Justworks can bundle payroll, compliance, HR, and benefits under our umbrella, and help to administer employment-related responsibilities for your clients.

Plus, with our group buying power, they get access to health insurance and other perks at more affordable rates.

(b) an agreement similar to our structure here - https://justworks.com/partners

Justworks offers a free month of admin fee.

Stripe simplifies payments for startups. Whether you’re creating a subscription service, an on-demand marketplace, or an e-commerce store, Stripe’s payments platform helps you build and scale your business online.

As a StartEd company, Stripe is offering you:
• $20,000 fee-free processing (some restrictions apply)
• Atlas incorporation for $250 (normally $500)
• Early access to new product features and exclusive Stripe events

StartEd companies that are organized as 501(c)3 can receive complimentary licenses of Salesforce software for up to 10 users. See https://www.salesforce.org/nonprofit/power-of-us/ for details.

a) We help companies source verified respondents for research interviews and product feedback. b) the offer is $150 in recruiting fees (incentives are handled separately). c) the offer must be claimed before Sept 30th. Enter 'startedaccelerator' in the credits tab of your organization home after signing up, to claim this offer.

Outlaw is an end-to-end contract platform that reinvents the entire process: from legal authoring to document generation to negotiation to signing. 50% off all subscriptions for the first 12 months

We craft customized research projects to help founders understand who their consumers are and how to best market to them. We price our projects to fit different sized budget ($2K-10K) and are offering a 20% discount to StartEd companies.

Up to 90% Discount on HubSpot Software

Use one service or the entire suite of HubSpot Growth Platform with a free-forever CRM at a startup-friendly price.

Not yet ready for the premium version?

Sign up for the free version to get your systems and processes in place.

(Perfect option for startups who want to avoid the “oh, snap!” moment of not having a working CRM when you hit the J curve. )

Once your startup is ready, activate the discount and use the full power of HubSpot to propel your startup to the next level.

-->Education Resources and Tailored Training

Masterclasses, templates, kits, and guides to help you save time and avoid costly mistakes growing your startup. Plus, access to world-class support from HubSpot experts.

--> Integrated Platform for Startups

Get access to over 500+ software integrations, many at startup-friendly pricing, as well as the opportunity to build an integration on the HubSpot platform.

Are you eligible?

If your startup is a current participant or alumni of [fill in partner’s name here] and meets the following funding criteria:

1. A startup with under $2 million in funding

Get up to 90% off HubSpot software in your first year, 50% off in your second, and 25% off ongoing.

2. A startup who has raised over $2 million in named funding up to and including Series A

Get up to 50% off in your first year, and 25% off ongoing.

***HubSpot for Startups pricing is applicable to net-new Professional or Enterprise level products. Starter level products are excluded, unless bundled with qualifying Professional or Enterprise purchases or upgrades. Customers may not apply the startup program pricing to existing subscriptions of any level.***

$20,000 in Cloud and Firebase Credits*, good for 12 months
- Dedicated startup technical office hours every week
- In-depth 1:1 architecture reviews with Google engineers
- G-Suite credits for new domains
- Invitations to exclusive local Google Cloud events
- A smaller Google, via introductions internally where it matters to startups: Ads, Play, Maps, Chrome, and more.
- A streamlined application process to our Surge program to extend your credits to $100,000 for a second year as your business continues to grow.

Global Expansion Strategies is an international investment and strategic growth consulting firm that helps early and mid-size education technology companies expand internationally. We offer a free initial 2 hour consultation on how best to position and promote you edtech solution into the international market.

(a) UX/UI design, Business Analysis (requirements specification), Web platforms and mobile apps development, Data Science services. (b) We can provide several options: (1) Simply $1k certificate for any service in our company, which is around 25-30h of work depending on the position involved (2) We can extend it to $2k, in case of paid work with our team for at least 2 months (3) Free of charge business analysis phase, architecture, and technology stack recommendations for new projects as well as project estimation

Software for raising capital and running investor updates; b) in monthly or annual subscriptions; c) StartEd companies get 25% off any Monthly Plan or 50% off an Annual Plan.

