Venture Capital & Portfolio Management

Journey (VC / investor flow)

Portfolio updates (investor emails, financial reports, founder check-ins)
    → Burnout scoring (exhaustion, detachment, efficacy)
    → Signal extraction (financial stress indicators, communication patterns, growth blockers)
    → Intervention pathways (fundraising support, operational guidance, founder wellness)
    → GP brief (trend, risk signals, recommended support moves)
    → Follow-up pulse (monthly portfolio health reviews)

Challenges we watch

• Financial stress signals: burn rate concerns, runway compression, missed milestones.
• Communication patterns: delayed updates, defensive tone, reduced transparency.
• Growth blockers: team friction, product-market fit struggles, market headwinds.
• Founder fatigue: work-life imbalance, decision fatigue, leadership isolation.

Interventions we return

• Fundraising support: identify optimal timing, prepare pitch materials, connect to networks.
• Operational guidance: surface team health issues, suggest process improvements, resource allocation.
• Founder wellness: recommend breaks, peer support, executive coaching, board support.
• Portfolio health: aggregate signals across portfolio, identify systemic patterns, proactive support.

Inputs that work best

• 40–120 words from investor update emails, financial reports, founder check-ins, board meeting notes.
• Use pseudonymized founder IDs; maintain confidentiality per fund policies.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.stageonego.com/v1/detect \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STAGEONEGO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Runway tightening faster than expected. Team morale dipping. Need to raise but timing feels off."
  }'

Example response (trimmed)

{
  "data": {
    "burnout_intensity": {
      "score": 0.62,
      "risk_level": "orange",
      "trend": "rising"
    },
    "symptoms": ["emotional_exhaustion", "financial_stress", "decision_fatigue"],
    "incoming_blockers": ["runway_compression", "team_morale", "fundraising_timing"]
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_vc_123",
    "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:35:00Z"
  }
}

Safeguards

• Decision support only; maintain GP discretion on portfolio actions.
• No raw-text retention by default; enable storage explicitly if required.
• Respect fund confidentiality policies; pseudonymize founder identifiers.
• Aggregate portfolio insights while preserving individual founder privacy.