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March 13, 2026

Your program ends. Your relationships shouldn’t.

What happens after Demo Day?

Last week, we talked about why the “friends and family round” is more complicated than it sounds. This week, I’m shifting gears and starting off with sharing something we’ve been building for a while: Scroobious Spaces.

Spaces is designed for accelerators, venture studios, universities, angel groups, and startup programs that want their networks to stay active long after demo day. The goal is simple: keep the relationships, trust, and momentum from the program alive instead of letting it all fade once the cohort ends.

We built it because we kept hearing the same thing from program operators. You invest months building relationships with founders, mentors, and investors.

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