Empower, Engage, Excel, Exceed, Elevate

Start-up Ecosystem Management and Community Engagement platform. Empower coordinators, maximise engagement, grow your brand, and overachieve delivery expectations.

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Less repetitive manual coordination,
more community engagement

Truly Customisable

Mix & Match functionalities
White label customisation
Stored on your domain
Your app in App-store

Behavioural Science-backed

Preserve real-life cohort engagement rituals
Turn fragmented interactions into dynamic relationships that last
Empower founders to lead community building, share, collaborate, and support each other

Exclusive to Start-ups

Unique functionality incl. founder matching, tasks, intros, and founder-led meet ups
Entrepreneurship-specific thematics and prompts
Networking gamification that sparks conversations

Improve programmes’ performance
and reduce dropout rates

Community

Prevent apathy, confusion, inactivity, and discouragement

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Always have access to the latest updates and relevant info without being the middleman
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Spark conversations and facilitate deeper real-time connections and collaboration
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Empower founders to contribute

Delivery Teams

Spend less time on manual tasks and spend more time building better programmes & community

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Data Insights, and consistent reporting
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Identify problems before it's too late
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Automation and integrations including Hubspot, Google Analytics, Calendly, Eventbrite

your brand

Grow, develop, and deliver more first-class high-impact initiatives

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Brand coverage, exposure, and promotion of ecosystem’s events
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Access to investors and a talent network
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Monetisation opportunities

Sponsors / Clients

Have confidence you will meet NPS and KPIs without worrying about unknown founder dissatisfactions until last survey

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Birds eye view on programme performance
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Prevent manual chasing and ops from becoming delays
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Increase number of NPS returned surveys & NPS score

Complete feature set

Mix & Match functionality for your Programmes and Workflows

Mini-Games

Preserve real-life interactions and programme rituals
Spark conversations and facilitate deeper real-time connections and collaboration
Empower founders to contribute

Threads

Interest-problem based
Templates / conversation starters
Thematics like Q&As, pitch deck voting, product testing etc

Chats

Internal reward coins to reward engagement unlocking discounts and deals
Report on attendees, number of conversations, and engagement duration
Group chats and private messages

FAQs & Help Requests

Minimise repeat questions & unanswered queries
Living space that invites founders to support each other and provide advice
Requests / tasks / prompts are separate from general notifications to always keep founders in the loop
Thematic separation of requests, e.g. for mentoring and introductions

Resources

Empower founders to be active in driving community and contribute
E.g. founders to create a story based on a reading
Reward founders with social points (internal reward)
Relevant founder and start-up dedicated content
Trackable engagement and popular pages
Your format - video, article, podcast, case studies
Record and archive past live streams for on-demand viewing
Select founders by criteria to share relevant resources and updates

Start-up Directory / Profiles

‍Facilitate feeling of connection
Custom fields and privacy settings
Start-up profiles
Follow functionality
Mass import start-ups or allow to apply directly
Map view
View start-ups’ activity to simplify introductions and conversations starters
Upload start-ups from a CSV or allow founders to apply through the app

Founder Profiles

Help founders find common ground
Custom fields and privacy settings
Following functionality
Founder matching - founders can suggest matching based on sector, vertical, interests, industry, skills, etc.
Map view
Upload start-ups from a CSV or allow founders to apply through the app
Easy data cleanup, view founder registration and webinar attendance

Mentoring

Approve / decline applications or allow founders to book right away
Visibility of mentors’ availability
Trackable sessions’ status
Receive / analyse / share feedback
Set limit of sessions per start-up
Match founders with mentors yourself, by criteria or in bulk
Mentors can view detailed founders profiles prior to the session
Automated reporting

Centralised Calendar

Prioritise key events in highlights
View participants without disclosing private information
Connect with existing calendars
Analyse historic data for future planning and attendance prediction
Centralised, get notifications with joining links in the app / WhatsApp / email to boost founders’ attendance and awareness

AI Feed Digests

AI digests of Threads (Discussions) for active programmes
Personalised content
Keep founders in the loop and facilitate conversations

Events

Relevant event recommendations based on interests and networking intents
Notify people on time when dates change
Founders can organise events themselves
Virtual / F2F
Custom-trigger instant email / WhatsApp / app notifications
Sync with Eventbrite
Shareable event links
Application-walled events e.g. for Demo Day participants

Live Streams

Custom access rights
Zoom integration
Breakout rooms
Weekly scheduled networking hour
Always live Networking Room with hours recorded
Live chat
Gamified sessions to drive engagement
Automatically record & upload videos
Reports on hours attended, participants, and Q&A

Virtual Networking

Custom access rights
Zoom integration
Breakout rooms
Weekly scheduled networking hour
Always live Networking Room with hours recorded
Live chat
Gamified sessions to drive engagement
Automatically record & upload videos
Reports on hours attended, participants, and Q&A

Tasks

Ensure tasks completion with tasks separate from notifications (e.g. for surveys submissions)

Founder Matching

Founders can suggest matching based on sector, vertical, interests, industry, skills, etc.
Boost introductions, whether to find a co-founder, a colleague, or a useful connection
Earn commission from successful introductions or generate case studies

Peer-2-Peer Support

Help requests can be addressed to fellow start-ups in the cohort
Novel founder matching experience
Founder-led resource sharing, meet-ups, and FAQs responses

Networking

Virtual weekly scheduled networking session
Announce location feature to incentivise in person co-working

Automated workflows

Integrated with your apps
Adapts to your existing workflows, e.g. welcome message, mentor matching
Automated check-ins
Simplify feedback submission
Promote upcoming events through email newsletters, social media, and in-app notifications
With custom investors directory, automatically invite investors to demo days and share lists of your hottest start-ups

Analytics / Reports

Analytics that matter to you and help improve, customisable dashboard
Keep teams aligned with up to date statuses and learnings everyone can access
Identify popular pages, track user behaviours, and optimise for seamless experience
Export CSV Reports on selected data
Sync with Google Analytics
Task reminders, e.g. pending help requests to review

Start-up Progress Tracking

Track start-ups’ progress and activities
Ask targeted questions related to entrepreneurial journey, goals, or areas community needs support with through prompts and surveys
Provide personalised recommendations, resources, and responses to foster growth and development with messages and notifications
Connect founders with relevant team members in relevant geographies in a timely manner
Self-reported / synced with Beauhurst, Hubspot, Salesforce and Crunchbase

Roles / Permissions

Application-walled pages for e.g. Demo Day participants
Custom rights and roles
Enable/disable peer-to-peer support
Enable/disable resource submission applications
Direct mentoring booking or accept/decline functionality

Applications

Enable/disable application walls for events, resources, and mentoring
Upload start-ups from a csv or allow founders to apply directly through the app
Connect the app with your existing set-up and website

Integrations

Connect with existing calendars
Sync analytics and KPIs
Sync with Eventbrite
Sync with Linkedin profiles
Sync with existing forms
Use in-app streaming or connect with Zoom
Fetch additional data from Hubspot, Salesforce, Crunchbase, and Beauhurst to get immediate notifications and send reconnecting automated or personalised messages

Custom Directories

Founder + Start-up profiles
Mentors’ availability and profiles
Founder matching UI - users can suggests relevant connections
Activity tab -> Conversation Starter
Specialized Resources Center -> Users can contribute
Faqs & help requests; resources; AI Feed Digests

Investor Engagement

Automatically invite investors to Demo Days
Share lists of your hottest start-ups
In-app introductions with custom investor directory

Unlimited Users

Unlimited number of users - founders, start-ups, mentors, investors, team members

Targeting / Tagging

Custom profile sections
Searchable and filterable tags for directories and threads
Use it to match founders with peers, mentors, and investors and provide relevant content

Migration / Support

Supporting you through each stage: onboarding, migration, coordination, tech, or community-building advice... whatever it is, we’ll back you up
Migration of existing resources and databases

Paid memberships

Offer paid memberships
Income tracking

One-off payments

Accept one-time payments on Stripe
Free trials, one-time coupons or discounts
Memberships plans with your custom list of access and features

Deals / Offers Page

Empower founders to share their offers via the Deals portal
Provide value to founders with your affiliated promotions
Internal reward currency - reward for engagement and task completion

Exposure

On request, trade/exchange Founder/Mentor/Investor lists with other ecosystems

Internal reward currency

Internal reward currency - reward for
Engagement
Task completion
Unlock discounts and deals

White-labeled branding

Mix & Match functionalities
White label customisation
Stored on your domain
Your app in App-store
Access rights and roles
Personal data protection
Suitable for continuous and cohort-based programmes
Your branding - colours, fonts, logo, etc

Mobile / Desktop

Responsive design
Use it on the move on your phone, including offline mode
Or in the comfort of your computer

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Turn fragmented interactions into
dynamic engagements

We help you create connections that last and provide an efficient and collaborative environment that’s driven by data

Support

We’re here for you.

Supporting you through each stage: onboarding, migration, coordination, tech, or community-building advice... whatever it is, we’ll back you up.

Rapid Deployment -
Evolves With You

Deployment and Onboarding Within 3 Weeks
Start maximising founders’ engagement while saving time and money within weeks,
your team will onboard seamlessly.
Flexible and Adaptive to Match Your Existing Workflows
CohortHQ is tailored to support the needs of your teams and programmes through a variety of configuration options and custom fields.
So Intuitive and Playful Members Enjoy Using It
No training required. Crafted to be user-centric and easy to navigate, CohortHQ simplifies your workflow without sacrificing powerful functionality.

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