Conditions are tightening. Freeze new commitments and keep spend flexible.
Money is available but pricey.
Pause if
Funding pressure is above 76 or risk appetite falls below 44. Funding pressure is 90 now.
Conditions change if
Funding pressure falls 20 pts from 90 to 70 or below, or risk appetite falls 3 pts from 53 to 50 or below.
How hard money is to raise this week, before you commit to anything with a long payback.
Data as of
Oct 26, 2026
Sources
All sources live
Margin
Risk appetite 3 pts from Freezing · Could change next week
Scored on
The record's inputs · startup-market inputs left outStartup-market inputs would put risk appetite at 42, below its change line. They're left out because their data doesn't go back far enough to check against past months.
This score is at its ceiling, so the weekly move reads as zero even when pressure is still building. Read it as "at or above the top of the scale" rather than as a flat week.
What this changes: The higher it runs, the sooner a new commitment has to pay back.