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Investment Thesis Template for Venture Capital and Angel Investors

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📝 The Prompt

Act as a venture capital analyst and investment thesis writer. Help me develop a rigorous investment thesis for evaluating startup investments. My context: Investor type: [VC fund / angel / family office / accelerator] Investment stage: [Pre-seed / seed / Series A / growth] Focus areas: [Industry verticals or technology areas of interest] Check size: [Investment range per deal] Portfolio strategy: [Concentrated / diversified / lead / follow] Geography: [Regional focus if any] Please help me develop: 1. Investment philosophy statement — why you invest and what edge you bring 2. Market selection framework — what market characteristics you look for 3. Team evaluation rubric — founder attributes and signals 4. Business model requirements — revenue model, margin profile, defensibility 5. Market sizing methodology — TAM/SAM/SOM with bottom-up approach 6. Competitive landscape analysis framework 7. Deal evaluation scorecard with weighted criteria 8. Red flags checklist — automatic disqualifiers 9. Portfolio construction model — target # of investments and reserve strategy Also write a one-page investment thesis document I can share with LPs or co-investors.

⚙️ Replace 6 placeholders: [VC fund / angel / family office / accelerator] [Pre-seed / seed / Series A / growth] [Industry verticals or technology areas of interest] [Investment range per deal] [Concentrated / diversified / lead / follow] [Regional focus if any]

🎯 What this prompt does

This AI prompt helps you investment thesis template for venture capital and angel investors. Designed for investment analysis workflows in the finance category, it's a advanced-level prompt you can copy directly into ChatGPT to get instant, production-ready results.

Use it when you need a advanced prompt that produces clear, actionable output without wrestling with trial-and-error wording. Just copy, customize, and run.

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🚀 How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the prompt using the 📋 button above.
  2. Open ChatGPT (or Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or your preferred LLM).
  3. Paste the prompt into a new chat. Replace 6 bracketed placeholders ([VC fund / angel / family office / accelerator] [Pre-seed / seed / Series A / growth] [Industry verticals or technology areas of interest] ) with your own details.
  4. Run the prompt and review the AI's response. Most outputs are usable immediately.
  5. Iterate if needed — if the tone, length, or structure isn't quite right, reply with "make it shorter", "use bullet points", or "make it more formal" and the AI will refine it.

💡 Tips for better results

  • Replace the bracketed placeholders ([VC fund / angel / family office / accelerator], [Pre-seed / seed / Series A / growth], [Industry verticals or technology areas of interest], [Investment range per deal]) with your own specifics before sending.
  • If the first output isn't quite right, ask the AI to refine, rewrite, or add more detail — iteration is key.
  • For long outputs, ask for a section at a time (e.g. 'start with the introduction only') to keep quality high.
  • Combine this with other finance prompts to build an end-to-end workflow.
  • Save your favorite variations — small wording tweaks often produce noticeably different results.
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✨ What you'll get

When you run this prompt, expect ChatGPT to return:

  • A directly usable investment analysis output tailored to the details you provided
  • Clear structure (headings, bullets, or numbered sections) that you can drop into your workflow
  • Content that matches your specified tone and context
  • Results in under 30 seconds — no manual drafting required

Need a different angle? Just ask follow-up questions. The AI will adjust without you starting over.

🔄 3 variations to try

1

Make it more formal

Add "Use a formal, professional tone suitable for enterprise clients" at the start of the prompt.

2

Ask for multiple options

Append "Give me 5 alternative versions, each with a different angle or approach." after the main instruction.

3

Request structured output

Add "Return the response as a markdown table (or bullet list, or JSON)" so you can paste the result directly into your docs or code.

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