A Footprint Report uses a school-years worth of usage data from one edtech product and provides an analysis of schools that are the most active users and a demographic breakdown of users in most-active and other customers. Importantly, it qualifies the product for efficacy reporting in particular named school districts. The report is available for products sold into US K-12 schools and for companies that have received Seed funding and have at least 100 school customers. Perk: One Footprint Report including memo analyzing the feasibility of conducting efficacy studies. This perk is available to edtech companies Seed level or higher with customers in the US K-12 space (100 or more schools among their customers).

Byldd reduces the time and cost of software development by 90% using proprietary automation tools. There is no licensing fee for StartEd companies!

HERDI - Higher Education Research and Development Institute.
The HERDI panel opportunity is a small focus panel for 2 1/2 hours where you will describe your product and ask questions and seek answers relevant to the community college marketplace.

Perk: Participation in a HERDI Virtual panel at a 50% discount with community college CEOs and executives.

(a) Katalyst Methods works with edtech startups to establish systems to collect vital data so that they can launch effective learning products as quickly as possible. Katalyst Methods provides services in research strategy such as evaluations, competitive analysis, and user testing; product-research alignment so that marketing can credibly claim the product is research-based; and product design with an eye towards designing for customer motivation and engagement.

(b) I can offer StartEd companies a free 30 minute consultation to discuss their research needs and outline next steps

(c) From there, StarEd companies can decide to continue working with me on a project or hourly-basis YES

iLabs.lk specializes in Web and Mobile applications design and development. AI/Big Data, eCommerce, CMS. Digital marketing & advertising, SEO. We can take work on as a project basis or we can provide a dedicated offshore team for you to get your work done. Our typical cost is less than 80% of the cost of getting it done in the US, but we guarantee the same quality. For the StartEd community, we’d like to offer a special 10% discount on top of our already low prices.

Translation services; anything from a few-word tagline to a massive project of thousands of words w/o minimum charge; a 10% discount code SP-10OFF with no expiration date (as long as they remain StartEd members, renewed annually).

We offer the full range of legal services a StartEd company may need, and are willing to entertain fixed fee arrangements and, if the company has an investor interest, deferred billing arrangements.

StartEd startup companies can submit their business ideas for a web app, mobile app, or webpage. LIFE3 will select member companies and provide them with an opportunity to have their mobile app, web app, or webpage developed and designed with junior resources free of cost to them!

Founders who are interested will pitch their idea and fill out a 5 question document. LIFE3 will choose the top 5 to 10 tech startups to participate in the competition and, as a result, receive free access to junior developers and designers. For StartEd members interested in LIFE3 consultative services LIFE3 offers 20% - 25% discount for 2 - 3 months. LIFE3 does not require any business to be a LIFE3 client to participate. However, they must have a senior developer or designer on staff to mentor junior resources provided.

COLLECTIVE GENIUS builds high performing teams for venture backed growth companies and venture capital firms. PEAK PLANNING provides facilitated leadership team sessions and tools that create focus, alignment and accountability. Uplift your team with a three-year vision, one-year plan, quarterly OKRs, and tools to stay on track.

RUCKSACK the entire Peak Planning and Tools System. Over 20 years of best practices with 50 organized guided videos and resources in one online platform. We provide limited free access to Rucksack for in program accelerator groups and ongoing Peak Planning discounts with our vc and pe partners funds and strategic partners.

Perpetual provides free 10 hours of Product and Design consulting to edtech startups who are interested to discuss and validate their product ideas. Perpetual also offers discounted rates for our PM/UX/UI/Engineering team if they are dedicated on a monthly basis.

