Hundreds of applications. A ranked shortlist by the same afternoon.
The pile comes back as a ranked cohort with a written memo on each founder, and the ones you pick move straight into a funded validation workspace, all billed to your program.
Programs run on the Business plan. We will set you up and price it for your cohort size.
Four steps from a full inbox to the founders you back
Each step feeds the next, so the work your team does to review a founder is the same work that funds them once you say yes.
Bring your applicants in
Import a CSV, add applicants by hand, or take them through a hosted form you are never obliged to use.
Score the whole cohort
Every applicant is scored against your rubric with a written rationale for each criterion, and the cohort comes back ranked.
Run your committee
Assign reviewers, collect their recommendations and interview notes side by side, and generate an investment-committee memo that compiles the score, the reviews, and how your program can help.
Advance the founders you pick
One click turns an accepted applicant into a full validation workspace, funded by your program, so your founders start real research the day they are in.
Everything your screening committee needs
Rubric scoring and ranking
Your criteria and weights, a per-criterion score with rationale, and a ranked cohort view. A sensible default rubric is ready on day one.
Review committee
Multiple reviewers per applicant, recommendations and interview notes in one panel, and per-reviewer round-robin assignment.
Investment-committee memo
A candid internal memo per applicant: snapshot, problem and traction, market and moat, strengths, honest weaknesses, and how your program helps.
Advance to a funded workspace
Accepted founders move straight into validation research, decks, and a data room, paid for by your program account.
Live working sessions
Run a live, shared session with a founder inside their own research. You work together in one room, and what you cover folds back into their project when you wrap up.
Hosted application form
An optional application form applicants fill in, with entries landing straight in your cohort. CSV import and manual entry work just as well.
Read about each part in depth
- Applicant screening and rankingRead a ranked shortlist instead of a hundred applications.
- Investment committee memosThe memo your committee decides on, drafted from material you already hold.
- Cohorts and milestonesTrack a cohort against the milestones you set, in one place.
- One shared pool of creditsFund every founder from one balance, and get one bill.
- Your own application formTake applications with your own questions, wherever founders find you.
- Live working sessionsWork through a decision with a founder, inside their own research.
Priced for your program's budget cycle
Buy pooled credits per cohort. They do not expire, so you spend them when your cycle runs.
Pooled program credits
Buy credits your program spends across the whole cohort, with one account paying and every founder drawing from the same pool.
Buy per cohort
Buy for an intake round and spend it when the cycle runs, whether you admit once or twice a year.
Graduate to self-serve
When the program ends, hand a founder off to their own plan with their workspace and history intact.
- Seats and roles for program admins and reviewers
- Per-cohort or annual, whichever fits your intake
- Credits never expire
- Graduate founders to their own account any time
Run your cohort on LaunchValid
Tell us about your program and we will reply with the details and pricing for your cohort size.
Questions from programs
Do applicants have to use an embedded form?
No. Admin CSV import and manual entry are first-class and permanent. Some programs cannot embed an outside tool in their review process, so screening works end to end without one.
How much does scoring a large cohort cost?
Screening is priced to run across your whole intake, so scoring hundreds of applicants stays affordable. The full research run only happens when you explicitly advance a founder, so the expensive step is always your decision.
Who pays, and how?
Your program buys pooled credits and the whole cohort draws from that pool. Credits do not expire, so you can buy per intake round rather than on an annual commitment.
Is the investment memo shown to applicants?
No. The committee memo is an internal, advisory document for your team only. It is candid by design and never shared with the founder.
What happens when a founder graduates?
You can move a founder to their own self-serve account when the program ends. Their research, decks, and data room stay with them.
Give your reviewers their time back
Tell us about your next intake and we will get your program set up.
Talk to us about a cohort