our approach

Our Dual-Engine is designed to identify and scale the most promising ventures, providing founders with a unified partner for the entire journey from idea to market leadership.

Venture Capital

We provide strategic pre-seed and early-stage funding, backing exceptional founders with the critical capital needed to launch and scale. Our terms are transparent and founder-first.

Venture Building

We provide a dedicated team of seasoned operators—our "execution engine"—that works alongside you to solve challenges in strategy, product, and go-to-market.

Submit Your Pitch!

Here’s what happens after you submit your pitch. Our process is designed to be transparent and valuable for every founder.

1. Systematic Evaluation: Your pitch will be assessed using our proprietary nine-pillar framework, resulting in a quantitative score that reflects our initial analysis.

2. Guaranteed Feedback for All: Every founder receives a personalized feedback email from our team. This is our commitment to you.

3. The Outcome: For all the appliants, the feedback email will provide the opportunity to request an in-depth Analysis Report to help you strengthen your venture.

If your pitch scores 80/100 or higher, your feedback email will include an exclusive invitation for a deep-dive call to discuss a potential partnership.

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Feedback for Every Founder

We know that sending your life's work to an investor can feel like sending it into a black box. At 20V, we believe every founder deserves respect, transparency, and constructive feedback. That’s why our assessment process is designed to provide value, regardless of the investment outcome.

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Guaranteed Feedback for Every Founder

Share Your Vision

Submit your pitch deck to our team. This is the first step in our conversation, giving us insight into the problem you are solving, the future you are building, and the official pathway to be considered for our investment portfolio.

Within three days, you'll get a feedback via email, free of charge. It has our high-level perspective on your core concept, market opportunity, and potential alignment with our thesis.

For founders seeking a more comprehensive perspective beyond our initial email feedback, we offer an in-depth Analysis Report. This report provides a deeper dive into your business model, market positioning, designed to equip you with actionable insights for the journey ahead.

Deep-Dive Report

Every founder who submits a pitch to 20V receives a personalized feedback email from our team. Within that same email, for those seeking a more comprehensive perspective, we also offer the opportunity to request our in-depth Business Analysis Report. This structured document provides a deeper dive into your business model and market positioning, designed to equip you with actionable insights for the journey ahead.

Every Founder Receives Feedback. Guaranteed.
submit your pitch!

THE BASE REPORT

Your Strategic Snapshot. This concise, three-page report serves as an essential diagnostic tool for your venture. It provides a clear, qualitative assessment of your pitch against our nine core pillars, highlighting key strengths and identifying critical areas for improvement. The report includes your overall quantitative score, giving you a clear benchmark of your project's investment readiness.

Includes:
A 3-page in-depth analysis.
Qualitative review of all nine pillars (Team, Market, Problem, etc.).
Your final, weighted overall score (from 1 to 100).

A summary of strengths, weaknesses, and potential red flags.

Ideal for: Teams seeking a quick, expert diagnostic of their core business and pitch structure.

THE COMPLETE REPORT

Your Fundraising Roadmap. Building upon the BASE Report, this comprehensive six-page strategic document is designed to transform analysis into action. It includes a detailed executive summary, your overall score, and individual scores for each of the nine pillars. Most importantly, this report provides actionable recommendations to enhance your business model, refine your go-to-market strategy, and strengthen your pitch narrative for investors.

Includes:
Everything in the BASE Report.
A 6-page comprehensive strategic document.
An executive summary for a quick overview.
Individual scores for each of the nine pillars.
Actionable advice on your Business Strategy, Fundraising approach, and Pitch Deck.

Ideal for: Founders preparing to launch a funding round who need a detailed roadmap to present their venture in the most compelling way possible.

THE CHAIRMAN FEEDBACK 

The Chairman's Perspective. Our most exclusive and in-depth offering. This ten-page analysis is personally curated and written by Pablo Docimo, our Chairman. This feedback goes beyond a standard VC analysis to offer direct, personal mentorship from a leader in the Italian early-stage ecosystem. It leverages Pablo's experience as both a former large corporate CEO and a successful venture builder to provide high-level strategic counsel, candid insights, and personal suggestions to elevate your business idea and investor presentation.

Includes:
Everything in the COMPLETE Report.
A 10-page analysis and mentorship document.
Personally written and signed by Chairman Pablo Docimo.
High-level strategic insights reflecting a top investor's mindset.
Personal suggestions for improving the business idea, fundraising and strengthening the pitch narrative.

Ideal for: Ambitious founders who seek not just an analysis, but elite counsel directly from a key decision-maker in the venture capital world.

20V Nine-Pillar Evaluation Method to Asess Your Venture.

We evaluate every pitch using our proprietary framework, which is built on nine core pillars. Our evaluation algorithm assigns a score to each pitch.

Every Founder Receives Feedback. Guaranteed.

If your pitch meets our minimum threshold of 80/100, you will advance to the next stage of our process for potential inclusion in the 20V investment pipeline.
SUBMIT YOUR PITCH!

20V integrated approach is our formula for de-risking the early stages and accelerating the path to Succeed.

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SUBMIT YOUR PITCH!