Four person product development team available. We have three devs from our Colombian team, one very senior, one senior, and another high midlevel. Principal technologies are AWS, RoR, React, Ember, and then a number of less central ones. All devs are English-speaking and employed directly by us, under our management onsite in Medellin, which is in the same time zone. Fourth person is a US-based product and delivery manager who works closely with the Colombian team. Available as a unit or as individuals. Rates are about 50% less than in the US and we would make additional discount available to the StartEd community, depending on number of people engaged. We would manage them from our office but they would work for you as if direct hires.

●$5,400 of credits (or $449.95 per month for 12 months) for free use of the 300K Email API Plan, which provides up to 300K emails per month on a dedicated IP for optimal deliverability, as well as the Advanced 50 plan for email marketing and automation.

6 months free access to Loader.io to stress test web­ apps & APIs with thousands of concurrent connections

Gain valuable insights from our experienced global mentors and tap into our worldwide network of accelerators and early-stage VC funds

Get up and running fast and at the highest level with our hands-on technical support, ongoing training, and valuable deliverability coaching

The Pond is a new talent marketplace for entrepreneurs looking to grow their startup teams. Our app curates high-quality matches between entrepreneurs based on targeted criteria and detailed profiles, ensuring that entrepreneurs only see profiles that are relevant to them and interested in them. Available on both iOS and Android, The Pond is free for all users, making it a great resource for any StartEd companies looking to add to their team. Click here to download: https://get.thepond.app/sted

We offer global bank payments in seconds - an alternative payment option to credit cards and bank wires. We are offering no monthly fees to StartEd users- Pay-As-You-Go

Go to Market Materials: Pitch Deck, Financial Model, and Executive Summary in an investor digestible format

$5k in AWS Promotional Credit valid for 2 years

· 1 year of Business Support (up to $1,500)

· Opportunities to Qualify for Additional Credits*

Foundational offers 50% off Highly Targeted Seed and Series A Investor Research for the Started Members (Perk Value: $2,500). Requirements: Company’s seeking $1-15M in VC led financings. This helps founders reach relevant investors in a compressed fundraising timeline, or serve as a guide for networking efforts months in advance.

Typical results feature 250-350 funds and helps founders generate dozens of qualified introductions through natural (non-spam) methods. Normally priced at $5,000, program participants receive a special discounted rate of $2,500.

Startup Legal Package at a fixed-fee of $995. Details Here

Huebold are experts in building brands and designing high-quality investor and pitch decks. With over 20 years of experience building brands around the world, we have a proven track record for helping start-ups and emerging brands achieve their goals.

Choose from having either a Pitch Deck Design, which is made up of a concise 10-slide presentation deck, adhering to an investor recommended structure, including copywriting and visual design, or an Investor Deck Design, which is made up of 15-20 slides, following an investor recommended content structure including more comprehensive content, copywriting, and visual design. Both will be editable google slides document.

Pitch Deck Design: Total Cost $1500. Discounted from $4000.

Investor Deck Design: Total Cost $3000. Discounted from $8000.

**This is a huge time-saving investment to ensure you leave a lasting impression the first time you pitch!"

Raise $20,000 to $5 million - without the hassle. Raise more money, faster, so you can focus on what matters: building your company. We take the pain out of fundraising. Get an army of champions who believe in you. Only one shareholder on your cap table. If you find a better deal, we'll beat it. You won't pay us a dime unless you raise money. We believe in very simple pricing. Absolutely no hidden fees or silly extra charges.

StartEd Perk: Fee: 6.5% of total funds raised, $0 unless funded. Included additional perks: - Escrow & Payment Processing; - 'One Shareholder' Legal Entity;- Pitch & Profile Consultation; - Free Paid Marketing; - Investment Contracts; - 'Form C' Legal Paperwork; - Compliance Review; - Unlimited SEC Filings; - Annual Report Filings; - Friendly Account Manager; - Rolling Closes; - Investor Payouts; - No Credit Card Fees; - AML, KYC, and 506(c) checks

Cap table management platform targeted at startup founders, (a) Cap Table Management System (b) One instance per company (c) $240/year, discounted 25% for the first year ($180 for first year).

