The Problem is...
Even though Partnerships and collaborations have proven to be successful in building and boosting traction even for early-stage startups, there are some challenges...
Complex
Too much steps to succeed, and no clear mainstream guide
Un-scaleable
Irregular, volatile, and inconsistent introduction and deals
Unconnected
Lack of community to help each other, build and grow together
Slow ROI
Making money out of partnerships is slow and unpredictable
Introducing Openfor.co
1. Traction Accelerator
2. Tool & Marketplace
3. Monetization & funding
Partnership Accelerator Bootcamp on Revenue generating partnerships, and Global GTM
Partner program builder, collab calls, built-in prospecting-outreach tool and marketplace connect and collab
Set of monetization features that lets you generate revenue and funding opportunities directly to boost
It functions as a startup-traction-validator for investors and accelerators and supports their portfolios as well.
1. Learn and Implement
with our collaboration program
Build Traction with our Partnership Accelerator Bootcamp to Expand your Network, Generate Revenue, and Raise Funding
Get your first customer, partner, and monetize with
Builder Cohort
Intensive boot camp to get guaranteed traction to validate your business idea. Practical sessions and workshops designed to help you get started in your endeavor!
Expand your partner & investor network globally with
.png){kind=small}
Booster Cohort
Intensive boot camp to learn to expand your customer and partner network. Dive deep into the practical sessions and workshops designed to fuel your growth!
Proprietary methodology to help early-stage startups gain traction through sales and partnerships. Enroll for 4 asynchronous modules, office hours, and use our platform for a global partner program, revenue generation, and co-promotion support.
+
2. Get an entire year of access to our Platform, tools and marketplace
We provide our proven methodology, initial boost, and tools to succeed. You can build a collab program and launch it in less than 10 minutes! This is the simplest, most affordable, and most efficient way of outreach to strike partnerships.
Build partner program
Tell you collab story
Strike Partnerships
Launch and/or integrate other partner programs
"Inspire, and integrate the world's best (and open) partner programs for the common growth." Learn, benchmark, strike partnerships and collaborations to validate, get tracking, generate revenue and many more!
+
3. Unlock Monetization
features & funding opportunities
We incentivize you to build a partner program, and provide all the products, strategies, and marketing exposure needed, to help you to get more traction! Plus, there are many other monetary and non-monetary benefits of enabling partnerships, including funding opportunities for startups. In this way, we are able to back the outperforming ones.
We integrate each other's partner programs
We co-promote, invite, share each other's networks
Your partner program gets traction - expands
We give up to 20% rev-share by just simply using us!
Run paid collabs for financing from your community
Funding opportunities by our own syndicator VC, co-capital.co
To learn more on funding opportunities
check our VC website >> co-capital.co
Our impact on numbers
by fully bootstrapping
8 Figures
Partnership deal success organically
8 Figures
Saved from un efficient partnerships
9 Figures
Estimated Worth of
Equity Portfolio
A ton of happy network members across the globe, literally.
Searchers-side including: Sumitomo, Honda, Toshiba, NTT, and 2000+ Mid-Large enterprises to startup worldwide
Receiver-side including: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Apple, Applied Materials, and 300+ startups and enterprises
Seeker's & targeted locations including: Japan, USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, India, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea
Industries including: IoT, AI, SaaS, Robotics, Computer Vision, Biotech, Fintech, Manufacturing, MarCom, Media, Telecom
+ Global Network Partner
We are proudly part of the Founder Institute Network partners & Investors in 100+ countries and 200+ cities in the world. We support FI in multi-partner-custom programs, regional program operations in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and graduate portfolio support by providing free support accessible to its portfolio of 8,000 companies valued at over $30 Billion.
Some other use cases for startups
Here are some of the common use cases, among the hundreds of different ways of utilizing partnerships for startups.
Validator
Traction can be reverse-engineered by securing more LOIs, and MOUs. The initial customers of an early-stage startup are generally the believers and the supporters, so in a way, they can be partner / collaborators. If they can collect these “validators” all the other potential stakeholders like investors, early employees, early partners, and customers.
Revenue
Partnerships in a sense as door openers to build up sales traction. Incentive others by setting up revenue-generating collaborations directly linked to the startup idea. Startups can learn how to incentivize their partners by creating great ask & offer structures and deals. Finally building a systematic approach so it can scale up more easily, and effectively.
Community
Traction can be reverse-engineered by securing more LOIs, and MOUs. The initial customers of an early-stage startup are generally the believers and the supporters, so in a way, they can be partner / collaborators. If they can collect these “validators” all the other potential stakeholders like investors, early employees, early partners, and customers.
Generate revenue even from
non-converting outbound activities
Openforco enables you to profit from outbound activities, including even those that don't immediately convert, like searching for content creation partners. The key is our mutual incentive program. The more you seek partnerships, engaging your network and activating ours, the more you earn.
Get ROI Faster & Easier From Partnerships
Build a partner program, and start reaching out to your potential partner, to get up to 20% from us while growing your partner ecosystem! Everything is designed to help you break even (to enable the upside) fast and easily and to motivate you to collaborate with other businesses!
For whom is this for?
💡 Solo-preneurs
🦄 Growth Startups
🚀 Early Startups
🪜 Corporate
What do people say? 💬
Takamichi Matsusako
Achieving the first
wave of traction is a game-changer for startups.
