Faster modeling below. Decision integrity above.
Macabacus is the productivity layer for analysts living in Excel and PowerPoint — formatting, formula auditing, model navigation. Capital Refinery sits above the spreadsheet as the decision integrity layer for the IC.
Different layers of the same workflow.
What Macabacus owns
Excel and PowerPoint productivity for analysts.
Strong for formatting, formula auditing, model navigation, deck production. Cuts hours of mechanical work for analysts who live in Excel. Right tool for the analyst productivity layer.
What Capital Refinery owns
The IC decision and the drift after it.
Lane-aware IC memo from raw deal pack, Risk Signals graded against firm policy, source-backed numbers, IC anchor on approval, drift tracking, signed exports for LP.
Why teams run both
Macabacus speeds the model. Capital Refinery defends the call.
Excel stays where it is. Capital Refinery sits above it — the IC memo, the Risk Signals, the source-backed numbers. The model gets faster; the IC record becomes defensible.
Institutional readiness measurement
Macabacus solves Excel and PowerPoint productivity for financial modeling and pitch deck workflow. Capital Refinery operates a category Macabacus doesn’t: institutional readiness measurement on the operating business behind the model — graded against the same 10-axis framework that buy-side ICs, lender credit committees, and LPs use to evaluate. The artifact carries a deterministic fingerprint and a public verification URL.
The two product surfaces don’t compete — they operate at different layers of the stack. Macabacus handles model-building productivity; Capital Refinery handles structural readiness measurement on the business and decision integrity. See institutional readiness and the same-engine architecture for the dimension Macabacus doesn’t address.
Already running Macabacus? Add the IC layer above it.
Bring us the same model and source pack you would put in front of IC. Same-day diagnostic pack back.
Keep Macabacus if you need Excel productivity tools for IC modeling. Use Capital Refinery when you need a neutral, evidence-backed readiness artifact that shows what will survive institutional review.
Capital Refinery is the institutional measurement layer. It does not replace Macabacus; it sits next to it. The decision to engage is a routing decision, not a swap.
Working with an advisor or AI consultant? Use CR as the independent measurement layer via the Modernization Impact Review. Want to shape the methodology? Apply as a design partner.