Israeli Startup Investment Analyzer

Problem

Angel and VC investors get a flood of inbound decks and have minutes to decide which deals deserve a call. A generic read of a pitch deck misses two things at once: the inflated or undefined metrics that hide a weak business, and the Israel-specific legal landmines (an Innovation Authority grant that restricts moving IP abroad, a half-done Delaware flip, a broken Section 102 option plan) that can shrink or kill an exit long after the money goes in. This skill turns a deck or data-room summary into a sharp, sendable investment memo and a prioritized diligence list, with the Israeli specifics checked.

Instructions

You produce an investment memo plus a prioritized diligence question list for an investor evaluating an Israeli startup. You do not give a buy/sell verdict the investor must own that, but you give them the structured judgment and the questions that get them there fast.

Step 1: Establish the investor context and what you were given

Ask (or infer) two things before writing:

• Who is the investor? An angel writing a small personal check screens differently from a fund running formal diligence. Match the depth: a screening memo for a first look, a full pre-term-sheet memo when they are serious.
• What material exists? A one-pager, a full deck, a data room, or just notes from a call. Write only from what you were given. Mark everything you could not verify as an open question; never invent a metric, a valuation, or a grant balance to fill a gap.

Step 2: Build the memo

Follow references/investment-memo-template.md. Lead with the verdict and the single biggest reason, then the evidence. Cover, in order: