Incubators

The operating system for the whole incubator

Rolling intake instead of batches, residents instead of cohorts — the same program engine, shaped for how incubators actually run, with every resident startup getting the full StartWise founder toolkit.

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Incubators run long and loose — rolling admissions, residents at every stage. The platform flexes to that shape instead of forcing batch thinking.

Rolling programs

Programs of any shape — including yours

Multi-program and cohort structures flex to rolling intake and long residencies. Scope everything — applications, curriculum, updates — to the program and group you are viewing.

  • Multiple programs side by side, switchable
  • Cohorts that can be rolling groups, not just batches
  • One dashboard across the whole operation

Good morning, Dana. 3 things need you.

You’re 62% set up.

New applications

24

Portfolio

18

Page views

1,240

One dashboard for the whole program — applications, portfolio, academy, announcements, reports.

Residents

Every resident gets the full founder platform

Add startups to your portfolio and send claim invites. When a founder claims their venture they unlock the complete StartWise founder side — plan, deck, financials, data room — already connected to your incubator.

  • Portfolio roster with claim-invite onboarding
  • Founders land with the full toolkit, linked to you
  • Choose your billing preference — program-sponsored or founder-paid
Loop Robotics added to your portfolio
Claim invite sent to the founding team
Claimed — full founder toolkit unlocked
Public presence

The page that recruits your next resident

A branded public page with your story, portfolio, mentors, and an apply CTA — listed in the StartWise program directory where founders are already looking.

  • Your branding, your domain-ready public page
  • Resident portfolio and mentor network on display
  • Listed in the directory founders browse
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Forge Accelerator

12 weeks · Berlin · $100K for 7% · deep-tech only

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CHECK SIZE

$100K

DURATION

12 weeks

DEADLINE

Mar 15

How it works

From intake to graduation

1

Publish your page

Branding, key facts, resident portfolio, and an always-open application form.

2

Review on your rhythm

Rolling intake with AI-scored applications — accept when it is right, not when the batch closes.

3

Onboard residents

Add each startup to your portfolio and send a claim invite — they get the full founder toolkit, connected to you.

4

Run the house

Curriculum, announcements, updates, mentors, resources, and reports — one dashboard.

Free tool

Rolling intake, without the rolling backlog

Your application volume, your review time — see what AI screening saves per intake.

Reviewing everything
50h
With AI screening
15h

35 hours backper intake

Assumes AI scores every submission and your team deep-reads the top ~30%.

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Questions?

Incubator questions, answered

Give your residents more than a desk.

Every startup you incubate gets the full founder platform — and you get the dashboard that runs the whole house.