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Accelerators & Incubators

Connect cohort startups with the mentors they need from day one

Every startup in the cohort has different needs. Afín connects them with the mentors and experts in your network who have exactly what they're looking for.

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The problem

What you already know happens

The right mentor takes too long to appear

The biotech startup has been looking for someone with FDA experience for weeks. The mentor who has it is in your network but nobody has connected them.

Unscalable manual coordination

Manually assigning mentors to startups requires knowing in detail the needs of each one and the profiles of each mentor. It doesn't scale.

Startups don't connect with each other

A cohort where each startup operates in silos loses the value of peer learning. Connections between founders in the same programme are equally valuable.

The solution

How it works at your event

  1. QR at the kick-off or demo dayStartups indicate their role, interests and what they're looking for (investment, talent, clients, mentorship). Mentors indicate their role, interests and what type of projects appeal to them.
  2. Relevant matches appear automaticallyThe biotech startup sees the mentor with FDA experience. The investor sees the startups in the sector looking for investment.
  3. Contact is shared with mutual consentOnly when both parties express interest is the contact exchanged. No spam from desperate founders to mentors who don't fit.
A typical moment
The biotech startup in the cohort finds the mentor with FDA experience they've been looking for for three months. At the first demo day. Without anyone having to manually introduce them.

The value of your mentor network becomes tangible and measurable.

After the event

Prove the value of your network

How many mentor-startup connections were made, which mentor profiles were most in demand, which startups were most active. Data to improve the programme and communicate its impact to investors and sponsors.

When is your next cohort event?

Try it small first: free for events up to 30 participants.

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