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LAUNCHPAD FOR STARTUPS

Build easier.
Grow faster.

Partnering with innovative SaaS startups to build and launch new products for better outcomes

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Get your SaaS journey started

Build your big idea and get your workflow-centric B2B app to market quickly - with the opportunity to scale your business and apply for seed investment.

Accepted companies will receive 1 year free of the Starter Launchpad Subscription Plan plus $30k for premium development support.

Launchpad for Startups is a 90-day build. The program is virtual. We are accepting rolling applications, with an initial Q1 2025 start.

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Value-add benefits for all participants

Technical office hours
and design review

1:1 access
for product strategy & refinement

Networking and
community

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Success Stories

Launchpad empowers companies to build fast and get to market faster

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Within just 90 days, Fisent built a production-ready application that was fully feature capable, scalable, and ready to sell. This app streamlines and automates a complex regulatory compliance testing process for financial institutions, turbocharged by Fisent’s proprietary AI solution. The app now boasts hundreds of users, who are smoothly sailing through the testing process thanks to this new technology.

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Digital FastForward built their Value eXcelerator application on Launchpad in four weeks. The company is getting to market fast with seven clients onboarded and more on the way. Through the Value eXcelerator application, Digital FastForward was able to quickly introduce a new channel for delivering value to clients at scale.

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In a matter of months, Espero built eProtocol, an application for streamlining clinical trials for Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical companies. eProtocol is a feature-rich application that cuts down protocol design time by 30%. With a major pharmaceutical company already signed on and more on the way, Espero is transforming the clinical trial space.

Why Launchpad?

Workflow-centric SaaS, simplified.

Unlock sustainable growth with the best workflow-centric low-code platform for doers and innovators.

Launchpad frees you from the constraints of high R&D, third-party hosting, database, and management services while offering a simplified and configurable route to commercialization at scale.

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New SaaS platform. 40 years of experience.

Launchpad is a revolutionary new platform from Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA). For more than 40 years, Pega has been helping enterprises meet today’s customer demands while transforming for tomorrow.

The Pega Infinity platform, a sibling to Launchpad, empowers the world’s leading organizations to unlock business-transforming outcomes – from personalizing engagement to automating service to streamlining operations.

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Who should apply?

We seek early-stage companies from any industry with validated business models and the potential to scale. Ideal candidates have:

• A clear use case ready for a 90-day MVP build
• A team of founders ready to build
• Generated less than $2m of ARR
• Under $5m of total capital raised

If you don’t meet the criteria for Launchpad for Startups, please contact our sales team.

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Start building now

If you’re a startup with under $2m in revenue, sign-up for our Startup Launchpad subscription plan to start building now. At $500/month, you can start building immediately. Anyone can apply to the Launchpad for Startups program, concurrently, with the opportunity for free investment of product of resources and credits for development support.

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Launchpad for Startups FAQ

You can apply for the Launchpad for Startups program 365 days a year on a rolling basis.

Yes. If selected, accepted companies will gain access to the platform and receive 1 year free of the Starter Launchpad Subscription Plan plus $30k for premium development support. Companies will be required to pay for 3 months of access during the 90-day build and the 1-year free Starter Subscription will begin following the completion of the program.

No, any startup can sign up for the Startup Launchpad subscription plan to start building right away at $500/month.

If you start building under our Startup Launchpad subscription plan and get accepted into Launchpad for Startups, your complimentary year of platform fees and $30k of premium development support will initiate upon completion of the Launchpad for Startups program.

Applications will be reviewed continuously on a rolling basis. Applicants will receive a response in up to a few weeks and may be invited for follow-up interviews to get to know your team and business better.

The application will consist of two pages – (1) general details and intro questions for us to get to know you better, and (2) a set of 30 questions to get to know your business and go-to-market plan. Categories of questions include: elevator pitch, product, founder/team, gtm/sales, industry/competition. We will conduct applicant interviews following review of the application, as needed.

We estimate the 30 questions will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete and suggest either filling it out and submitting in one go or copying the questions onto a separate document to work off of and returning to paste answers in at one time.

Yes, if you have an existing MVP, we welcome you to apply. Launchpad can help you expand and build out certain capabilities of your product or re-platform an initial product to quickly modernize an agile offering and allow you to build, sell and scale with a faster time to market.

Selection in the program does not guarantee investment. Companies may have an opportunity to apply for funding at the completion of the program. Pega Ventures does not give preference or priority of funding for companies selected for Launchpad for Startups.

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Disclaimer:
Launchpad for Startups is operated by the Pega Ventures team (part of Pegasystems). This webpage is updated as of December 2024. All content provided in this webpage regarding Launchpad for Startups is subject to change. Applying to Launchpad for Startups does not guarantee an investment from Pega Ventures or its respective affiliates.

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