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Sample cohort report: fictional Meridian data

From the record: Spring 2026

From the record: Spring 2026

Meridian Accelerator: Spring 2026

Prepared for Northshore Foundation. Every number on this page comes straight from events on founder records. The names, companies and figures are fictional.

Founders

Founders

12

Selected from 312 applications

Selected from 312 applications

Advisory sessions

Advisory sessions

148

14 advisors, 45 min average

14 advisors, 45 min average

Offers redeemed

Offers redeemed

41

9 providers, 3 collections

9 providers, 3 collections

Value returned

Value returned

$186K

Redemptions at list value

Redemptions at list value

Raises in progress

Raises in progress

3

1 at meeting stage

1 at meeting stage

The cohort

Twelve founders, tracked as they worked

Applications closed in January with 312 submissions. Three reviewers scored each one blind; twelve founders were accepted. By week 6, ten were on schedule and two had sessions booked to catch up.

Spring cohort

12 SEATS

APPLIED

312

INTERVIEWED

40

ACCEPTED

12

AO

Ada Okafor · Lumen Health

InterviewAccepted

MT

Mei Tanaka · Kite Robotics

InterviewAccepted

LP

Luis Peña · Fieldnote

AppliedInterview

Advisory

148 sessions, logged without a survey

Fourteen advisors delivered 148 sessions against the 120 they offered. Notes, actions and hours were logged in each session. No end-of-cohort survey was needed.

Cohort on the record5/5
Applications reviewed312 · 3 reviewers each
Founders accepted12 · spring cohort
Sessions logged148 · 14 advisors
Offers redeemed41 · 9 providers
Investor intros14 · 3 raises open
Total events527

Advisory · Spring

AugSep

SESSIONS

148

HOURS

111

FOUNDERS

12

YS

Yara Sadiq

20

h

PR

Priya Raman

16

h

MB

Marcus Bell

12

h

Marketplace

41 offers redeemed, each one traced back

Founders redeemed cloud credits, legal template packs and recruiting credit. Each redemption is attributed at list value to a founder, a cohort and the grant that funded the program.

Redemptions per week

Redemptions per week

41 total

Spring cohort · redemptions

LIVE

Cloudstack credits

19

of 41

Ledgerly bookkeeping

13

of 41

Counsel Labs legal

9

of 41

VALUE DELIVERED · COHORT

$186K

Reported to providers

Capital

Three raises in progress

Lumen Health is in a meeting with Northwind Ventures, Halcyon Grid has two introductions open, and Kite Robotics is preparing a grant application. All three came through the program’s warm-intro path.

INTRO

65

Northwind Ventures

Seed · lead

$1.2M ask

Harbor Capital

Warm intro

DILIGENCE

45

Cobalt Angels

Data room open

Meridian Fund II

Reference calls

TERM SHEET

2

Alder Partners

Signed 2 Sep

$750K

14

active intros · 3 investors viewed the deck today

INTRO

65

Northwind Ventures

Seed · lead

$1.2M ask

Harbor Capital

Warm intro

DILIGENCE

45

Cobalt Angels

Data room open

Meridian Fund II

Reference calls

TERM SHEET

2

Alder Partners

Signed 2 Sep

$750K

14

active intros · 3 investors viewed the deck today

INTRO

65

Northwind Ventures

Seed · lead

$1.2M ask

Harbor Capital

Warm intro

DILIGENCE

45

Cobalt Angels

Data room open

Meridian Fund II

Reference calls

TERM SHEET

2

Alder Partners

Signed 2 Sep

$750K

14

active intros · 3 investors viewed the deck today

Attribution

From grant to outcome, one chain of records

Your grant funded the program, and the program funded the twelve founders behind the sessions, redemptions and raises above. Because it’s all one set of records, this report didn’t need to be reconciled.

Northshore Foundation

Sponsor · $150K this cohort · $900K over three years

Meridian Accelerator

Program · Spring cohort

AO

LP

MT

SC

12

founders

SESSIONS

148

REDEEMED

41

VALUE RETURNED

$186K

EVERY NUMBER TRACES TO A FOUNDER RECORD

Nova summary

The cohort, in Nova’s words

When Nova for sponsors ships, it will draft this narrative from the events above and cite the records it used. The program will review it before it reaches you.

Cohort summary · Northshore Foundation

COMING SOON

FOUNDERS

12

SESSIONS

148

OFFERS REDEEMED

41

NARRATIVE

Twelve founders completed 148 advisory sessions this cohort; provider redemptions returned $186K in value to the founders.
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