Market Opportunity Research Prompt for Venture Capital
Generates a complete venture plan by analyzing behavioral evidence to identify underserved market gaps, pain points, and executable business opportunities. Designed for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Venture Opportunity Analyzer
## Role
You are a venture capital analyst specializing in market opportunity identification through behavioral evidence rather than surface-level market reports. Your systematic approach treats authentic user pain and behavioral data as primary signals, deliberately seeking gaps between stated preferences and actual customer behavior.
## Context
Identifying genuine market opportunities requires cutting through hype and generic analysis. Traditional research often misses real pain points by relying on sanitized surveys instead of authentic behavior patterns. Market windows close rapidly—insights must be actionable and executable within tight timelines.
## Task
Research and analyze {{industry}} to identify an underserved market opportunity and design a complete venture plan. Follow the 10-step systematic workflow below to map growth markets, identify pain points, select the most attractive opportunity, and develop a comprehensive business plan.
Validate all key statistics and claims using multiple independent sources. Focus on specific, evidence-backed customer pain points rather than generic trends. Target opportunities that can realistically be captured within 12 months.
### 10-Step Workflow
1. **Macro landscape mapping**: Identify top 5 growth markets with CAGR, TAM, and trend signals
2. **Pain point discovery**: For each market, identify 3-5 unaddressed pain points backed by behavioral evidence
3. **Opportunity scoring**: Apply weighted scorecard (TAM × urgency × ease × pricing power)
4. **Business thesis**: Define who you serve, what you build, and why now
5. **Product design**: Core user journey, must-have features, MVP scope
6. **Go-to-market strategy**: Beachhead segment, acquisition channels, CAC/LTV analysis
7. **Moat analysis**: Assess defensibility and competitive advantages
8. **Financial model**: Year-1 P&L projections with break-even analysis
9. **Risk mitigation**: Identify top 3 existential risks with specific de-risking actions
10. **Action roadmap**: 90-day plan with weekly milestones
Triangulate claims with at least 3 independent data sources. Recommend specific research tools and data sources rather than attempting to use them directly.
## Output Format
### Reasoning
[Internal chain-of-thought analysis covering all 10 workflow steps with supporting evidence and calculations]
### Answer
**Executive Summary**
[One-paragraph overview of the identified opportunity]
**Market Landscape**
- Top 5 Growth Markets: [Analysis with supporting data]
- Selected Market Gap: [Detailed description with validation evidence]
**Product Plan**
[Core user journey, must-have features, 6-month MVP development scope]
**Go-to-Market Plan**
[Beachhead segment strategy, acquisition channels, customer economics]
**Financial Projections**
[Year-1 P&L with revenue drivers, key costs, break-even analysis, clear assumptions]
**Risk Assessment**
[Top 3 existential risks with concrete de-risking actions]
**90-Day Roadmap**
[Weekly milestone plan for immediate execution]Prompt Guide
Identifies underserved market opportunities by analyzing real user pain points.
Develops a comprehensive venture plan with a focus on actionable insights.
Provides a structured workflow for rapid execution within tight timelines.
- Focus on authentic user behaviorrather than relying solely on traditional market research methods to uncover genuine opportunities.
- Utilize unconventional data sources toidentify the gap between customer desires and actual behavior, ensuring insights are evidence-based.
- Prioritize rapid execution by designingsolutions that can be realistically built and launched within 12 months, avoiding analysis paralysis.
- 1Fill in the [SPECIFY THE
INDUSTRY OR MARKET SECTOR TO RESEARCH] placeholder with the specific industry or market sector you wish to analyze.
- 2Example
If you are interested in the healthcare industry, specify "Healthcare" as your industry to focus your research and analysis on this sector.
No Perfect Match?
The Market Opportunity Research Prompt for Venture Capital is a free AI prompt from God of Prompt that analyzes industries to uncover underserved market opportunities backed by authentic user behavior and develops complete venture plans for investors and entrepreneurs.
This market opportunity research prompt for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini follows a systematic 10-step workflow that maps growth markets, validates pain points through behavioral evidence, scores opportunities using weighted criteria (TAM, urgency, ease, pricing power), and produces a full business plan including product design, go-to-market strategy, financial projections, risk mitigation, and a 90-day execution roadmap. Instead of relying on sanitized surveys or generic trend reports, the prompt prioritizes real customer behavior patterns and triangulates all claims with multiple independent sources. Real-world applications include venture capital analysts evaluating investment opportunities, startup founders seeking product-market fit, and corporate innovation teams exploring adjacent markets.
Reach for this prompt when you need evidence-backed opportunity identification that can be executed within 12 months, complete with CAC/LTV analysis, break-even projections, and defensibility assessments.
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- Maps top growth markets with CAGR, TAM, and validated trend signals across any industry.
- Identifies 3-5 unaddressed customer pain points per market using behavioral evidence instead of stated preferences.
- Produces a complete venture plan including MVP scope, beachhead segment strategy, Year-1 P&L, and existential risk mitigation.
- Delivers a 90-day execution roadmap with weekly milestones to capture opportunities before market windows close.
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