Inside the Lab
See exactly where
your idea stands.
A look at the screens you'll work in. Everything is private to you and the people invited to your idea.
Submit your idea in confidence. See how it stacks up against a VC evaluation, improve it with evidence instead of guesswork, and meet the right people to take it further.
Free · Invite-only · Up to three ideas at a time
Most ideas are judged once, by people who never explain why. In the Lab you see exactly where the idea is strong, where it isn't, and what would change the score.
Upload a short write-up of your idea. You accept confidentiality terms before you start, and only people invited to your idea can see it.
Your idea is assessed on nine dimensions, with evidence for every score, and a red team builds the strongest honest case against it.
Each score comes with what would raise it. Revise your brief and resubmit; it is re-evaluated and every earlier version is kept.
Get a clear recommendation. Strong ideas can be discussed with partners who can help develop them.
A look at the screens you'll work in. Everything is private to you and the people invited to your idea.
You get the evaluation itself, not a summary of it, and you can download it as a single report.
Bottom-up market sizing, competition, unit economics and go-to-market, written up the way an analyst would.
A score, a confidence level and the evidence for each dimension, plus a note on what would raise it.
The strongest honest case against your idea, so you find the weak spots before an investor does.
An investment-committee style memo with a clear recommendation and the reasoning behind it.
Resubmit as often as you need. Every version of your brief and its evaluation is kept, so you can see progress.
One document with your pitch, scorecard and evaluation, ready to share with advisers or co-founders.
The Lab exists to help good ideas find the right people. It is not a place where ideas are taken.
Access is invite-only. Your idea is visible to you, the yRAK team, and partners invited to that specific idea, one idea at a time. Partners can't browse other ideas. You accept confidentiality terms before you submit anything, and a full signed agreement with yRAK is being introduced.
A good idea still needs the right team. When an idea is strong, we can bring in partners with the skills to help develop it. They join your idea individually, see only what is shared with them, and can comment and score alongside you.
Before you invest more time, the Lab will privately check whether a similar idea has already been through it, including ideas that were parked or discarded, and tell you what was learned.
We never show you anyone else's idea. If two founders overlap, we only suggest an introduction when both of you agree.
The Lab is invite-only so that every idea is handled with care. Tell us a little about yourself and we'll be in touch.
Anything else, ask us and we'll answer honestly.
Yes. The Venture Lab is free for founders.
You, the yRAK team, and partners who are invited to your specific idea. Partners only ever see the ideas they have been invited to, and you accept confidentiality terms before you submit.
A signed agreement between you and yRAK is being introduced. Its purpose is collaboration, finding the right people to develop your idea, and it will set out clearly how your idea is handled.
No. The Lab helps you decide whether and how to build. When an idea is ready, a 30-day launch sprint is how we get it live. See how the sprint works.
Up to three can be queued or being evaluated at any one time. You can resubmit an improved version of an idea whenever you like.
Book a short call. Bring a link to a public profile such as LinkedIn, a personal website or GitHub, and a one-line description of your idea. Please don't share the details of the idea itself until you have access.
Apply for access to the yRAK Venture Lab. It's free, it's private, and you'll know where your idea stands before you spend a penny building it.
Or write directly: asim@yrak.co.uk