FAQs

This Entrepreneur Assessment and Guidance Report (EAGR) was created by the Washington DC ArchAngels to help founders of early-stage companies determine their Angel Investment readiness.

The EAGR is designed to help you:

  • Develop a basic understanding of how the Angel Investment process works,
  • Understand how Angel Investors analyze early-stage companies for investment,
  • Identify the key elements of a company’s readiness for an Angel round of investment,
  • Understand how your company is currently positioned in the eyes of most Angel Investors, and
  • Identify and prioritize next steps in preparing your company for a successful round of Angel Investment.
The EAGR is a self-assessment tool designed to help you prepare your company for a successful round of Angel Investment. The results of your EAGR assessment will not be shared with anyone outside your company without your prior consent.

You are welcome to download the results of your assessment and share them with anyone outside your organization. The results of your assessment are included in your EAGR Baseline and Advanced reports.

You are welcome to take the EAGR as many times as you would like per the terms of your annual subscription. Many early-stage company founders use the EAGR as a “continuous improvement” tool to track their progress in preparing their company for a successful round of Angel Investment.
Once you have completed the EAGR assessment questionnaire, you are able to download the EAGR Baseline Report. At the end of the Baseline Report there are instructions on how to order your EAGR Advance Report which will provide you with dynamically generated insights, customized guidance, and prioritized recommendations specifically designed to help your company improve its Angel Investment Readiness.

The AIR Maturity Matrix was developed by the Washington, DC ArchAngels to help early-stage companies determine their readiness for Angel Investment. The Matrix displays four levels of Angel Investment readiness for each EAGR performance dimension. Based on the results of their EAGR assessment, a company is placed on one of the four maturity levels. Thus, by “honestly” answering each question in the EAGR self-assessment, an early-stage company can see how mature or ready they are for seeking Angel Investment. Since the results of the EAGR are not shared with any Angel Investors without the consent of the company (user), the Maturity Matrix is another “continuous improvement” tool for early-stage companies to leverage in their quest for Angel funding.