This one's a flyer, I think, because the answers to these questions aren't very compelling: -How novel is this? (sort of novel) -What is proprietary about it?

This one's a flyer, I think, because the answers to these questions aren't very compelling: -How novel is this? (sort of novel) -What is proprietary about it? (inherently nothing) -How high is the barrier to entry for competitors? (low) -Who are your possible competitors? (the cloud services themselves AND other companies like you) So the end game looks like this: either the big cloud providers make their own tools like yours and make you irrelevant, or one of them acquires you. That doesn't seem too investable to me. I do think it's a perfect 3-5 person startup that you have a good chance of cashing out of, so don't take my post as criticism. As far as I can tell you need an advisor to help you with the "how do I make money" question more than you need an investment.