Stop finding out at
demo day.
Your portfolio is decided twice — by who you admit, and by how far each founder gets. Both happen mostly out of your sight: you select on pitch-deck charisma, then find out who was actually validating at demo day — too late to help. LEANSpark scores every founder, applicant and admit alike, so you fill your cohort on evidence and steer it to traction while there's still time.
Book a demoFill your cohort on evidence, not pitch-deck charisma.
Selection is the highest-leverage decision you make all year — and the one you make with the least information.
200 applicants. A mentor bench that can review 20 in depth. The other 180 get a pitch-deck skim and a coin flip — so the founders who present well beat the founders who'll actually return the fund.
Every applicant runs a structured business-model assessment before they reach your review desk. You walk in with a validation score across all 7 dimensions for all 200 — and admit on signal, not slides.
Coach every founder to traction — and see who's getting there.
Office hours give each founder six minutes a week; the rest of the time, most founders validate alone — slowly, and wrong. Not here. Every founder you admit gets a 24/7 AI co-founder that moves them from idea toward traction between your office hours — and scores the work in real time, so you can steer.
- Coached toward traction, 24/7 — experiment design, interview prep, and validation work between your office hours, so every admit keeps moving, not just the ones in the room.
- Scored in real time across 7 dimensions — progress reflects real work, not self-report, so the dashboard shows who's actually advancing and who's stalling.
- Intervene while it still matters — catch the founder drifting in week 3, not at demo day. Redirect a pivot, pull a stalling team into office hours, kill a dead experiment — early enough to change the outcome.
Graduate fundable companies — and prove it.
- Companies that can actually raise. A high score isn't busywork — it's validated evidence. You walk into demo day backing proof, not optimism, and more of your cohort is genuinely fundable.
- Proof for the people who fund you. Show your LPs, sponsors, and dean which cohorts are progressing — with validation data, not demo-day theater. The evidence that renews your funding and recruits your next cohort.
Built for portfolio visibility
- Cohort dashboard — the primary surface. Every founder's 7-dimension validation scores and assessment results, consolidated in one read-only view. See the whole portfolio at a glance; drill into any founder when you need to.
- Founders own their data. Workspaces, canvases, and history belong to the team. You get read-only visibility into what's actually happening.
- One annual pool. Allocate credits freely across cohorts, founders, and applicant screening. Re-allocate mid-program as needs shift.
- Free tier after the program. Founders keep their work and continue building. No data lock-in.
LEANSpark gives founders a structured, AI-powered way to validate ideas and compress learning cycles — exactly what emerging ecosystems need.
Frequently asked
What if a founder uses more than their share of credits?
Power users draw from the shared pool. Admins can set per-founder caps if you want to enforce equal allocation. Overage credits beyond the pool are billed quarterly at the contracted rate.
What happens to unused credits at end of term?
Credits remain valid 12 months from purchase (18 months at scale). Unused balances may roll into a renewal at the prior rate.
Non-profit pricing for university-affiliated incubators?
Verified 501(c)(3) non-profits, accredited universities, and government-funded incubators qualify. Book a demo and we'll confirm your rate.