The product
One report that answers "should I build this?"
Ventures Lens takes a short description of your business idea and returns a 15-section validation report: a verdict, a viability score, the market and competitors, the money, and what to test in the next four weeks.
Free plan: 15 credits a month, no card. Pro is $29/month or $290/year, with a 7-day free trial.
Spec sheet
- You give it
- A few sentences on the idea, plus optional industry and who it's for.
- You get back
- One written report: 15 sections, a verdict, and a score you can compare against other ideas.
- How long
- Standard runs in about 2–3 minutes. Premium takes a little longer.
- Two depths
- Standard 5 credits · Premium 12 credits
- Afterwards
- Advisor chat on every report — 1 credit a message.
- Who sees it
- Only your account. Reports aren't published or reused.
- Plans
- Free with 15 credits a month · Pro with 100 credits a month.
What you get
Four things you can do something with.
A verdict
Go, refine or pause — decided by the same thresholds for every idea, so two reports can be compared honestly.
A viability score
One overall number built from six factors: market, edge, customer, money, position and execution. Each shows its reasoning.
A 30-day plan
Four weeks of specific experiments with a success signal, so the next month has a job list instead of a mood.
An advisor
Ask about any section — why a score is what it is, who to talk to first, what would change the verdict.
Inside every report
The same fifteen sections, every time.
Nothing is left to chance in the structure, which is what makes two reports on two ideas comparable — and what makes a weak section obvious.
Verdict: refine first
From the public sample report
- 01Executive summary
- 02Viability score
- 03The problem
- 04Market size
- 05Buyer personas
- 06Competitors
- 07Positioning
- 08Business model
- 09Financials
- 10Go-to-market
- 11Risks
- 12SWOT
- 13MVP scope
- 14Wildcard angle
- 1530-day action plan
Depths
Pick the depth the decision deserves.
| Standard | Premium | |
|---|---|---|
| Credits | 5 | 12 |
| Sections | All 15 | All 15 |
| Competitors | A named shortlist with strengths and gaps | Named, with a deeper read on where each one slips |
| Financials | Estimates with stated assumptions | Estimates with the reasoning and maths shown |
| Best for | Screening an idea quickly, or comparing several | The one you're about to commit time or money to |
Both depths include the wildcard angle and the four-week plan. The difference is how hard the analyst works on competitors and the numbers.
Plans
Start free. Go Pro when it's earning its place.
Free
$0
15 credits a month — about 1 Standard report + 10 advisor messages
- •15 credits every month
- •Complete 15-section reports
- •Wildcard angle + 30-day action plan
- •Advisor chat on every report
Pro
7-day free trial$29/month
100 credits a month — about 5 Premium reports + 40 advisor messages
- •100 credits every month
- •Premium reports with sharper competitor and money analysis
- •More advisor chat each month
- •7-day free trial with 50 credits, cancel anytime
Pro also covers $290/year (2 months free) and credit packs of 50 or 150 credits. Full details on the pricing page.
Questions
Before you sign up.
- Do I need a business plan first?
- No. A few honest sentences is enough to start — that's the point of running it before you write anything long.
- How is this different from asking a chatbot?
- The questions are fixed and the same for every idea, the answers have to come back in a strict 15-section structure, and the verdict follows set thresholds instead of a tone.
- Can I run the same idea twice?
- Yes. Run it again after you've learned something and the report will reflect what you tell it.
- What happens when I run out of credits?
- Credits refresh every month. Pro members can also buy packs of 50 or 150 credits that never expire.
Put your idea under the lens.
Free to start, and you can read a full example report first.