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From an Intake Call to a Managed Portfolio, in One System

From the intake call through panel review to a portfolio your mentors track after selection.

A mentor walking two founders past the incubator's pinboard of ventures
An intake cohort touring the park before panel review

Who Works in It

  • Park or incubator administrator

    Opens the intake call, screens the pile for completeness, and moves the selected cohort into the portfolio.

  • Panel member or mentor

    Reviews an intake batch against a rubric, then later logs sessions and approves milestone requests for the teams they mentor.

  • Founder applicant

    Applies once, tracks the decision, and — if selected — sees their own incubation milestones and requests in one place.

An Intake Cycle Through to Incubation

The path most parks and incubators already run, from a public call to a managed cohort.

  1. Intake call opens

    A registration window with attached resources — eligibility notes, facility details — goes public.

  2. Screening

    Incomplete applications and repeat founders from an earlier intake are flagged before review begins.

  3. Panel review

    Mentors and industry panellists score each venture against a shared rubric.

  4. Cohort selection

    The committee approves the ranked shortlist and the decision moves to the applicant portal.

  5. Incubation kickoff

    Selected teams become portfolio companies, with mentors, milestones and requests attached.

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An intake form built for a facility, not just a pitch

Ask what a park actually needs to know — facility requirements, prior incubation history, a pitch deck — and attach eligibility documents directly to the form. Registration windows and a capacity limit keep an open call from becoming unmanageable.

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Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III

Venture

Venture nameShort text
SectorSelect
Stage (TRL)Select
DepartmentSelect
Show when "Applying as" is Faculty
Pitch deckPDF · 20 MB
Review

Screen a repeat applicant before a mentor opens it

A submissions table with case numbers and filters, flags for duplicates and resubmissions, and a dossier view for each venture. Panellists leave notes and tags, and every approval or rejection carries a reason in the audit log.

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Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III
AllPendingApprovedRejected
SelectTeamTRLStatus
Halcyon Grid#0142
TRL 6Approved
Farmlight#0139
TRL 7Pending
Quorum Bio#0127
TRL 4Approved
Tessel Labs#0118
TRL 5Rejected
Kelpline#0096
TRL 2Pending
3 selectedApproveRejectTag
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Evidence That Shows Its Sources

Before a panel meets, IdeaScore AI reviews each venture against the same rubric and, with Deep Research, checks its market and competitor claims against the open web, with every source listed. It sits beside the panel's judgement, never in place of it.

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Deep Research
46.5 / 50 (93%)

Halcyon Grid · #0142 · CleanTech · TRL 6

  • Innovation and novelty9.5 / 10
  • Customer desirability9 / 10
  • Team and execution9 / 10
  • Technical feasibility9.5 / 10
  • Business viability9.5 / 10

“Grid-edge storage for rural feeders is under-served; two comparable ventures found, neither targets sub-1 MW feeders. The founder's prior work at a state utility is verifiable.”

Sources (6)

Market sizing report, 2025Competitor scan, 4 companiesPatent search, IN and PCTTeam profileState EV and storage policyPitch deck, slide 7

IdeaScore AI may make mistakes. Use it alongside human judgement.

What Research Parks and Incubators Use Most

  • Portfolio module

    Incubatee companies, milestones, and requests with a visible approval history, kept alongside the call that selected them.

  • Mentors and session logs

    Assign mentors to a portfolio company and keep a record of sessions held, not just who is assigned.

  • IdeaScore AI evidence-backed review

    Each application reviewed against your rubric, with Deep Research on the market and competitors, cited beside the panel's own score.

  • Resubmission and duplicate detection

    A founder reapplying to a later intake, or two related ventures entering separately, is flagged, not scored blind.

  • Conditional multi-stage intake forms

    Attach eligibility documents and facility guidance, and show follow-up questions only where they apply.

  • Cloud or your own server

    Run in IdeaScore's cloud, or on infrastructure your park already operates.

  • Committee Excel export

    A ranked intake list ready for a board or advisory-committee meeting.

  • Applicant portal

    Founders check status with a magic link, and — once selected — see their own incubation record.

Questions Parks and Incubators Ask

Yes. The portfolio module carries a selected venture forward as an incubatee — milestones, requests and mentor session logs — so the intake call and the incubation record live in the same system.
Yes. A mentor assigned to a portfolio company can record sessions held and respond to milestone requests, with an approval history kept against each one.
Yes, each as its own programme with its own form, evaluators and rubric, while the portfolio persists across cycles.
Deep Research, which also searches the web, checks each venture's market sizing, competitors and patents, with every source cited next to the score, so a panel can check it, not just trust it.

See Your Next Intake Run in IdeaScore

A 30-minute walkthrough with a product specialist, from your intake form to the cohort that follows.

A mentor walking two founders past the incubator's pinboard of ventures
An intake cohort touring the park before panel review

Who Works in It

  • Park or incubator administrator

    Opens the intake call, screens the pile for completeness, and moves the selected cohort into the portfolio.

  • Panel member or mentor

    Reviews an intake batch against a rubric, then later logs sessions and approves milestone requests for the teams they mentor.

  • Founder applicant

    Applies once, tracks the decision, and — if selected — sees their own incubation milestones and requests in one place.

An Intake Cycle Through to Incubation

  1. Intake call opens

    A registration window with attached resources — eligibility notes, facility details — goes public.

  2. Screening

    Incomplete applications and repeat founders from an earlier intake are flagged before review begins.

  3. Panel review

    Mentors and industry panellists score each venture against a shared rubric.

  4. Cohort selection

    The committee approves the ranked shortlist and the decision moves to the applicant portal.

  5. Incubation kickoff

    Selected teams become portfolio companies, with mentors, milestones and requests attached.

How IdeaScore Runs It

An intake form built for a facility, not just a pitch

Ask what a park actually needs to know — facility requirements, prior incubation history, a pitch deck — and attach eligibility documents directly to the form. Registration windows and a capacity limit keep an open call from becoming unmanageable.

Explore applications
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III

Venture

Venture nameShort text
SectorSelect
Stage (TRL)Select
DepartmentSelect
Show when "Applying as" is Faculty
Pitch deckPDF · 20 MB
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