With openfor.co, I've grasped the significance of harnessing partnerships.
The resources they provide,
from a collaborator academy
to a unique incentivization model, and the online platform are noteworthy.
Hyunho
Kim
I have been using Openfor.co platform to define, search, and ideate potential collabs. It is easy to find various collaborations on their marketplace also. Partnering with them helped us to get more exposure and created more opportunities to engage collaborations. If you want to generate more collaborations, Openfor.co is the way to go!
Einstein
Rojas
The diversity of the international cohort at Openfor.co is one of its standout features. Gaining momentum for our startup has been vital. Their approach has allowed us to delve into the intricacies of partnership dynamics, and provides resources, including online tools and a specialized academy, making it a valuable platform for growth and collaboration. This will be essential as we venture into an international collaboration of innovation and startup ecosystem building
Yu
Yamanaka
After collaborating with Openfor.co,
I got to know how to find, ask, offer, initiate,
or maintain meaningful and profitable collaborations with other people and organizations.
Now I’m already partnering
with openfor.co
and plenty of other collaborations are lining up! It is highly recommended!
Naoko
Fujihira
Our partnership with Openfor.co brings a new perspective and highlights that even start-ups can grow through strategic partnerships. Insights and guidance from Erdinc, Yuli, and their dedicated team guided us towards an ideal collaboration for market validation and traction. They generously shared their precious time and passion with us. Also, the tools combined with training are essential and highly recommended.
Deniz Aygün
Benba
Joining Openfor.co
made me realize that partnerships are beneficial for companies of every size, even if you are an early-stage startup! Erdinc, Yuli and their team have been proven to be helpful to identify which types of partnerships are needed for validation, traction, and market adoption. I’m looking forward to collab more!
.jpg)
Michelangiolo Mazzeschi
Collaborating with openfor.co is one of the most beneficial ways to ideate, identity, and initiate meaningful collaborations. On their marketplace, it’s easy to browse any type of partnership to grow your business. You can get essential partnership development know-how, platform, and exposure in one place conveniently.
Dogukan
Atar
As a graduate of the first cohort, I have to say that it was quite helpful. Whether you're just starting out or already have experience with partnerships and collaborations, the Openfor.co, Inc. team teaches how to make good collaborations. It is also another opportunity to network with quality entrepreneurs and give and receive feedback on each other's businesses.
Wait! There is even more.
This will be a valuable opportunity to rapidly prepare for partner development and engage at a high level!"
- Daisuke Ito - Founder and CEO of Ad-Dice
"Looks interesting. I know you both have succeeded at making many partnerships in Japan and also Korea too now!"
- Tyson Batino - Founder and CEO - Scaling Your Company
"🚀 Congrats to Openfor on launching this golden opportunity for startups! A comprehensive boot camp to master collaboration and supercharge growth. 🤝"
- Khatanbold Bat-Erdene - Co-founder and CEO of GerTech - OkusuriAI
"This looks great! Thanks for providing opportunities to collaborate and build our network!" - Raghvendra Jain Ph.D. - Co-founder at Optimays Inc.
"Absolutely thrilled about this! 🚀 Sounds like an opportunity not to be missed."
- Ace Apolonio - CEO at Fusionate AI
"This looks like a really unique opportunity! Partnership development has become a new focus for my company, so I will definitely look into applying for the cohort!"
- Devin Overman - Founder - Banter English
"The fact that the first pilot cohort is FREE makes it even more exciting – kudos for making it accessible to aspiring entrepreneurs."
- InGyn Nyi - Assistant Business Advisor at SME intellect
Our Common Collabs Types
Did you know? Becoming openfor.collaborations can increase your revenues %28, right away!
Co-Sell
Affiliate, bundle, resale, distribution partnerships
Co-Marketing
Blogging, social media influencer, content
Co-Supply
Supplier & procurement partnerships
Co-Develop
New products, services, and PoC
Co-Cause
Support a common cause together
We thought this should've existed. Then we realized it wasn't. So we built one. 😄
Our pledge to support amazing
businesses from all around the world
Lowest cost to entry to reach amazing businesses in any size and stage
We set the barrier to entry extremely low, so we focus on the performance. “More than 28% of your total revenue can come from partnership channels. It means, even just setting up a partner program means %28 more REVENUE!
Get 2x faster revenue growth potential by a more mature partnership program
Companies with the most mature partnership programs are growing overall company revenue nearly 2x as fast as companies with less mature programs” by Forrester consulting.
Extract more collabs from your network while generating new revenue
How efficient your partnerships are? Are they any connection that has the potential to establish a collaboration? We generate more revenue from your existing network with our templated collab frameworks.
You can start getting 10 to 20% revenue share from us immediately.
Get up to %20 revenue share while gaining more partners if you would like to.
Partnering with us has even more benefits, for learning more visit our partner page.
Join a free event!
Thu, Apr 24ZoomLearn about the role of CVC in Japan’s startup ecosystem at this free event:
Wed, Apr 23ShibuyaConnecting Indian professionals in Japan to explore AI, innovation, and cross-border opportunities.
Thu, Apr 17Venture Cafe Tokyo (CIC) 15th floorWhere Innovation Meets Commercialization
Join the collaborative revolution!
No credit card, no catch, just free account with a ton of benefits!
