AstroLabs facilitates management and stakeholders workshops to co-design the program with our partners based on their goals. These workshops surface the concrete challenges that tech startups can help the organization solve. The output of this phase is a customized program design based on the unique objectives, assets and requirements of our partner.

We launch an intensive campaign to identify and attract the best startups working on tech-based solutions for the challenges identified in the Program Design phase. AstroLabs leverages its unique partnerships such as the Google for Startups network encompassing 45,000+ startups across 50+ partner organizations around the world. Our team also scouts relevant startups through a comprehensive global search and reaches out to them individually. We interview top candidates and invite the best startups to join the Immersion Program.

A custom-designed program intended to bring the selected startups to work alongside the key stakeholders at our partner organization, exploring the potential to launch a pilot together. AstroLabs also runs tactical training sessions for the participating startups on doing business locally, best practices of working with corporates, intensive pitch preparation, and other topics that will be identified based on the program’s desired outcomes and the profiles of participating startups.

Startups will reflect on the feedback from the Immersion Program, and pitch their solutions to a panel of experts and decision makers selected by the partner to aid in making the final decisions on the best fit startups. The key outcome of this phase is selecting which startups have a solution that makes sense to pilot.

In this final phase, AstroLabs liaises between the client and the top startups chosen to pilot their solutions to ensure a successful result. We provide ongoing support to the client with managing the integration of the startup’s services and prepare learnings to launch another cohort of the fast pilot program addressing different challenges.