L3VLUP Pro
Turn up with the work already done.
Finance recruiting assesses a small number of things: the CV, the cover letter, a timed modelling test, a set of comparables, a view on a company, and whether you made the deadline. L3VLUP is the workbench for producing all of it.
Free is a complete product for running a recruiting cycle. Pro removes the count on the research library, keeps your graded runs, and gives you an Apply Pack on any role on the tracker board.
- An Apply Pack on any role on the tracker board. What the employer’s own posting asks for, checked against the CV you keep in CV Studio, with the next steps that follow.
- The research library with no count on it. Every banker board book and every 13F filing on the site, with no allowance.
- Your graded runs kept, each with a page you can send. The five timed exercises that are marked and scored, kept run by run instead of the last three, each with its own page for a mentor or an interviewer: the LBO modelling test, the paper LBO, the napkin LBO, mental maths and numerical reasoning..
- The morning briefing on My L3VLUP. The interview that is next, the topic your own scores say is weakest, what closes this week and what has stalled, read together rather than as five separate things.
$25 a month or $199 a year. Cancel any time from My L3VLUP.
How a cycle runs
Five steps, in order. Every one of them is open on a free account, and every link below goes straight to the tool that does it.
1. Target
Say what you are aiming at
Seats, region and level. Everything below reads it: which programmes match, which drills come first, what the Apply Pack checks against.
Set your target →2. Build
Make the application
A finance CV and a cover letter in the studios, exported to PDF or Word. Your documents stay in your browser.
Open CV Studio →3. Practise
Sit the exercise they will set
The timed LBO modelling test with a real workbook, the paper LBO, the comps set, the written case. Marked, not self-assessed.
Take the modelling test →4. Improve
Watch the numbers move
Every run is kept and scored, so the weak topic is the one your own results name rather than the one you dread. Free keeps the last three; Pro keeps all of them.
See your results →5. Apply
Work the deadlines
The tracker holds every programme and when it closes. The pipeline holds every application and what has stalled. On Pro, each programme carries its Apply Pack.
Open the tracker →
What Pro adds
Four things, and nothing is taken away from Free to make room for them.
An Apply Pack on any role on the tracker board
What the employer’s own posting asks for, checked against the CV you keep in CV Studio, with the next steps that follow. Preparation for the seat, a prepared LinkedIn search for people at that firm, and an outreach draft with your strongest line in it. On the board, before the deadline rather than after it.
See what it looks like →
The research library with no count on it
Every banker board book and every 13F filing on the site, with no allowance. A visitor opens three and a free account opens ten. This is the reading a comparable company analysis or a stock pitch is built from.
See what it looks like →
Your graded runs kept, each with a page you can send
The five timed exercises that are marked and scored, kept run by run instead of the last three, each with its own page for a mentor or an interviewer: the LBO modelling test, the paper LBO, the napkin LBO, mental maths and numerical reasoning.
See what it looks like →
The morning briefing on My L3VLUP
The interview that is next, the topic your own scores say is weakest, what closes this week and what has stalled, read together rather than as five separate things. It needs a target set, and it is the one thing on the dashboard a free account does not get.
See what it looks like →
The workbench, by name
Every one of these is open now. The tier says who gets it: most of the workbench is free, and saying so is more useful than pretending otherwise.
A finance CV, exported to PDF or Word
A targeted cover letter, exported the same way
A timed case, a workbook to build, a cell-by-cell score
Returns maths against the clock, graded
A timed paper LBO, graded
A written investment case you keep
A comps set you build and check
Every programme, its deadline and its status
Every application, its stage and what is stalled
What the posting asks for, the CV evidence to show, checks before applying and what to prepare next
Every board book and 13F filing, with no count
Each graded run kept, with a page you can send
Where to start, by seat
The same tools, in the order that suits what you are aiming at. Set your target on My L3VLUP and the tracker and the drills follow it.
