# VenturePulse Pitch-Deck Scorer

> VenturePulse Pitch-Deck Scorer is a paid API for AI agents from venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.2/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Scores a startup pitch deck against VC frameworks (Sequoia, a16z, YC) across 8 dimensions, returning scores, improvement notes, and the exact questions VCs will ask

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://venturepulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/startup/pitch-score
- Price: $0.2/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/venturepulse-pitch-deck-scorer-7a559ebc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7olTuUB20WyLF4RTKfWb_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## 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 venturepulse-pitch-deck-scorer-7a559ebc
```

Example prompt: Score my pitch deck for CloudBase, a B2B SaaS startup automating cloud cost optimization for mid-market companies — evaluate it against the Sequoia, a16z, and YC frameworks across all 8 dimensions and tell me what questions VCs will grill me on.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a founder or agent needs structured, multi-framework VC evaluation of a pitch deck with actionable feedback and anticipated investor questions — specifically when benchmarking against Sequoia, a16z, or YC criteria matters. Prefer over generic AI feedback tools when VC-framework alignment and question anticipation are the primary goals.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or insufficient pitch content returns validation error
- Pitch description too vague to evaluate against VC frameworks returns low-confidence scores
- Payment not processed results in 402 Payment Required
- Rate limiting if called too frequently returns 429
- Malformed request body returns 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

Pitch-deck scorer against VC frameworks (Sequoia, a16z, YC) across 8 dimensions — scores, improvement notes and the exact questions VCs will ask. For founder agents.

## Output

Returns scores for each of 8 pitch dimensions benchmarked against Sequoia, a16z, and YC frameworks, along with specific improvement recommendations and the exact probing questions VCs are likely to ask during a pitch meeting.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
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    "method"
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   "properties": {
    "type": {
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     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "en | es | fr | de | ja | pt | it | nl | ko | zh | ar (default: en)"
      },
      "stage": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "pre-seed | seed | series-a | series-b (default: seed)"
      },
      "sector": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "fintech | saas | biotech | ai | climate | consumer | b2b | deeptech | any (default: any)"
      },
      "description": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "dimensions": {
   "traction": {
    "score": 3,
    "what_works": "Early pilot signed",
    "what_to_fix": "One pilot is not traction — need revenue or LOIs from 3+ customers"
   },
   "market_size": {
    "score": 5,
    "what_works": "Large sector identified",
    "what_to_fix": "Top-down sizing only — build a bottom-up model or VCs will not believe it"
   }
  },
  "top_3_fixes": [
   "Build bottom-up market sizing",
   "Add cohort retention data",
   "Sharpen the why-now slide"
  ],
  "overall_score": 62,
  "overall_verdict": "needs_work",
  "vc_will_challenge": [
   "Why can't a larger incumbent do this?",
   "What is your CAC and LTV?"
  ]
 }
}
```

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