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series-a-readiness

Audits whether a seed-stage company clears the Series A bar - benchmark metrics, narrative, team, and data room - and produces a red/yellow/green readiness scorecard with a 90-day gap-closing plan. Use when a founder asks "am I ready for Series A", "what metrics do I need to raise an A", "what goes in a Series A data room", "should I raise now or wait two quarters", or is deciding when to open an A process. Do NOT use for a general pre-pitch hygiene check at any stage - use fundraise-readiness-audit instead - or for choosing which round to raise at all - use fundraising-stage-selector instead.

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# Series A Readiness

The Series A bar is repeatability, not just traction. Seed proved someone wants the product; the A proves a scalable, predictable engine. The costly mistake this skill prevents: opening a process one quarter early, before the metrics support the story - that burns the exact investors you want, and word travels, so the only reset is waiting. This skill audits readiness across four pillars, builds the data room, and returns a go / fix-first / wait verdict with the milestones that would flip each red pillar green.

This is the Series-A-specific bar. For a stage-agnostic check of whether any raise will survive first meetings and diligence hygiene, use fundraise-readiness-audit; run that first, then this skill applies the A-specific benchmarks on top.

## Operating procedure

### Step 1: Gather inputs

Collect before scoring. Label any unreconciled number a guess and reconcile it to the bank or the billing system before it enters the scorecard - investors will.

1. ARR (or revenue run-rate) now, 12 months ago, and monthly for the trailing 12 months.
2. Net revenue retention, gross margin, CAC payback by channel, burn, and months of runway.