Find out more here.

Brex provides a cash management account to replace your business bank. Companies can initiate unlimited free ACH and wire transfers, without stepping foot into a bank. Cash accounts come with a Brex card on daily payments to spend funds, build business credit, and earn rewards (up to 8x).

Brex also provides a 30-day credit card with no personal guarantee, 10x higher limits, expense management tools, and tailored rewards (up to 7x back). StartEd companies get up to 40,000 points, $5,000 in AWS credits, and priority onboarding.* Sign-up in less than 5 minutes at brex.com/started. Please email tdale@brex.com for more information.

*20,000 points for adding payroll to Brex Cash, 10,000 points after spending $1,000 and an additional 10,000 points for spending $3,000.

The Ennobble Branding Program enables you to clarify your message in order to better reach your target audiences and ultimately win more work. Refine your brand in only 3 - 4 weeks through our workshop program.

$5,000 Brand Strategy Package - 10% Off Package ($500 Savings) - Only $4,500 to StartEd companies.

Giraffe is a platform that centralizes the content, docs, and resources that your team relies on.

Giraffe offers a perpetually free tier for all StartEd companies with less than 25 employees.

For companies with more than 25 employees, Giraffe offers an extended 3-month pilot program and starting discount of 30% off all subscription pricing that continues to scale based on company size.

Globiliti is a web-based SaaS platform for hundreds of international schools in Asia to discover digital learning tools from around the world, test them with measured analytics, and group purchases at dynamic prices in curated bundles. You can think of us as a sort of "Trello + Groupon for schools and EdTechs".

We offer StartEd companies within the K-12 category a chance to sign up to our platform for free to gain access to test pilots with a select number of our partner schools.

Globiliti offers EdTech-to-school and school-to-EdTech live user BD management and marketplace engine, specially tailored to international EdTech companies;

b) no limit to pipeline quantity - only product fit, which we can quickly filter for in our onboarding process;

c) we can offer free accounts for our sandbox trial, and after the sandbox ends (in around 2 months) we can offer 2-3 free school pilots and sales channels. See more at www.goglobiliti.com.

XLOGlobal offers advisory services with an expert at Workforce learning and talent development with more than 30 years in the profession, who has led learning teams of large-scale global enterprises for the past 20 years. Advisory services include providing insights and strategies for selling into their peer group, giving real-time feedback on product or positioning, and providing thought leadership to StartEd companies.

Advisory Services, typically in 5 - 10 hour increments, discounted to $650/hr for the first 10 hours.

Getro's automated job board and private talent network take the manual work out of connecting people and companies in your network. Trusted by 300+ VC platform teams, chambers of commerce, career centers, and more, Getro offers a branded job board and talent network solution for startup accelerators to help their companies attract the best talent. Talent solutions (job board/talent network); $200 per month for up to 30 companies (credit will be applied to monthly subscription)

LEARNLAB conducts pilot research studies between schools and EdTech companies to help companies get market validation, research to verify impact, and inroads to more sales. Usability studies, the best fit for early-stage companies, typically cost $10,000, but we are offering a 40% discount for StartEd members to reduce that cost to $6,000. From this study, you will gain direct feedback on product usage from a pilot school to inform your product's development, as well as a complete written research report from our team of full-time Ph.D. researchers. Usability research (typically a 3-6 week project) helps you understand how people interact with your product. You’ll learn what’s working and what isn’t, so you can make data-informed decisions about how to improve your product. We’ll present you with distilled feedback from educators and students based on interviews, observations, and task analyses.

Lunch provides Accounts Receivables (A/R) services for companies in the scholastic market. Basically, we act as your A/R clerk for far less money. Lunch is offering subscription A/R services for an unlimited number of monthly invoices. For StartEd portfolio companies, Lunch is offering its A/R services for $49/month for the first 12 months, with no limits on the number of invoices and no setup fee. This offer represents a 90% savings for StartEd companies.