Investment banking
The modelling test and the application are what get assessed, in that order.
Private equity
Returns maths under time pressure, then the structure underneath the deal.
Hedge funds
A view, defended in writing, built from what the funds actually hold.
Equity research
The multiple, what it implies, and the note that argues for it.
Free, Plus, Pro and the Inner Circle
Each plan keeps everything below it, and Free is a complete product on its own.
Free
$0No card, no password
A complete product for running a recruiting cycle.
- All 19 financial models online, and every starter workbook
- The tracker, your pipeline and My L3VLUP
- CV Studio and Cover Letter Studio, with PDF and Word export
- Every lab, every daily game and every guide
L3VLUP Plus
$4.99/month, cancel any time
More tools for your next move.
- Full Apply Packs for 5 roles a month
- Alerts when a matching role opens, and deadline reminders
- One worked Excel model a month, kept for good
- Finance OS results downloaded as Excel models
- Every Letters & Theses analysis
L3VLUP Pro
Full software$25/month, or $199/year
The full software subscription.
- Every worked Excel model, with no monthly count
- Apply Packs and the research library, with no count
- The five applications: Studio, Logomatic, MappingMatic, Plotline and Variant
- Every graded run kept, and the morning briefing
Inner Circle
$39/month for the first 25 members, then $79
Pro, plus the people.
- Everything in Pro, included
- Monthly Office Hours with Suro
- Role intros from the network
- The private community
- One human CV or cover letter review a year
| Feature | Free$0 | Plus$4.99/month | Pro$25/month | Inner Circle$39/month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build and apply | ||||
| CV Studio and Cover Letter StudioBuild the documents in your browser, where they stay, and export them to PDF or Word. | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| The opportunity tracker, programme pages and company intel | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Your application pipeline, on every deviceLive applications at once: 60 on Free and Plus, 300 on Pro and the Inner Circle. Archiving an application frees its place and deletes nothing. | 60 live | 60 live | 300 live | 300 live |
| Full Apply PacksWhat the employer's own posting asks for, checked against the CV you keep in CV Studio, with what to check and what to prepare next. Free sees what the posting asks for. Plus opens the full pack on 5 different roles each billing month; a pack you have opened stays yours. | Preview | 5 roles a month | Included | Included |
| An email when a role matching your filters opensChoose a seat, region and level on the tracker and subscribe. Sent only on a day something new matched. | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Reminders before your deadlines and follow-upsOne email a day at most, on the dates on your own pipeline, and nothing when nothing is due. | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Firm watch alerts and the Monday recapAn email the day a firm you watch opens, and a Monday summary of your week. Free for everyone. | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Practise and improve | ||||
| Every lab, every daily game and the timed LBO modelling testThe modelling test marks your workbook cell by cell on every plan. | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Graded runs kept, each with a page you can shareThe five marked exercises: the LBO modelling test, the paper LBO, the napkin LBO, mental maths and numerical reasoning. Free keeps the last 3. | Last 3 | Last 3 | Every run | Every run |
| The morning briefing on My L3VLUPThe interview that is next, the topic your own scores say is weakest, what closes this week and what has stalled, read together. | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Guides, the glossary, the career map and the industry map | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Models and Finance OS | ||||
| All 19 financial models online, and every starter workbookChange any input in your browser and watch every sheet recalculate. A visitor previews every model; an account edits it and downloads every starter. | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Worked Excel models to keepThe finished workbook, every formula live. Plus claims one new model each Stripe billing month; a claimed model stays yours after cancelling, and an unused month does not roll over. Pro downloads every one. A model a free account chose before Plus went on sale stays its own. | Not included | 1 new a month | All | All |
| Graded starters: your built workbook markedOutputs, linkages, formulas, robustness under changed assumptions and integrity. A free account gets one graded submission in its lifetime, across every graded model. | 1, ever | 1, ever | Included | Included |
