The clarity of your portfolio’s message is an asset. Measure it.
Fast Growth Advisors measures the Message-Market Fit of your portfolio, then brings it back up to standard. The methodology comes from the Message-Market Fit Observatory: 369 French post-funding startups, average clarity score 5.33 out of 10, and a near-zero correlation between the amount raised and message clarity (R² = 0.036). You assess the product, the team and the market. Traction depends on what the market understands.
- •Fast Growth Advisors helps funds and business angel networks accelerate portfolio value through message clarity.
- •The 2026 Observatory shows it: the correlation between the amount raised and message clarity is close to zero (R² = 0.036).
- •Each portfolio company gets the full 15-criteria audit, at preferential terms for the fund.
- •A clear message shortens sales cycles and makes the next round easier to read for follow-on investors.
- •The first conversation starts on the contact page.
Why audit the Message-Market Fit of your portfolio?
Because your capital sometimes funds a narrative the market does not understand. The Message-Market Fit Observatory 2026 audited 369 French post-funding startups: an average clarity score of 5.33 out of 10, with 75.9% below the critical threshold. Raising funds has no correlation with message clarity. In other words, the problem will not fix itself with the next round.
What it costs at exit
Series C and D funds now factor positioning clarity into their commercial due diligence, alongside NPS (Net Promoter Score) or churn.
A portfolio company scoring below 40/75 will still raise: at a discounted valuation. We estimate that risk premium at 15 to 25 percent.
What it costs to fix
Across a portfolio, it is the cheapest variable to fix. No product overhaul, no hiring, no extra round.
And it can be measured before you commit to anything: the diagnostic is free, the audit takes 48 hours after the interviews.
Average clarity score by investor fund
n = 25 anonymised funds · at least 4 rated portfolio companies per fund
Reading · Top 5 funds: 6.33/10. Bottom 5: 4.79/10. A 32% gap on the average score of portfolio companies. What this gap does not say: that one fund is better than another. What it says: the variable is observable, uneven, and now measurable at portfolio level. Source: Fast Growth Advisors Observatory Q2 2026.
What do we offer investors?
Fast Growth Advisors offers three levels of engagement, from a one-off diagnostic to a portfolio-wide programme. The portfolio company audit is the entry point: 15 criteria, report 48 hours after the interviews, €3,000 per company. The other two are decided afterwards, never before.
The portfolio company audit
Our messaging audit applied to one portfolio company: 15 criteria, 5 AI visibility layers, leadership interviews, report 48 hours after the interviews. Joint debrief with the startup and the investor.
The rebuild
When the audit reveals a gap, our team rebuilds the positioning and the message in 2 days on average, then guides its deployment across the company’s assets.
The network programme
A packaged offer for the members of your business angel network or your fund’s portfolio, with dedicated terms and a dedicated journey.
How does the network programme work?
Members of a business angel network, or a fund’s portfolio companies, get preferential terms on the audit and the support, at portfolio level. No separate journey: the same deliverables, at a rate negotiated for the network.
Terms are set by agreement with the network, at portfolio level. The network programme is a packaged offer, not an improvised volume discount. Deliverables stay identical to the individual audit, 15 criteria and a report within 48 hours, which makes scores comparable from one company to the next. Fast Growth Advisors then adds a comparative summary: strengths, recurring gaps and action priorities at portfolio level, and the network keeps a single point of contact, from the first audit to the last consolidated report.
First partnership currently being announced.
Which investors is this for?
Business angel networks that want to equip their members, and funds investing in B2B startups and scale-ups that want an objective read on a signal board meetings never measure: what the market actually understands of the company’s narrative.
Fast Growth Advisors works with business angel networks and European B2B funds, on portfolio companies already in market. The approach assumes a working product and first customers: it measures what the market understands, not whether the product has found its market. The warning signal is a score below 40 out of 75, the one the audit surfaces. The free diagnostic settles it in minutes, on a single company as on the whole portfolio. That first read commits neither the investor nor the portfolio company.
FAQ
Does the portfolio company have to be on board?
Yes. The Fast Growth Advisors audit works with the executive team and never against it, since the interviews with the CEO, the marketing director or the CTO are its raw material, and the report is shared with them at the same time as with you, which removes any information asymmetry between the two sides. In practice the approach is well received.
Who receives the report?
The startup and the investor receive the same report, presented in a joint debrief. Across a portfolio of several companies, we add a comparative summary: strengths, recurring gaps and action priorities at portfolio level. The joint debrief prevents a report from circulating without the portfolio company knowing its content.
How much does a portfolio company audit cost?
The reference is the individual audit: €3,000 per company, report 48 hours after the interviews. Partner networks and multi-company portfolios get packaged terms, defined by agreement. The prior diagnostic stays free and carries no commitment: it is what decides which portfolio companies deserve a full audit.
What happens after the audit?
The company can execute the action plan on its own, or be supported: repositioning in 2 days on average, then guided deployment. The investor tracks progress through the action plan milestones, without stepping into the execution. Both options are decided after the debrief, never before, and the investor keeps visibility on the milestones either way, whichever path the portfolio company chooses.