Pay Theory is an inclusive payments infrastructure designed specifically to meet the challenges and opportunities in modern Education Technology. Roughly ⅓ of families in public schools are un or underbanked and even more are living paycheck to paycheck. But schools cannot afford to leave anyone behind. Pay Theory’s platform helps EdTech SaaS startups deliver an inclusive payment solution to their customers by accepting all payment methods - including digitizing cash. At the same time, SaaS platforms increase their value by gaining a material new revenue stream and reaching a larger market. PCI Level 1 certified and developer friendly - you can be up and running with payments fully integrated in as little as one week.

Digital CASH Acceptance Only with Pay Theory:

- Access our cash network to enable deeper integration for unbanked families

- Create new value propositions for schools

- Increase new deal flow

For StartEd Companies:

Pay Theory offers Merchants

- $25,000 in fee-free processing (some restrictions apply)

- Access to better pricing based on volumes

- Expert review of your offering and advice on maximizing payments integration

- Inclusive methods of payment that allow you to reach all families

Pay Theory offers SaaS Integration Partners:

- $10,000 integration offset bonus (some restrictions apply)

- Revenue-sharing on all transactions crossing your platform

- Access to better pricing based on volumes

- Expert review of your offering and advice on maximizing payments integration

- Inclusive methods of payment that allow you to reach all families

Upmarket is a software platform to help you scale your sales team easier and faster. Onboarding and training new or seasoned reps to have dynamic pitches and combat objections is extremely difficult and time consuming.

Utilizing email automation, the built-in dialer, and call insights, reps will take less time to ramp and convert new leads into opportunities faster. Our experts are here to help your sales team work more efficiently.

Perk:

As a top 5 leader in conversation intelligence tools, Upmarket is nearly half the cost of its competitors. StartEd member companies can use Upmarket at a 30% discount for the first year - and start selling more confidently and effectively!

Sign-up for a "Getting Started" session at https://upmarket.ai

Get new users with Winno, an award-winning news app that makes it easy to stay informed efficiently. StartEd companies can access Winno's engaged audience of 15,000 tech-focused readers via exclusive banner ads pinned to the top of our app's home screen.

StartEd Perk: StartEd Member companies can select daily, weekly, or intermittent sponsorship packages and get a 50% discount on their first purchase: $250 per day, $1,500 per week.

Brighter Children’s development model combines the principles of venture capital with charitable giving to drive holistic, sustainable, and scalable impact in the communities we support:

Capital: We provide capital to founders with extremely limited access to capital, giving them the opportunity to create lasting change in their communities.

Early-stage expertise: Our expertise in strategic planning, core business operations, and impact measurement will help our portfolio companies grow into sustainable organizations. Brighter Children’s mission-aligned investors, industry partners, and team members will provide access, connections, and support to our portfolio companies.

Fundraising: Brighter Children will use its platform to tell the stories of our portfolio companies, attracting other potential investors and strategic partners

To date, Brighter Children has provided funding to five education organizations in Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, and India thus impacting the lives of over 2,000 children in K-12.

We are investing in two organizations in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. After a 3-month diligence process, we have officially agreed to partner with Citta Foundation’s Jaisalmer Girls School in 2021. We are currently evaluating organizations located in Nepal, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Nicaragua, and other countries for our next investment.

StartEd Perk: We provide recurring financial and non-financial support until our partners can operate effectively without us. We put community members in positions of power and do not use our position to influence operational decisions.

We have and will always be transparent, efficient, and accessible to anyone who wants to work with us.

Please reach out to our school partnerships team at school-partners@brighterchildren.org

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For EdTech founders/companies with urgent hiring needs for developers, product and marketing managers as well as C-Suite hires.

StartEd Perk: We offer you an annual, subscription-based partnership until you find the perfect hire! Our services are based on monthly subscriptions starting from $940 a month. Receive 50% off the first subscription month.

