s for you if
- You’re preparing your first raise, at any stage from pre-seed to Series A.
- You want a structure that’s been tested, one you can adapt.
- You work in PowerPoint and Excel.
It’s not for you if
- You’d like someone to do the work for you, in which case see the fundraising sprint or the pitch deck review.
- You want introductions to investors. The kit is do-it-yourself; introductions come with our services, under a written mandate.
Questions
Before you buy.
Will the kit get me funded?
No. It doesn’t promise investors or funding, and Adaxit doesn’t provide investment services. It helps you arrive with a deck, numbers and a data room in order.
How do I receive the files?
You download them right after payment, and a copy of the link is emailed to you.
What language are the files in?
English and Italian. All eight files come in both, in the same download, with one folder for each language.
Is it only for Italian companies?
No. Only one of the eight files, the guide to raising in Italy, is specific to Italy. The data room list adds Italian notes where they apply.
Can my co-founder use it?
Yes. Anyone in your company can use it, and the licence covers your own company or companies. Just don’t resell the files or share them in public.
What if the rules change?
Check the date on each file. This is the October 2026 edition, and rules and figures change. Your accountant or lawyer should confirm anything that applies to you.
Can I get an invoice for my company?
Yes. Your receipt email has a Generate invoice link: add your company details and VAT number there and download the invoice.
Your first raise
Fourteen days from the first file to the first ten emails. Start today.
Pay at checkout and the eight files are yours straight away, with a copy of the link by email.
Want a quick read on where you stand first? Take the investor readiness testSources: Gompers, Gornall, Kaplan and Strebulaev, NBER Working Paper 22587, September 2016 (885 VCs), and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance summary, 20 August 2019 (200 companies screened and four investments a year; 10% inbound); CRV, data room guide, 1 April 2026; Carta, 26 February 2026 (1.9 years) and 10 July 2026 (software seed, $4.1 million, 18%); DocSend, 1 April 2025 (under three minutes); Italian Angels for Growth, startup page, read 6 October 2026 (100 deals every two months, 3%, 2%). Kit contents: Adaxit Investor-Ready Kit, October 2026 edition.