| Finance OS runsThe rate at which runs may be started. There is no monthly count on any plan. | 5 per 10 min | 5 per 10 min | 15 per 10 min | 15 per 10 min |
| A Finance OS run as an Excel modelThe run as a working workbook with live formulas, its sources and the checks that tie it to the result. Every result, its sources and its checks are free to read. Separate from the Models library above. | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Saved Finance OS runsKept on the account, newest first. | Latest 10 | Latest 10 | Latest 10 | Latest 10 |
| The five applications: Studio, Logomatic, MappingMatic, Plotline and VariantPitchbook slides, logo pages, maps, animated charts and estimates, from your own account. | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Research and reading | ||||
| Board books and 13F filingsDistinct documents opened, on this browser: 3 as a visitor, 10 with an account. Pro and the Inner Circle open every one. | 10 with an account | 10 | Included | Included |
| Letters & Theses analysesEvery letter and every original source is free to read. The analysis of each is counted: 3 as a visitor, 5 with an account, every one from Plus up. | 5 with an account | Included | Included | Included |
| People and access | ||||
| Monthly Office Hours with Suro | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Role intros from the networkMandates that reach Suro before a job board. Reply with your CV and strong candidates are forwarded to the firm. | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| The private community | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| A human CV or cover letter reviewOne review by Suro a year, with priority turnaround on any further review. | Not included | Not included | Not included | 1 a year |
| Member pricing$200 off every bootcamp and member rates on 1:1 sessions. | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| The premium weekly | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
A tick means included with no count. A number is the count. Prices are in US dollars.
Beyond Pro: the people
Pro is the workbench. The Inner Circle is the people around it.
Everything in Pro is included. What the Inner Circle adds is nothing a piece of software can do: Suro’s time every month, mandates from his network, a room of people in the same roles, and a human review of your CV.
- Monthly Office Hours with Suro. A live call each month. Interview prep, deal mechanics, comp negotiation, the market. Ask anything.
- Role intros from the network. Mandates that reach Suro before a job board: role, comp band, deadline. Reply with your CV and strong candidates are forwarded to the firm.
- The private community. A members-only room of candidates and professionals across banking, funds and quant, moderated and small.
- A human review a year. One CV or cover letter review by Suro, included. Priority turnaround on any further review.
- Member pricing. $200 off every bootcamp and member rates on 1:1 sessions.
- The premium weekly. Deal flow, market reads and firm-by-firm hiring intel, written for members.
$39 /month
First 25 members, then $79/month. Pro included. Cancel any time.
Questions
- Who is Pro for?
- Somebody in a live cycle, applying to more than a handful of programmes, who is practising often enough that the record of it is worth keeping and who is doing the reading that a modelling test or a stock pitch is built from. Free runs a cycle perfectly well. Pro is what a cycle looks like when you are running several tracks at once and want every run, every deadline and every piece of research in one place.
- What about the AI features?
- 5 of them are built and switched off: AI Mentor marking, the written review on the LBO modelling test, AI scoring on recorded answers, AI grading in Primer and the AI research workflows. None is counted in what Pro gives you and none is in the price. The timed modelling test still marks your workbook cell by cell today, because that marking is arithmetic rather than a model.
- Does L3VLUP get me an interview?
- No. Nobody here talks to an employer on your behalf, there is no placement service and no application is submitted for you. What the site does is help you find the window, produce the work and be ready for the assessment. You apply.
- What happens when I cancel?
- Pro runs to the end of the period you paid for, then the account goes back to Free. Nothing is deleted: your target, pipeline and every graded result stay on the account. If a card fails, there is a week’s grace before access lapses.
- Is the Inner Circle a different product?
- It is Pro plus people. The software is identical; the Inner Circle adds Office Hours with Suro, role intros from the network, the private community and a human review a year.
- Can a society or a university buy it for members?
- Yes. Email suro@l3vlup.com with the number of seats and the term; there is a societies page for what is already free to them.