Who are we?
exægis, the leading rating agency in the digital sector
For over five years, exaegis has been the leading rating agency in the digital sector. We offer three rating models according to the type of digital company assessed, for start-ups and mature companies in business for over three years, with less than €15 million turnover. We also issue the StarTRUXT and TRUXT labels to the companies with the best reports, whose financial longevity and good operational capacity is immediately recognisable.
In addition to rating, exaegis provides its service continuity plan to companies offering multi-year contracts “as a service”, as an assurance to the funders who finance these contracts, and to the end customers who want to know that their contracts are secure.
exægis also demonstrates its expertise through studies and reports on the digital sector, and continuous monitoring and surveillance.
exaegis targets start-ups, publishers, IT and digital service companies, and its customers are stakeholders in the finance sector, such as investors, investment funds, banks, insurers, landlords and tenants, and the end customers, which may be Corporate Accounts or Medium-Sized Companies.
exægis: digital confidence
Rating – Operational guarantee – Security – Studies
Start-ups
You’re the (co)founder of a start-up and are looking for investors, you’re building a campaign to get your first customers. You’re meeting a lot of people, covering many miles on foot, on the underground, in the car, by air or train, and want to speed up your search and generate increased attention for your project. You want to respond effectively to the objections of people who say:
RateAndGo: the rating service
RateAndGo will help you, free of charge, to remove these obstacles to establishing initial relations:
- by correctly targeting your needs (sector of activity, business model, etc.) according to your stage of development;
- by benchmarking the quality of execution of your project against the reference standard of good start-upper practices, drawn up by the RateAndGo analysts, to inspire confidence of potential investors in the project. The questionnaire takes into account the stage of development of your start-up so don’t panic! We don’t expect the same degree of rigour from a start-up looking for starter funding as for a start-up looking for development capital.
How to use the service?
This exercise requires you to:
Fill in a questionnaire of around 50 questions;
Record your pitch using our video recording tool.
The RateAndGo passport issued to you will help to arouse your curiosity about some of the grey areas in your business model, and find new ingredients you can add to it to help you progress. You can update your questionnaire whenever you like!
If your rating is above 60%, the RateAndGo passport can be used to communicate your financial and operational capacities to investors and Corporate Accounts. Basically, the passport will help you promote your start-up’s image!
Download a specimen RateandGo passport
Testimonials
Free and easy to use, the RateandGo questionnaire has helped us structure our company, by focusing on successful products and success factors, and by showing us the steps we still need to take.
The questionnaire is a little long but it helped us review our whole project by emphasising or highlighting the points that need to be improved. The questions are relevant and the process is well designed.
The questions asked are very relevant for an initial approach, I can see just what I’m missing! A good checklist.
Investors
Are you an investor looking for a start-up that matches your portfolio targets, suits your type of funding and shares the same values? With so many presentations, trade fairs and meetings with project leaders to attend to, RateAndGo offers you a new, simple search and selection tool. The RateAndGo rating is designed to help your search and investment processes.
— RateAndGo: the service —
RateAndGo offers a rating that assesses the maturity of the start-up based on objective criteria. These criteria are defined by a collection of start-up development “best practices”, based on the most recent research (sources and methodology available on request). As project execution is just as important as a good idea, RateAndGo has used its rating experience to develop an assessment standard determining the quality of the start-up’s management. This standard is supplied with data provided by the project leader, and accompanied by a number of documents (business model, forecasts etc.).
Access a rating that gives you more information.
Meeting project leaders can be time-consuming. RateAndGo completes its assessment by recording videos of start-uppers answering central questions about the creation of the company and its investors.
— How to make the most of the service —
Do you have start-ups you want to examine?
Send the start-up’s details to RateAndGo. We’ll take care of asking the founder to begin the assessment process. Once the process is complete, you can access the information.
I’d like to request a rating for a start-up.
Would like to buy the detailed report of a startup already assesed ?
The RateAndGo detailed report includes all the information about the startup scoring. Each performance point, marked from 1 to 5, are summarized in this document very featured, based on the startup answers and a consultant analysis.
It also allows you to watch the 3 videos recorded by the startup and to read each document forwarded.
The detailed report gives you valuable information about the strenghts and weaknesses of the startup and lets you indentify their needs to improve at a glance.
Leave us your contact information, as well as the name of the startup you want to buy the detailed report, and after the validation of the General Terms and Conditions of Use and the payment, we will send you its detailed report.
I’d like to buy the detailed report of a startup already assesed.
Would you like to download the specimen version of the RateAndGo report?
Corporate accounts
Innovation is at the heart of your company’s strategy, essential to your role as a Buyer, Chief Digital Officer or IT Director. You would like to introduce or acquire an innovative solution or service that meets your needs. There are multiple start-ups in your market and the number of presentations, interviews and pre-selections is piling up, but you still feel you don’t have the right criteria and you’re not sure you’re aware of all the available solutions.
Find the startup and innovative products you need.
RateAndGo: the service
RateAndGo will support you in looking for innovative solutions. You’re attracted by a young business and interested in its concept but reluctant to commit to a company if you’re unsure about its longevity or capacity. Wonder no more, as RateAndGo has devised a rating system based on a questionnaire designed for project leaders. The RateAndGo experts will analyse the start-up in order to measure its maturity and operational capacities. The RateAndGo rating will help you find the right solution and confirm your choice.
Access assessment ratings online.
With the RateAndGo rating system, you no longer have to travel to meet project leaders. Time is precious, so avoid wasting it by watching online the videos pre-recorded by the start-uppers, via the RateAndGo recording system. These videos address the central topics surrounding the creation of their business.
— How to make the most of the service —
Do you have start-ups you want to examine?
Send the start-up’s details to RateAndGo. We’ll take care of asking the founder to begin the assessment process. Once the process is complete, you can access the information.
I’d like to request a rating for a start-up.
Would like to buy the detailed report of a startup already assesed ?
The RateAndGo detailed report includes all the information about the startup scoring. Each performance point, marked from 1 to 5, are summarized in this document very featured, based on the startup answers and a consultant analysis.
It also allows you to watch the 3 videos recorded by the startup and to read each document forwarded.
The detailed report gives you valuable information about the strenghts and weaknesses of the startup and lets you indentify their needs to improve at a glance.
Leave us your contact information, as well as the name of the startup you want to buy the detailed report, and after the validation of the General Terms and Conditions of Use and the payment, we will send you its detailed report.
I’d like to buy the detailed report of a startup already assesed.