The FounderSeal (FS) is the seal that certifies your startup with data: a 0-100 score the platform calculates on its own, with public rules and verifiable data. On clearing the bar of 60, your project enters the dealflow the network’s investors receive. No committees, nobody’s recommendation, and no paying to appear. Here is the complete rubric.
It is calculated from the project’s data, not from how well its founder sells on a call. Anything self-declared reaches 40; the other 60 demand evidence verified by a person.
Every week with the Cockpit up to date adds; every week stalled subtracts. A project that gets abandoned leaves the dealflow without anyone having to throw it out.
They are written on this page and applied by code. No waiting list, no contacts, no exceptions for friends.
A 0-100 score every project on Madrid Ventures receives, calculated automatically by the platform from verifiable data. It has three blocks: fundamentals (20 points: the 10 project fields, the linked demo and the Cockpit initialised), consistency (20 points: 2 for each week with your cash figures up to date) and verified evidence (60 points: a ladder of 10 rungs audited with proof). On clearing 60 points, the project enters the dealflow the network’s investors receive — and since anything you can declare yourself tops out at 40, clearing the bar always requires audited evidence.
No. The FounderSeal is calculated from the project’s data, not from anyone’s promises or from the plan they pay for. The Fundador Pro membership unlocks tools — claiming evidence rungs, the Simulator, the public funding map — but it does not add a single point by itself. Nobody pays to appear in the dealflow: they earn it by building.
Because consistency expires on purpose: only weeks with your cash figures up to date within the last 10 count, so each week without updating the Cockpit is 2 points less — with no cliffs, and reversible by getting back into the routine. It is what guarantees investors they never see zombie projects. Verified evidence, by contrast, does not expire: what has been proven stays proven.
Every rung on the ladder demands evidence anyone can check: the URL of a working demo, a link to metrics, the company’s registration number in the commercial registry, the reference of an investment agreement. When you claim it, it sits pending and a person on the MV team verifies it before it adds a single point. False evidence voids the rung, its points, and can mean the account is closed.
No. It is an objective first filter that saves time, not advice. Madrid Ventures is not a crowdfunding platform nor an investment services firm: it does not hold funds, does not intermediate and does not recommend. The analysis and the decision are always the investor’s.
You still have the whole platform to get there: the breakdown tells you exactly what you are missing in each block, and your Route gives you one single next step at a time. The bar is not a door that closes, it is a thermometer — and it recalculates itself the moment you improve something.
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Calculate my FounderSeal for free →Madrid Ventures is not a crowdfunding platform nor an investment services firm. It does not hold funds, does not intermediate in transactions and does not provide financial advice. The FounderSeal is an informational filtering tool and under no circumstances an investment recommendation.