> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://stratengineai.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> What StratEngine does for investors: an investment memo, a research report and a conviction score for every pitch deck you upload.

StratEngine turns each pitch deck you give it into an investment memo and a research report, and scores the deal for conviction against your scoring framework. Decks come in by upload, from a watched cloud folder, or by email. Memos land in **Analysis Memos**, where you sort, triage and export them.

## What you get for each deck

| Output | What it is |
| - | - |
| Investment memo | The analysis of the deal, opened with **View Memo** or **View Analysis Memo**. |
| Research report | Supporting research on the company, opened with **View Research Report**. |
| Conviction score | A score against your scoring framework, shown on the memo tile. Sort by **Conviction (High-Low)** to rank your pipeline. |

The scoring framework sets the categories, per-stage weights and scoring anchors behind every memo. Use the built-in StratEngine AI framework or build your own. If you add private documents (thesis, past memos, IC notes), StratEngine searches them alongside public sources when it analyzes a deck.

## How decks get in

* **Upload:** drop PDF or PPTX files (up to 50MB each) on the **Upload** page and track them in the **Processing Queue**.
* **Folder watch:** point StratEngine at a Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive folder. It checks the folder every 2 hours and analyzes new decks.
* **Email forwarding:** send a deck as an attachment to your personal forwarding address, shown in **Settings** under **Or forward decks by email**.

<Note>
  Folder watch is set up by a workspace admin, during onboarding or in **Settings**. Every user has their own forwarding address. Memo allowances depend on your plan; see [VC plans and memo overages](/docs/vc/billing/plans) and [pricing](https://stratengineai.com/investor#pricing).
</Note>

## Start here

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart: your first memo" icon="rocket" href="/docs/vc/quickstart">
    Sign in, finish setup, upload a deck and open the memo.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upload pitch decks" icon="upload" href="/docs/vc/upload">
    File types, the Processing Queue and retrying failed decks.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-ingest from a folder or email" icon="folder-open" href="/docs/vc/folder-watch">
    Watch a cloud folder or forward decks by email.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analysis Memos" icon="list-check" href="/docs/vc/memo-manager">
    Triage memos by status and sort by conviction.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Read an investment memo" icon="file-lines" href="/docs/vc/read-memo">
    The memo, the research report and opening them in a new tab.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Custom scoring frameworks" icon="sliders" href="/docs/vc/scoring-frameworks">
    Define categories, anchors and per-stage weights.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Related

* [Onboarding](/docs/vc/onboarding)
* [Finding your way around](/docs/vc/navigation)
* [Export memos](/docs/vc/export-memos)
* [Private documents](/docs/vc/private-documents)


## Related topics

- [Introduction](/docs/strategy/index.md)
- [Run Product Lifecycle in StratEngine](/docs/strategy/frameworks/product-lifecycle.md)


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