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The Framework

How Kaptrix reads a company.

Evidence over claims. Structure over vibes.

Most company evaluations lean on demos, founder charisma, and scattered documentation. The result is inconsistent calls and expensive surprises. Kaptrix replaces that with a structured, repeatable framework that separates what is proven from what is claimed, and turns the gap between the two into the central object of the read.

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Six dimensions we evaluate

Failure modes, not feature lists.

Dimension

Product Credibility

Is AI genuinely core to the product, or decorative? Do customer outcomes match the claims?

Dimension

Tooling & Vendor Exposure

How concentrated is the stack, and how costly is substitution if a vendor changes terms?

Dimension

Data & Sensitivity Risk

Does data sensitivity match the tooling, and are regulated categories handled correctly?

Dimension

Governance & Safety Posture

When the system behaves badly, is it observable, controllable, and accountable?

Dimension

Production-Readiness Signals

Will it hold under real load, real incidents, and real inference economics?

Dimension

Open Validation Areas

What remains unverified, where is technical debt hiding, and which unknowns still matter?

How we think about scoring

Five rules, non-negotiable.

  • Evidence, not adjectives

    Every score is tied to an artifact. If it cannot be cited, it cannot be scored.

  • Missing information is a finding

    Unknowns are surfaced, not imputed. A dense gap register is itself a signal.

  • Non-compensatory by design

    Strength in one dimension cannot paper over a failure in another. Guardrails catch what an average would hide.

  • Lifecycle-aware recommendations

    Diligencing a deal, monitoring a live engagement, and reviewing a portfolio company are different questions with different answers.

  • Two reviewers, then calibration

    Every evaluation is dual-scored. Where reviewers disagree, the reasoning is the deliverable.

What Kaptrix delivers

A defensible evaluation profile.

Dimensional scores, an evidence gap register, red-flag surfacing, and a clear recommendation you can take into committee.

  • Dimensional scores
  • Evidence gap register
  • Red-flag surfacing
  • A clear committee-ready recommendation

Built for

Teams that need to understand a company quickly.

  • Small investment teams
  • Advisors evaluating companies
  • Operators preparing for review
  • Firms running compliance workflows

Under NDA

The full methodology, sub-criteria, and decision thresholds.

The full scoring methodology — including sub-criteria and decision thresholds — is available under NDA.

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