Program Management

One platform to power innovation programs, grant management and any application workflows

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PLATFORM FEATURES

What you can do?

Skipso gives you the tools to run everything from open calls and accelerators to internal innovation pipelines and grants. Whether you’re managing applicants, dozens of evaluators, or complex stakeholder engagement, our platform adapts to your program.

Design & Launch Branded Programs

Use our no-code builder to create fully branded program pages, forms, and workflows — customised to your domain, goals, and brand.

Collect & Evaluate with Ease

Set up tailored submission forms, assign evaluators, and manage multi-phase judging using scorecards and Kanban-style dashboards.

Track Progress & Deliver Impact

Monitor KPIs, tasks, budgets, and engagement with real-time dashboards — all from a single platform.

Collaborate Across Stakeholders

Enable mentors, managers, and custom roles to engage and guide applicants.
Program management

Scale your innovation programs

Choose from Essential, Enhanced, or Enterprise tiers to launch, manage, and scale innovation programs with full control, collaboration tools, and advanced customization.

essential tier

Run branded programs with full control

Launch branded innovation programs with custom forms, evaluations, and workflow tools — everything you need to get started.

Custom-Branded Program Pages

Launch pages with your brand

Create standalone or embedded program pages using our no-code builder — all fully branded with your domain and identity.

Flexible Submission Forms

Collect applications your way

Use our drag-and-drop form builder to collect applications with custom fields, sections, and attachments (e.g. pitch decks, images, videos).

Judging & Evaluation Tools

Select & Score with ease

Assign evaluators to applications and collect scores using configurable scorecards. Run single- or multi-phase judging processes with transparency and speed.

Kanban Workflow Management

Your program, clearly mapped

Track submissions as they move through your program’s stages with a drag-and-drop Kanban-style board.

Live Portfolio Directory

Showcase your portfolio

Publish a directory of ideas, projects, or startups — public or private — filterable by tag, stage, or sector.

Admin Roles & Access Control

Keep your program secure

Define roles for applicants, judges, and admins with privacy settings for forms, scores, and dashboards.

basic Analytics

Monitor user activity and program applications

Gain instant visibility into platform usage and program performance. Access basic reports on user activity and application trends, and view graphs of program submissions by category

ENHANCED TIER

Streamline collaboration & program execution

Add collaboration and tracking features like mentor assignment, tasks, KPIs, analytics, and payment collection to streamline execution.

Personalise Program Support

Mentor & Program manager assignment

Assign mentors/coaches or program leads to each participant. They can message, assign tasks, share files, and support their assigned entries throughout the program.

Task Tracking & Curricula

Manage deliverables seamlessly

Set up stage-based or global task lists for each startup or team. Add due dates, reminders, file links, and track completion.

KPI & Budget Tracking

Measure program success

Track hours mentored, budgets spent, deliverables completed — and configure custom KPIs for each program or entry.

Analytics Dashboard

Visualize your pipeline metrics

Visualise progress across your funnel: submissions by stage, scores by criteria, engagement by role — all in one place.

Payment Collection

Accept fees on submission

Collect application fees or deposits directly through your submission forms.

Team Submissions and Community Features

Engage your community

Allow team-based submissions and community voting, commenting, or liking — with privacy settings to match your needs.

Notify users of key actions

Keep your users up to date

Let users know when they have tasks or  assignment requests to be completed.

Enterprise Tier

Power large complex workflows & custom roles

Manage complex programs with custom roles, advanced user assignments, meeting tools, and multi-instance governance — all at scale.

Custom User Types & Role-Based Experiences

Support all stakeholder types

Go beyond applicants, judges, and mentors. Define custom roles — like investors, researchers, corporate stakeholders — each with unique dashboards, access levels, and visibility.

Flexible Assignment Logic

Assign Anyone, Anywhere

Assign any user type to any program entry — solution providers to innovation needs, investors to shortlisted ventures, partners to collaborative projects.

Mentor Booking Calendar

Book time without the back-and-forth

Let participants and mentors schedule meetings directly within the platform.

Multi-Tenant Platform Management

Manage global programs easily

Operate multiple fully branded instances (e.g. for different countries, partners, or clients) under one account — with shared reporting and governance.

Since 2021 Snam has been collaborating with Skipso for the development of Snaminnova.

Competence, passion, and dedication are the main qualities that are evident from the team from day one. Skipso's team is responsive to our every need and supports us in the daily evolution of the platform, a key asset for our Open Innovation strategy.
Giuseppe Paoli
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Digital Transformation & Technology, Open Innovation Hub, Snaminnova
eleonora venuti

Skipso supported us to design, develop and launch the Federated Innovation @MIND digital platform.

The digital platform has a complex organizational structure and continually updated content and flows – Skipso's strength is its flexibility and proactive support!
Eleonora Venuti
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Marketing & Business Community Manager,  MIND

The features available through the software are a big reason why we initially chose and continue to choose Skipso to run our challenges.

The ability to match startups to mentors within the system is important to us.
Jessica Smothermon
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Director Operations, Cleantech Open
Amber J. Y.

I cannot imagine how much longer it would have taken

and how much more it would have cost to launch our ideation initiative without the Skipso Labs platform. It has been wonderful to house all of the information and processes in one place.
Amber J. Y.
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Senior Program Manager, Hsc Next

In 2019, Skipso helped IsDB set up our Innovation platform ‘Engage’.

The platform was a complete ecosystem of entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and mentors from academia. Since then the highly responsive and enthusiastic team from SkipsoLabs has helped us to establish Engage as a well-known innovation hub.
Innovation Team
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Islamic Development Bank

The Skipso team has worked incredibly hard to make the program an outstanding success.

The team’s effort as well as the high flexibility of their online awards management platform were absolutely essential for the great overall success of this program!
Arne Pingel
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Global Product Manager, Syngenta