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Industry thesis builder

Where Tool 10 fits one page, this fits one investment committee. Seven sections walk a sector thesis from macro tailwind to falsifiable disqualifiers, with pre-loaded templates that mirror published thesis formats.

Templates:
1 · Macro signal

What changed in the world

A secular driver — demographic, regulatory, technological, or capital-cost shift. Concrete, recent, and dateable.

2 · Market architecture

How the dollars actually flow

TAM breakdown, key incumbents, fragmentation vs consolidation stage, distribution chokepoints.

3 · Investment edge

Why us, why now, what others miss

The non-consensus claim. If everyone agrees, returns have already been priced in.

4 · Target company profile

What we will and won't fund

Revenue range, growth rate, margin profile, ownership structure, geography.

5 · Value creation levers

Operational, financial, strategic

For PE: pricing, GTM, cost-out, M&A. For VC: hiring, GTM motion, network effects.

6 · Exit market

Who buys, at what multiple

Strategic acquirers, financial sponsors, IPO comps. Recent transactions and EV/Revenue ranges.

7 · Disqualifiers

What proves the thesis wrong

Falsifiable. Specific. The bar is: if X happens, we close the thesis and stop sourcing here.

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