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The invisible cost

Every month you wait, the story gets harder to tell

Alumni data doesn't stay fresh. Without a reason to stay connected, founders move on, and your evidence moves with them.

Alumni Reachability
Spring 2024 Cohort · 44 graduates
Over time
During program
Full visibility
95%
42 / 44
3 months after
Still warm
78%
34 / 44
6 months after
Drifting
58%
25 / 44
12 months after
Going dark
38%
17 / 44
24 months after
Nearly lost
18%
8 / 44
36 months after
Gone
4 / 44
The meeting

Your funder asks three questions.

The conversation that decides whether your program gets renewed. It lasts 20 minutes. You get one shot.

Funder asks
"What's the ROTI on last year's cohort?"
Without tracking

"We're still collecting that data… I can get back to you next month."

With LocalFoundation

"1.8×. Incremental revenue of €2.1M against total program cost of €1.15M."

Funder asks
"How many of them are still operating?"
Without tracking

"We know about most of them, but we haven't done a formal check…"

With LocalFoundation

"38 of 44 are active. 3 pivoted. 2 merged. 1 closed. All tracked."

Funder asks
"Why should we fund edition three?"
Without tracking

"We have strong anecdotal evidence that our program works."

With LocalFoundation

"ROTI improved 50% from edition one. Jobs created grew 179%. Here's the report."

"The hardest part of running a great program isn't the program, it's proving it worked."

Program director, 45 cohorts across 8 countries

While you're waiting

Other programs already have the numbers

The SCALE framework studied 500+ cohorts across 50+ organisations. The pattern is clear: programs that track outcomes get refunded. Programs that don't, get replaced.

3.2×
higher funder renewal rate
for programs that report ROTI
78%
alumni response rate
with value-exchange check-ins
40%
faster re-funding cycle
when longitudinal data is ready
Based on SCALE framework · Argidius Foundation
The cost of waiting

Here's what you can't report today

Based on a cohort of 40 founders, 8 months after graduation:

22 founders
already unreachable
€1.1M
in revenue you can't report
51 jobs
created but undocumented

That's not missing data. That's your missing funding case.

It's not a 6-month implementation

First data in 15 minutes. First report in 2 weeks.

You don't need to change your program. You don't need to migrate anything. You just need to start collecting before more data disappears.

Minute 1 to 5

Connect your tools

Link Luma, Meetup, Eventbrite, or Google Forms. We pull your existing attendee and participant data automatically.

Minute 5 to 10

Import your last cohort

Upload a CSV or connect your program management tool. Names, emails, cohort, graduation date. That's all we need.

Minute 10 to 15

Send your first check-in

We generate a personalised value-exchange link for each alumnus. They report, they get benchmarks. You get data.

Your next funder meeting is coming.

Every week without tracking is another week of alumni data you'll never recover. Start now. Your first report is two weeks away.