Planets IX · Pre-seed · US$1.5M
The world is connected. The world is not aligned.
Planets IX measures whether a business and its people fit: founder, leaders, hires and teams. It helps companies identify misalignment before it becomes expensive.
The short version
The problem
Some of the most expensive business problems begin as fit problems. They show up in the numbers too late.
A strong hire underdelivers. Two capable leaders clash. The founder becomes the bottleneck. Most systems track the outcome. Few measure the underlying fit between the business, its people and its stage.
What the dashboard shows
- Revenue decline
- Slow execution
- Attrition
- Failed hires
- Founder bottleneck
What sits underneath
- Founder–business fit
- Leadership alignment
- Person–role fit
- Team compatibility
- Structural friction
Each of these breaks in one of four relationships every business runs on.
Is the founder right for this stage?
Will these people work well together?
Which relationships naturally fit?
Is the company ready for this capital?
The product
Planets IX makes fit measurable.
We profile the business and the people in it in one structured language, then compare the two. The output shows where they align, complement each other, create friction or leave gaps.
Step 1 · The business
Business DNA
What the organization needs at its current stage, across seven functions.
Step 2 · The person
Human DNA
How a founder, leader or hire naturally operates.
Step 3 · The fit
Alignment Intelligence
Both compared, so a decision about people starts with evidence.
Who is aligned with whom, for what, and at this stage?
The question every Planets IX product answers
Business model & product status
Two products are live. Paid reports create the entry point; recurring intelligence becomes the business.
Discover
Business Pulse
A first read on the business.
FreeLiveDecode
Business DNA
The organization, profiled.
~$1,000 one-timeLive · Sep 2026Align
Founder DNA + Alignment
Founder and business, compared.
~$2,000 one-timeNov 2026Expand
PlanetsHR
Leaders, hiring and teams, ongoing.
$10K–$100K per yearIn developmentIndicative international pricing; India has separate domestic-market pricing. Enterprise pricing varies by scope. Every new hire, team change and growth stage creates another fit decision, which makes the model naturally recurring.
How big
One engine, taken into five markets that already spend on these decisions.
Adjacent markets, not a combined TAM. Fortune Business Insights, 2026 estimates, rounded.
Start
PlanetsHRFounders, leaders, hiringExpand
PlanetsWellnessFounder intelligenceExtend
PlanetsVendor · PlanetsCapitalQ2 2027 · Q3 2027Scale
PlanetsClient · APICustomers, partners and platformsWe begin customer acquisition with founder-led growth companies in India. Our digital reports are already available in India, the UAE, US, UK and Singapore.
Why we win, and why now
Others measure one side. We measure the fit, on a foundation that is patent pending.
| Today’s option | What it sees | What Planets IX adds |
|---|---|---|
| HR and business systems | Records and workflows | People compared with what the business needs |
| Personality assessments | One individual’s traits | Fit across person, team, company and stage |
| Consultants and coaches | One expert’s read, once | The same analysis, repeatable as things change |
The moat compounds: Energy DNA™ (360 Energy Codes, patent pending) today, reusable profiles next, and profiles linked to real outcomes over time. No accuracy rates are claimed until our validation dataset is published.
Why now
AI ↑
What needed an expert in the room can now be delivered on demand.
Complexity ↑
Roles and teams change faster than HR systems were built for.
Context gap ↑
Leaders have more data than ever and still can’t see fit.
The founder
25 years in business, turned into proprietary intelligence.
Founder & CEO · Chartered Accountant
Manish Goyal
LinkedIn ↗Next hires: engineering, enterprise sales, research & validation.
- Operator. 25+ years building and advising businesses.
- Inventor. Personally developed Energy DNA™ and the Alignment Intelligence architecture.
- Shipper. Launched Business Pulse and Business DNA.
- Distribution. Created Business Parenting, a founder-education platform that brings founders to Business Pulse.
- Author. Before WHY, There Is WHO.
Supplies IndiGo, PVR, Haldiram’s and Nature’s Basket.
The ask
US$1.5M to turn live products into recurring revenue.
- Raising
- US$1.5M
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Target close
- March 2027
- Terms
- On a callInstrument and valuation shared directly
Majority of capital
Commercial expansion
Founder acquisition, enterprise sales, distribution partners.
Product
Product & engineering
PlanetsHR subscriptions; Wellness and Capital.
Proof
Research & validation
Insights checked against real outcomes.
By the end of this round
Next step
The world is connected. Let’s build what aligns it.
Live numbers, milestones and documents are in the data room. To book a call, email Manish@Planets9.com