Build a stronger business. Find the right path to funding.
A guided venture-building workspace for Malaysian founders and SMEs — validate the market, map the business, and find support or funding that fits.
Step 1 · BusinessStart with the opportunityWhat follows is the Venture Compass method — nine short steps that turn a rough idea into a specific, sized, provable market. It takes longer than a quick form, and that's the point: this is the part worth getting right before anything else.
Fill in a one-line description before continuing.
Venture Compass 1 of 9 · Market SegmentationList a few different marketsBefore picking one customer, brainstorm several different types of people or businesses who might want this. Don't overthink it — 3 to 5 rough segments is enough. You'll narrow it down next.
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Venture Compass 2 of 9 · Select Your First Target MarketPick ONE to focus on firstFrom your list, choose the single segment you'll go after first — your first target market. The right choice is usually the one that's most reachable and most urgent, not necessarily the biggest.
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Name which segment you're starting with before continuing.
Venture Compass 3 of 9 · End-User ProfileGet specific about who they areNot "busy parents" in general — the real, describable traits of this specific group. This profile is what makes every later decision concrete instead of guesswork.
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Venture Compass 4 of 9 · Market SizeIs this market big enough to matter?A rough number beats no number. Multiply a realistic customer count by a realistic price to see whether this market is worth pursuing on its own.
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Fill in both numbers so we can calculate your market size.
Venture Compass 5 of 9 · Customer PersonaTurn the profile into one real personGive your end-user a name and a day-in-the-life. This keeps every future product and marketing decision grounded in a specific human, not an abstract segment.
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Venture Compass 6 of 9 · Full Life-Cycle Use CaseMap the whole journey, not just the saleWhat makes them start looking, who else needs to agree, and what happens after they buy — all of it affects whether this actually gets used, not just purchased.
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Venture Compass 7 of 9 · High-Level Product SpecificationWhat must the product do, at minimum?Not a full feature list — just the must-haves for this exact persona to get real value. Everything else can wait.
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Venture Compass 8 of 9 · Quantify the Value PropositionState the value in a number they'd recognizeVague value ("saves time") is easy to dismiss. A specific number ("saves 5 hours a week") is what actually convinces someone to switch.
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Give your value a real number before continuing.
Venture Compass 9 of 9 · Identify Your Next 10 CustomersProve it's a market, not a one-offIf you can only think of one person who'd want this, you have an interesting lead, not a market yet. Name several more, specifically.
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Step 2 · CanvasMap how your business actually worksThis is a business model canvas — a plain-English map of nine questions every business has to answer, whether you've heard the term or not. Start blank, or pull in what you already wrote in Venture Compass.
Step 3 · Applicant
Tell us about your business
Enter an age — Fit needs it to find grants that actually target you.
Leaving this unspecified means gender-specific grants won't show as a match.
Optional · strengthens your readiness check
Demand and funding plan
Customer interviews, a waitlist, pilot orders — anything, even informal.
Be specific — this is one of the first things a reviewer checks.
Step 4 · Fit
Matched grants
Step 6 · Checklist
Application checklist
Business Review
A neutral snapshot of where your business stands
No funding framing here — just an honest look at what's strong, what's assumed, and what's missing.
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