Application Evaluation

Built-in evaluation tools designed to help you select the right startups, faster
The StartupScience Application Evaluation module is your centralized workspace for reviewing, scoring, and selecting startup applications — all within the same system used to design your program, manage your applications, and run your cohorts.

It’s designed based on real feedback from program managers who needed more control, better visibility, and a smarter way to make high-stakes decisions.
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Key Features

Evaluator Assignment

Assign internal staff, mentors, or external judges to review applications based on category, industry, or stage.

Custom Scoring Rubrics

Build your own criteria, weights, and evaluation logic to match your program’s values and goals.

Collaborative Reviews

See aggregated scores, comments, and rankings in real time to streamline decisions.

Built-in Bias Controls

Customize workflows to support blind reviews, multi-round scoring, or threshold-based advancement.

Integrated Workflow

Push accepted startups directly into your cohort builder, no exporting or reformatting needed.

Benefits for Program Managers

Say goodbye to spreadsheets and manual comparisons. StartupScience gives you collaborative evaluation tools with custom scoring, blind review options, and real-time dashboards — so you can select the right startups faster and more transparently.

Decision Clarity

See how candidates compare across evaluators and metrics, side by side.

Evaluation Transparency

Create repeatable, reportable evaluation logic that reduces bias and improves quality.

Time-Saving Automation

No more spreadsheets or copy-paste chaos — everything lives in one place.

Why Choose StartupScience for Evaluation Management

Startup selection is too important to be an afterthought. That’s why we built this with and for program managers who were tired of duct-taping together forms, spreadsheets, and chat threads.

Evaluation isn’t just a scoring event. It’s a structured, thoughtful process — and this module gives you everything you need to do it right, at scale, and on brand.
Design and manage your program structure
Build and launch your application
Evaluate and select applicants
Seamlessly roll selected founders into your cohort

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