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9,550 startup ideas. See where yours would land.
9,550 AI-built startup entries from 3 public builder contests, till last month, grouped into 49 themes. Tile size is the number of entries; hot is crowded in this dataset, cold is where few builders went. Tap your theme.
few entriescrowded· 2,782 entries matched no theme and are not shown.
Tap your theme to see what to do next.
Crowded, mid-pack or quiet, each calls for a different first step.
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- Fill-in scorecard workbook with honest partial scores
- A Claude skill and eight prompts for any chatbot
- Three worked examples and an offline "where your idea sits" lookup
Score your own idea in about 20 minutes. Instant download. 7-day refund. You don't need the kit to order a teardown.
Cold VC Teardown
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- Crowdedness: where your idea sits among 9,550 entries.
- Whitespace: thin adjacent themes in this dataset.
- Closest comparables: what drives them, how believable their revenue is.
- Beta radar: what launched nearby, as of the report date.
Human-reviewed, with your scorecard, top risks and a 30-day plan with a kill rule. Private report link within 48 hours of payment confirmation and a complete intake, up to 4 a week. See a sample teardown.
Three things the data shows
2.0% of entries (191 of 9,550) mention any traction (users, customers, revenue) in their pitch text.
Basis: IC-TRAC-01'Education & edtech' is crowded in this dataset: 761 entries (8.0%), rank 1 of 49 themes.
Basis: IC-CROWD-01'All-in-one business suite / ERP' is relatively under-represented among global-contest entries (1.2%, 73 entries) versus India-contest entries (2.9%, 122).
Basis: IC-WS-01
Observations about the submitted entries in this dataset, not the whole market. Each links to its numbers and limits.
How scoring works
| Problem | ×1.5 | How acute and must-have is the pain for a specific buyer? |
| Market | ×1.5 | How large and reachable is the paying market? |
| Moat | ×2 | What does the business still have after a competitor clones the features? |
| Traction | ×2.5 | What real usage, payment or commitment exists? |
| Maturity | ×1.5 | Is the product actually live, usable and reliable? |
| Founder | ×1 | Does the founder have relevant experience, execution evidence and customer access? |
Each 0–10; maximum weighted total 100. Missing evidence is marked "insufficient evidence", never zero, and a partial score is never stretched to 100. Bands for complete scores: Build ≥ 80, Reshape ≥ 56, otherwise Kill — always with the assumptions that would change the verdict. A score is not a probability of funding or success. Rubric 1.0.0.
FAQ
Is ColdVC affiliated with the contests or their organisers? No. ColdVC is independent. The entries were submitted to public builder showcases; ColdVC analyses them and did not create them.
Is the founder of ColdVC an investor? No. Ideas are scored the way a VC would — ColdVC does not invest, introduce you to investors, or promise funding, sales or success.
Who sees my idea? Your intake is used only for your report. The report is published at an unlisted private link: anyone who has the link can open it, so share it carefully. It is not indexed by search engines. Ask us and we delete it.
Is the kit enough, or do I need the teardown? The kit lets you score your idea yourself. The teardown adds live market research and a human review. Neither requires the other.
Refunds
Kit: 7-day refund, no questions asked. Teardown: refundable until delivery work starts — that is when we confirm your payment and your intake is complete, and we tell you by email.