The most expensive part of a venture capitalist's job is the time they spend reading. For DeepTech, where the science is dense, that reading is a particularly slow, expensive burn. Roelof Vuurboom, a startup mentor with a background in data science and machine learning, thinks he can automate the first, grueling pass. His company, EviDimensional, promises to grade a startup across 37 dimensions and deliver an investor-grade assessment within 24 hours, all for a flat €2,950 [evidimensional.com, retrieved 2024]. The most audacious claim on his LinkedIn profile is that the system once generated a 75-page commercial due diligence report on a bio-tech business in under ten minutes [linkedin.com/in/roelofvuurboom/, retrieved 2026].
The 37-Dimension Wedge
The product is built around a structured methodology designed to replace gut feeling with graded evidence. It evaluates companies across 37 dimensions, using five levels of evidence and six readiness gates [evidimensional.com, retrieved 2024]. The output is a detailed report that flags where claims are backed by public data and where critical gaps exist. There are two service tiers: a Public-Source assessment and a Confidential-Source deep dive [evidimensional.com, retrieved 2024].
A Bet on Founder Readiness
The stated market is a four-sided one: investors, founders, advisors, and accelerators [evidimensional.com, retrieved 2024]. Vuurboom's experience as a mentor and jury member for pitch competitions positions him to understand this gap [linkedin.com/posts/roelofvuurboom, retrieved 2026]. The bet is that by serving founders first, he builds a funnel of qualified companies that investors will eventually pay to assess.
The Solo Founder's Ascent
EviDimensional is a stark example of a venture-scale bet being pursued by a solo founder. Roelof Vuurboom is the entire public team, with a background in IT startup coaching [fastercapital.com, retrieved 2026]. He has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round, but the company's profile is otherwise deliberately quiet. The risks inherent in this approach are straightforward:
- Proof of demand: The €2,950 price point is meaningful for a service with no public track record.
- The human element: Due diligence is as much about relationship-building and qualitative judgment as it is about evidence aggregation.
- Scalability of insight: The system's value depends on the quality of its underlying models and data sets.
The Spreadsheet Test
A mid-level associate at a venture firm might bill out at an effective rate of €150 per hour. A thorough first pass on a complex DeepTech startup could easily consume 40 hours of their time. EviDimensional's €2,950 report, delivered in a day, represents a potential 50% cost saving on that initial screen. If the automated report can reliably identify the 80% of deals that are obvious passes, it frees up human capital for the 20% that merit a deeper look.
Sources
- [evidimensional.com, retrieved 2024] EviDimensional | https://www.evidimensional.com/
- [linkedin.com/in/roelofvuurboom/, retrieved 2026] Roelof Vuurboom | https://www.linkedin.com/in/roelofvuurboom/
- [linkedin.com/posts/roelofvuurboom, retrieved 2026] Roelof Vuurboom on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roelofvuurboom_yesterday-i-was-a-jury-member-for-a-pitch-activity-7021802300113309696-K6x9
- [fastercapital.com, retrieved 2026] Roelof Vuurboom - Mentors | https://fastercapital.com/mentor/roelof-vuurboom.html