# Stratalize Venture Benchmark API

> Stratalize Venture Benchmark API is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns startup fundraising benchmarks (pre-money valuation, round size, dilution, option pool) by stage and sector, sourced from Carta Q4 2024 data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/venture-benchmark
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stratalize-venture-benchmark-api-b20d6c09
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YRglrOZ-5cFCGSOeusVcr

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability stratalize-venture-benchmark-api-b20d6c09
```

Example prompt: What are the typical pre-money valuation, round size, and dilution benchmarks for a Series A SaaS company raising right now? Pull the Carta Q4 2024 numbers.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a founder, investor, or VC-facing agent needs authoritative, cryptographically verifiable fundraising benchmarks by specific stage and sector, sourced from Carta Q4 2024. Prefer this over generic market research when you need structured, machine-readable benchmark data (valuation, round size, dilution, option pool) for a specific stage-sector pair, especially when verifiability and data provenance matter.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid stage enum value returns 400 Bad Request
- Invalid sector enum value returns 400 Bad Request
- Missing required parameters returns 400 Bad Request
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) returns 402 Payment Required
- Rate limiting may return 429 Too Many Requests
- Data unavailable for niche stage/sector combinations may return 404 or empty benchmark fields

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). Use when a founder or VC needs round pricing benchmarks before a raise. Returns pre-money valuation, round size, dilution, and option pool standards by stage and sector. Example: SaaS Series A median $106M pre-money, 24% dilution, $25M round. Source: Carta Q4 2024

## Output

Returns structured benchmark data including median pre-money valuation, typical round size, expected dilution percentage, and option pool standards for the requested funding stage (pre_seed, seed, series_a, series_b, or series_c) and sector (saas, fintech, healthcare_tech, consumer, deep_tech, marketplace). Each response is ML-DSA-65 signed and includes a cryptographic receipt verifiable at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "stage": {
   "enum": [
    "pre_seed",
    "seed",
    "series_a",
    "series_b",
    "series_c"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: stage"
  },
  "sector": {
   "enum": [
    "saas",
    "fintech",
    "healthcare_tech",
    "consumer",
    "deep_tech",
    "marketplace"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: sector"
  }
 }
}
```

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