Partner program

Let's collaborate.

Perks, co-marketing, events, sponsorships and collaborations, with founders on Theanna and the founders served by every program on the platform. Every partnership starts with something real for your founders, and from there we build together.

Founders gathered around a whiteboard voting on pitches at Startup Weekend
A founder pitching to a full room at Startup Weekend in Columbus
A team of founders working together around a table at Startup Weekend
Who is already here

The companies already behind our founders.

AWS
Stripe
Techstars
Mercury
MidwestCon
HubSpot
Ohio State University
customer.io
Zapier
Replit
PandaDoc
Lovable
Deel
Construct I/O
Mobbin
Wispr Flow

Plus more partners in the product.

What we do

How we work together.

Pick the one closest to what you have in mind. Most end up covering more than one.

01

Perks and credits

Credits, member pricing or a longer trial, listed where our members already look.

02

Co-marketing

Newsletters, social and campaigns we build together. Your audience meets ours.

03

Events

Co-hosted, virtual or in person. Buildathons, workshops, panels.

04

Sponsorship

Back a cohort, an event or a program, and see what came of it.

05

Community

Guest sessions, AMAs, introductions. We show up for your people, you show up for ours.

06

Something else

Most of ours started as a conversation. Bring the idea.

An example

Want to collaborate on an event?

Check out what we did with MidwestCon in Cincinnati, Ohio, with global and on-site activation.

MidwestCon by Disruption Now

Running an event you want us in on?

Why partner

What you get.

01

It goes both ways

We put our audience behind yours. Newsletters, social, events, introductions.

02

They are picking their stack now

Early founders choosing tools for the first time. That choice tends to stick.

03

It travels

Accelerators and universities run their communities here. Every new one brings its founders.

Reach

Go global and you are in front of every program on Theanna.

Accelerators, incubators, universities, economic development organizations and corporate programs run their communities on Theanna, and we are adding more. One global offer sits in front of all of them and every entrepreneur they serve.

Founders on Theanna

Founders building on Theanna, from their first test to their first customers.

Global

Every organization running on Theanna and all the entrepreneurs they serve.

Put your offer in front of all of it.

Another example

Or run a whole weekend?

We ran Startup Weekend Women in Columbus, Ohio with Techstars. Fifty-four hours, from first pitch to demo, at Rev1 Ventures.

Techstars

Have something in mind? Let us hear it.

How it works

Getting started.

  1. 01 / 04

    Tell us the idea

    A perk, a campaign, an event, or something we have not thought of.

  2. 02 / 04

    We talk it through

    A short call on what each side brings. If it is not a fit we will say so quickly.

  3. 03 / 04

    We put it live

    The listing, the event, the campaign. Whatever we agreed.

  4. 04 / 04

    We both tell people

    Our channels and yours, on the same week.

Do you charge to become a partner?
No fee, in either direction. We do not charge to list a perk, run an event together or co-market, and we do not pay for placement. Both sides put in what they bring.
Who sees a partner offer?
Two options. Founders on Theanna, or global: every accelerator, program and fund on Theanna and all the founders they serve. Global grows as more programs come on, with nothing more to do on your end.
What counts as a partnership?
Perks and credits, co-marketing across newsletters and social, co-hosted events like buildathons and workshops, sponsoring a cohort or a program, and community sessions like AMAs and guest workshops. Most of ours started as a conversation.
What does an event partnership look like?
We ran the MidwestCon buildathon in Cincinnati, Ohio with global and on-site activation, and Startup Weekend Women with Techstars. Both had a co-branded page, shared promotion and programming built together. Event partners so far: Techstars, MidwestCon by Disruption Now, Ohio State University, Replit, Lovable and Construct I/O.
How is this different from licensing Theanna for our program?
Licensing is for programs that support founders. They see how every founder is growing and report their impact. Partnering runs the other direction. You bring an offer, an audience or an event, and nobody invoices anybody.
How fast does it move?
Four steps. Tell us the idea, talk it through on a short call, put it live, then both sides tell people in the same week. If it is not a fit we will say so quickly.

Partner questions

  • No fee, in either direction. We do not charge to list a perk, run an event together or co-market, and we do not pay for placement. Both sides put in what they bring.

Become a partner

Tell us what you have in mind.

A perk, a campaign, an event, or something we have not thought of.

  • No fee, either direction
  • We tell our people about you
  • Reach every program running on Theanna