Orbit — by Fracxional

Run every cohort without rebuilding the machine.

VC funds have dealflow tools. Accelerators and innovation programs still rebuild the same operating machine every intake: forms, spreadsheets, scoring sheets, interview calendars, mentor emails, sponsor reports. Orbit is the accelerator-first program layer for selection, scoring, mentor coordination, cohort operations, and stakeholder reporting.

Every cohort, the same machine gets rebuilt by hand.

Hundreds or thousands of applications come in. Someone triages them in a spreadsheet. Scoring lives in another spreadsheet. Interview scheduling happens over email. Mentors and judges are coordinated by hand. Stakeholders ask for reports that someone stays up assembling. Then showcase day, then reporting, then it all happens again next cohort.

The selection decisions are the program's entire product — and they're made on infrastructure nobody would accept for anything else that mattered this much.

The judgment should stay human. Everything around it shouldn't need to be manual.

What Orbit covers

Selection funnel

Application intake, triage, scoring rubrics, shortlisting, interview scheduling, and selection committee views — one pipeline from first application to final cohort.

Program operations

Mentor, judge, founder, and partner coordination; cohort management; reminders; no-show handling. The operating work between selection and showcase.

Reporting & analytics

Live scoring dashboards, sponsor and funder reporting, showcase analytics, alumni outcome tracking. The numbers stakeholders ask for, generated instead of assembled.

Accelerator wedge. Program market.

Orbit starts where the pain is sharpest: accelerators selecting and running startup cohorts at volume. The same operating layer extends to adjacent cohort-based innovation programs.

VC accelerators

Cohort selection at volume: rubrics, panel scoring, selection week ops, committee decision flow.

Talent investors & residencies

Founder pipeline instrumentation: candidate scoring, cohort composition, stage conversion metrics.

Corporate innovation programs

Startup sourcing and scoring, corporate partner matching, PoC and pilot tracking, sponsor dashboards.

University & ecosystem programs

Entrepreneurship centers, incubators, and public ecosystem programs that need impact reporting as much as founder support.

How it works

  1. Program teardown

    A fixed-price audit of your current selection and cohort operations: where the hours go, where quality leaks, what to automate first. You get the roadmap whether or not we build together.

  2. Build

    A scoped, milestone-based build — typically 3 to 8 weeks depending on program complexity. Working system, your team trained, documentation handed over.

  3. Live cohort support

    Optional ongoing support through your next intake: analytics, iteration, and adjustments as the program evolves. Month to month, no lock-in.

Why Fracxional

  • Built by an operator, not a vendor

    I ran operations and automation at Iterative, the YC-style accelerator for Southeast Asia — application triage through investment decisions through demo day. Orbit is the program layer I wished existed.

  • Strict conflict and data walls

    I work with multiple programs and never share data, metrics, or dealflow between them. A written conflicts policy governs every engagement — ask for it.

  • Your data and customizations are yours

    Client data stays under NDA and gets deleted on request. Custom integrations and reports built for your program belong to you.

  • No exclusivity, no lock-in

    I don't accept exclusivity clauses, and you can walk away with everything that's yours at any point.

  • Based in the region

    Operating across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, working in the timezones, languages, and program calendars you actually run on.

The engagement

Fixed price

Program teardown

One to two weeks. A clear-eyed audit and an automation roadmap you can act on.

Project fee

System build

Three to eight weeks, milestone-based payments tied to named deliverables.

Monthly retainer

Cohort support

Live support through intakes and demo days. Scoped to your program calendar.

Quoted per program, in USD, with milestone payments. Scope adjusts to your market — the rate doesn't.

Questions

Do you work with programs that compete with each other?
Not as primary operational consultant for two directly competing programs — same model, same geography, same stage — without full disclosure to and consent from both. A written conflicts policy governs this, and it's shared openly with every client.
Who owns what?
The core Orbit system — workflows, scoring frameworks, automation templates — is Fracxional IP, licensed to you. Everything built specifically for your program (integrations, data models, reports) is yours. Your data is always yours.
Is Orbit a VC fund OS?
No. It does not replace your VC CRM, fund admin, portfolio monitoring, or LP reporting stack. Orbit focuses on the program layer: applications, scoring, mentors, cohort operations, and program-specific stakeholder reporting.
Why not buy an accelerator management platform?
If a standard platform fits your program, use it. Orbit is for teams whose selection process, stakeholder reporting, regional workflows, or operating model need a tailored system and an operator-led buildout.
How long does a build take?
Three to eight weeks depending on program complexity, timed to land before your next intake. The program teardown that precedes it takes one to two weeks.
Do we have to replace our existing tools?
No. The OS connects what you already use — forms, spreadsheets, calendars, CRMs — and automates the gaps between them. Wholesale replacement is rarely the right answer.
What does it cost?
The teardown is a fixed price you'll know before committing. Builds are project-priced with milestone payments, scoped to your program — not billed by the hour. Specifics come with the proposal.

Your next cohort deserves better than spreadsheets.

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