Compare the same questions
Use one baseline framework to examine critical tasks, roles, collaboration and support needs for every team.
The pitch shows ambition. Check how the team actually works.
Before cohort selection, Sparkly makes critical work, distribution of responsibility, collaboration and support needs visible. During the programme, the same view can prepare mentors and support discussion of agreed development areas. The accelerator decides who is accepted; Sparkly provides comparable baseline information and questions to check with the team.
What the application and pitch do not show
Select teams for the cohort that you know how to support throughout the programme
Sparkly neither ranks teams nor predicts winners. It gives the selection panel the same baseline framework for every applicant, so decisions are better reasoned and programme support becomes more specific.
Prioritise selection questions
See which assumptions about roles, responsibility and collaboration need clarification in the interview or selection day.
Give mentors a starting point
Use the view created during selection to prepare programme goals and mentoring.
Before selection and throughout the programme
One baseline view for selection, mentoring and development discussions
Sparkly does not issue a ready-made fit score or replace the judgement of the selection panel or mentor. It organises information about people, tasks, roles and collaboration into one view so it is clear what to check during selection and support during the programme.
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Map how the team actually works
Look beyond role titles in the pitch: who covers critical tasks, how responsibility is distributed and where progress depends on one person. The output identifies areas to investigate, not a ready-made verdict on the founders.
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Separate risk, hypothesis and development need
Connect profiles, work tasks and collaboration patterns with programme goals. Charts and comparisons help prioritise questions; they are not a diagnosis, prediction or automated fit score.
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Give mentors a specific starting point
Mentors do not need to start every meeting from zero. Baseline information shared by the team helps select questions that improve roles, work allocation and collaboration; the founders retain control over the content and pace of change.
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Follow agreed development areas
Use the same baseline during the programme to discuss roles, new hires and agreed development areas. Sparkly follows agreed changes—not people through hidden or continuous assessment.
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Check team questions in one selection round or cohort with a shared baseline framework.
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- A shared baseline across the cohort
- An overview of agreed development areas
- Views of roles, work allocation and mentoring needs
For which upcoming cohort is the pitch alone not enough?
Compare teams through the same questions, make support needs visible and give mentors a specific starting point.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How Sparkly uses information, what the accelerator sees and which decision remains human.
Once the team has entered the baseline information, an initial consolidated view appears within minutes. The timing and depth of checks are agreed with the accelerator before the cohort begins.
The shared baseline remains the same for every team, while critical tasks, milestones and validation questions are connected to the accelerator’s vertical and programme goals.
The team decides what is shared with the accelerator, mentor or investor. Validated measurement, self-description and derived signals are different types of information and remain distinct in the interpretation.
No. Sparkly neither predicts winners nor provides a definitive resilience score. It surfaces signals based on profiles, tasks, roles and collaboration context that must be checked through interviews, workshops or the mentor’s context.
Not through hidden or continuous monitoring. By agreement, the team and accelerator can update roles, tasks and development areas; the team controls what information is shared with programme stakeholders.