How big is the founder decision advisory market in the US?
There is no defensible independently measured number for that narrow category in this research. The context’s $50m–$600m is a scenario calculated from unverified assumptions, not an observed market size.
How fast is it growing?
A category-specific measured CAGR is unavailable. Do not use adjacent coaching or VC growth as a substitute for founder advisory adoption. 2025 ICF Global Coaching Study
Does $515.8bn of VC investment mean lots of founders can afford advisers?
Not necessarily: NVCA describes substantial concentration in AI and larger financings. Aggregate deployment is not a measure of a seed founder’s spare advisory budget. PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2026
What is the average fee for a US decision review?
No verified representative fee was located. Obtain dated like-for-like proposals and record scope, total commitment and equity.
Are there publicly tracked adviser contract deals?
Not in a comparable verified dataset found in this pass. Public venture funding and coaching-market reports are adjacent activity, not decision-review deal announcements.
Can I use ICF revenue as the market size?
No: ICF reports global coaching revenue across many client types and service lines. It should be labelled an adjacent market signal. 2025 ICF Global Coaching Study
Do Census business applications equal VC startups?
No; the Census series covers a broad set of new business applications and subsequent formations. It does not establish the count of funded, 2–50-employee technology ventures. US Census: September 2026 Business Formation Statistics release