Three reader archetypes · three entry tiers

Pick the archetype whose week-rhythm sounds like yours.

We used to describe one reader: the developer-investor. That description fit a third of our buyers and confused the other two-thirds. So we split it. There are three of you, and the tier that fits each of you is different. Solo Angel is not Fund GP. Fund GP is not Family Office. The methodology is the same; the contract shape, the on-ramp, and the upgrade path are not.

Solo Angel Fund GP / Scout Family Office Analyst

Archetype · Solo Angel

Solo Angel

Engineer or ex-founder writing personal angel checks of €5k–€50k. Five to forty investments to date. Lives in Cursor, Claude, and GitHub all day.

A typical week

Code in the morning, scroll Hacker News and Twitter at lunch.
An AngelList syndicate invite at 14:00; decide on the check by 18:00.
Read a Pragmatic Engineer issue in bed.

Jobs to be done

Show me one company a week I’d otherwise miss.
Confirm my hunch that a startup I’m circling is shipping faster than its peers.
Give me a Sunday digest dense enough that I don’t need to scroll Twitter on Monday.

What makes this reader buy

A Sunday digest where five names beats fifty — density over volume.
MCP-native: query the data straight from Claude or Cursor, no dashboard tab.
Methodology PDF over founder polish. Engineer-coded honesty, not enterprise theatre.

Not for you if

You write €1M+ tickets out of a fund and need full-coverage screening — that’s a different category. Sharp Tier (€497/mo) would feel like overkill for a personal checkbook.

Entry tier

Free Acceleration Watch · €0

Start with the free Sunday digest

Ramp tier

Dashboard · €9.97/mo

Or jump to the €9.97/mo Dashboard

Archetype · Fund GP

Fund GP / Scout

Sole or lead GP at a fund under $50M AUM, or a named scout for a larger fund. Writes a Monday memo for partners. Has at least one analyst or a sourcing-tool stack you’re paying for.

A typical week

Memo before standup, founder calls in the afternoon.
End of day = watchlist updates plus one LP question answered.
Friday is the LP-update draft; the leading indicator goes in paragraph two.

Jobs to be done

Give me fifty names per sector my analyst can chase.
Custom watchlist I can share with my partner, plus an API into our internal CRM.
A 21–47-day first-mover window I can credibly explain in an LP update.

What makes this reader buy

A 24-hour lead window over the free digest — your analyst sees it before consensus does.
White-labeled API + custom watchlists; methodology source under CC BY 4.0 so an LP can audit it.
Quarterly review call with the methodology lead. Capped 8 funds means scarcity is real, not theatre.

Not for you if

You’re a Series-B+ partner with a six-figure data budget — Harmonic, Tracxn, and Affinity are built for full-coverage screening. We’re a leading-indicator overlay, not a replacement.

Entry tier

Insider Circle · €97/mo

Read the Insider case (24-hour lead)

Ramp tier

Sharp Tier · €497/mo (capped 8 funds)

Or apply for Sharp Tier

Archetype · Family Office

Family Office Analyst

Analyst or principal at a single-family office, multi-family office, or institutional allocator. Less personal stake, more recurring rigor. Writes detailed diligence memos. You buy methodology, not features.

A typical week

Mornings on existing-portfolio monitoring.
Afternoons on a deep-dive into one sector.
End of week is a written report to principal or compliance.

Jobs to be done

A reproducible methodology paper my compliance team can audit.
ClaimReview-grade provenance on every public claim — not a marketing assertion.
Annual contract with a named methodology lead, not a Stripe self-service flow.

What makes this reader buy

SSRN paper with replication appendix. CC BY 4.0 licensing — your compliance team can host the dataset internally.
Methodology Partnership is a named partnership, not a subscription. Procurement-friendly, annually renewed.
Anonymous-by-design matches a compliance preference for source over personality. The voice is the methodology.

Not for you if

You need a self-serve €9.97 SaaS. The Dashboard is honest, but it isn’t the contract shape your compliance team will sign. Start at Sector Sweep or above.

Entry tier

Sector Sweep · €1,997 once

Commission a Sector Sweep

Ramp tier

Methodology Partnership · €14,997/yr

Or open the Methodology Partnership

Routing matrix

Which tier fits which archetype

Same eight tiers, three different on-ramps. Not every cell is a primary fit — some are awareness, some are wrong-tier. The matrix below shows where each archetype starts, where they ramp to, and where they should not bother.

Tier	Solo Angel	Fund GP	Family Office
Free Acceleration Watch	Entry	Awareness	Awareness
First Look Pass · €7	Tripwire	Skip	Skip
Dashboard · €9.97/mo	Core	Underspec	Wrong tier
Insider Circle · €97/mo	Ramp	Entry	Underspec
Sharp Tier · €497/mo	Overkill	Core	Awareness
Sector Sweep · €1,997 once	Overkill	Thesis primer	Entry
Methodology Partnership · €14,997/yr	Wrong tier	Overkill	Core
Vault · €49,997/yr	Wrong tier	Awareness	Ramp

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Pricing tiers are real and current. Solo Angel ramp from Free → Dashboard → Insider; Fund GP ramps Insider → Sharp; Family Office ramps Sector Sweep → Methodology Partnership → Vault. Every tier carries the same 30-day Signal-or-It’s-Free guarantee on the first paid window.

Pick the archetype whose week-rhythm sounds like yours.

Which tier fits which archetype

Tier	Solo Angel	Fund GP	Family Office
Free Acceleration Watch	Entry	Awareness	Awareness
First Look Pass · €7	Tripwire	Skip	Skip
Dashboard · €9.97/mo	Core	Underspec	Wrong tier
Insider Circle · €97/mo	Ramp	Entry	Underspec
Sharp Tier · €497/mo	Overkill	Core	Awareness
Sector Sweep · €1,997 once	Overkill	Thesis primer	Entry
Methodology Partnership · €14,997/yr	Wrong tier	Overkill	Core
Vault · €49,997/yr	Wrong tier	Awareness	Ramp