To redeem, register at https://app.hire-digital.com and enter StartEd50 in description field

The Fluency Score offers data to startup founders to inform their strategic decision-making in their journey to product-market fit.

Actionable insights and recommendations are provided along five vectors of risk: validation, traction, growth strategy, speed, and focus.

StartEd Perk: As a StartEd company, Fluent is offering you a Fluency Score for free ($300 value), no strings attached, as well as the option to upgrade to a quarterly subscription to track your company's progress at a discounted rate.

Email info@fluencyscore.com and refer to "StartEd perks" in the subject line. You will then receive an email invitation to initiate the Fluency Score process for free, courtesy of the StartEd perk platform!

Contractbook is an all-in-one contract management platform made for modern high-growth start-ups looking to utilize all the business intelligence in their contracts, scale their legal operations and accelerate growth with contract automation.

StartEd Perk: - Workshops, webinars, and live events.

- Access to more than 17 contract templates for businesses

- Legal content and information

- Free trial accounts for the community (unlimited)

- Discount for your community on all subscriptions (up to 83%)

- A mutual Slack Community (+250 members)

Education Alliance Finland is a pioneer in pedagogical impact evaluations of learning solutions. In our 1-hour online mentoring session, we will introduce you to our science-based method for evaluating the pedagogical quality of an EdTech solution. Through the training, you will get design guidelines to follow when developing your product further.

StartEd Perk: Receive a 1h free training (online 1:1) on how to evaluate the pedagogical quality of your solution.

Step Stone Group LLC is known for delivering fresh, cutting-edge, and value-driven Accounting services for skilled and innovative startups and midsized firms that decrease operational costs and promote long-term organizational growth. Our services include, but are not limited to:• Bookkeeping • Manage Payroll• Department setup and employee training • Accounting SAAS solutions customized to your business • ERP Support & Training • FP&A/Budgeting/Forecasting

StartEd Perk:

Accounting & Bookkeeping Services: Started Companies will receive 10% off from services provided

With OnePager, startups can consolidate their company info, team bios, pitch decks, videos, and more, under a single URL. With built-in privacy settings and analytics, you'll know who is looking at your OnePager and how they are engaging with your information.

StartEd Perk:

Upgrade to OnePager Pro, type STARTED into the discount/coupon code field and you will receive 50% off for 3 months!

Need user-testing to determine product market fit, test a beta solution, or get quotes for marketing? UPSKLS can match you to vetted students 18-27 years old to complete your short term projects. Whether it's a focus group, feedback on UX/UI, user diaries, or even needing people to complete the back-end activities for trainable/teachable AI solutions, UPSKLS can not only match you to U.S. students but also manage the process if needed.

Need online research or market research? UPSKLS will line up vetted students to take on small or large projects and help you with the project specifications so the project moves quickly and smoothly, guaranteeing your satisfaction.

StartEd Perk: 5% discount on individual projects. 15% discount on ongoing engagements.

Bolster helps CEOs scale their companies, executive teams, boards, and themselves through an executive talent marketplace with thousands of CXOs; a programmatic, upskilled advisory offering called Bolster Prime; and potential investment ($100K) via Bolster Ventures.

The Bolster executive talent marketplace is great for any stage/type of EdTech founder; however, the Bolster Prime programmatic mentorship offering and Bolster Ventures are ideal for an EdTech founder that is at the seed to Series A funding stage, and is moving from build and MVP to scale and is a first time CEO, first time scaling CEO, or a CEO who wants the advantage of speed.

StartEd Perk: Bolster is offering a $2K credit towards scaling your company, board, exec team, or yourself, with their services! They have a robust executive talent marketplace, a programmatic, upskilled mentorship offering called Bolster Prime, and make $100K investments via Bolster Ventures. You can apply this credit towards your first on-demand executive hire from the marketplace, or towards Bolster Prime fees for receiving strategic hands-on support from ultra-experienced advisors.