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Entirely Nonpartisan Selection Process

Rialto selects companies according to a data-driven ratings framework based on the 15 most correlated drivers of business performance, architected by our senior management & advisory team with 80+ years of VC experience.

Each company in our pipeline is rated in-house based on our rubric, back-tested on hundreds of Seed-Series A stage companies in the United States over a 2 year period. Only companies earning a Rialto endorsement at the 90th and 95th percentiles qualify for selection on the Rialto platform.

Criteria Rialto Certification™ Standard Yes No
Professional Commitment Company is active and operational (mandatory) plus the management team is currently working on the company full-time
Pain Point Pain point validated via firsthand professional experience and/or substantial, quantified market research
Market Opportunity Market opportunity greater than $500mm
Differentiated Expertise Management team includes at least one Masters or PhD holder and/or has senior experience in target market
Operating Experience Management team includes one or more previously-exited founder(s) and/or previously venture-backed founder(s)
Solution Solution is defensible via patent or unique competitive advantage (ex: natural monopoly or supply-chain autonomy)
Market Position Potential to be a market leader of a high-growth market, lowest cost producer in an established market, or a market leader in a robust niche market
Business Model Recurring revenue model, greater than 40% EBIDTA margin opportunity, and/or a platform solution
External Validation Accepted to an elite institutional accelerator, a top 20 university incubator program, and/or raised over $50k in external funding
Customer Adoption One or more major enterprise partnerships, five or more revenue generating customers, and/or 10 or more pre-launch commitments

Selection?

7 out of 10 or more Yes’s (minimum) ✔
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Rialto is free for founders and always will be. However, every prospective company must be approved by our independent Selection Committee according to the published Rialto standard — the first entirely data-driven selection standard derived from evidence-based performance indicators — on a quarterly basis. Each company selection contributes to our track record. As non-investors, our sole objective is to distinguish objectively high-caliber companies for the highest-value audience.