Future of Parenthood Founder Community - Founder Form

Thank you for your interest in our founder community! Our community provides peer support, news, and programming (speaker events & opportunities) for early stage founders building the Future of Parenthood - ie companies for whom parents - from fertility to teens - are the target audience, either directly or B2B (e.g., products for employers or schools). There are no fixed criteria for qualification, but members are typically: - Building a scalable 'tech-enabled' solution or a physical product for large-scale distribution - Targeting a large addressable market (i.e., clear pathway to serving 1m+ families) - Either original founders, or in c-suite or senior roles. - Are pre series B or have recently raised a series B at the time of joining. - We admit one participant per startup, who must be a founder. This participant should be the individual who completes this form. *Raised significantly more / have a bigger team than that? Contact us (info@parenthoodventures.com) to join our all-star group of mentors and advisors.* A community is only as strong as its members, so we encourage you to actively engage, be generous with your time, and support one another. In the spirit of community, we require that all members participate in at least one community activity per quarter - This could be coordination of a panel, participation in a Q&A, sharing relevant news stories, etc. - Activities will typically require only ~an hour of your time, and signup for tasks will be sent periodically via e-mail. Community Guidelines (please read) 1. This community is for discussion about startups, products and services in the world of ParentTech / Future of Parenthood (products and services for parents, from fertility to tweens; from apps to hardware to b2b services like employee benefits). 2. We believe in inclusivity, that parents and families come in all forms, and that diversity makes us stronger. We hope you embrace these values as you build, scale, and hire. 3. ZERO MARKETING -- this community is not a promotion tool. We do have a #news topic if you want to share something. You will be banned if you market an event/promotion/etc elsewhere. 4. Please be respectful of other members, at all times. 5. NO POACHING -- Be aware that fellow members may be building competitive or adjacent offerings. We encourage you to share your successes, support one another, ask and answer questions, and treat this as a safe space, but make sure never to share confidential information, and report any member if they appear to be acting against the spirit of the community. 6. Opt-in consent for any sharing - Please ask for permission before disclosing *anything* about a fellow company (to anyone, whether a VC, parent community, advisor, etc). In general, partnerships, intros, social media features, etc are AWESOME, but please respect each founder's right to decide what / when / how they might engage. 7. Once you join, please introduce yourself in the #introductions channel, and add a photo and update the "what I do" field in your profile. 8. Let us know if you receive inappropriate outreach from any member, or see anything that violates our community values, so we can respond accordingly.

What's your full name?

Do you commit to following the community guidelines, and understand you will be removed from the group if you violate them?

I agree

What is the name of your startup?

No need to include formalities like 'LLC'.

What is your e-mail address? (please use your work e-mail)

This should include your personal name - NOT 'admin@' or equivalent.

Please paste your LinkedIn URL:

What is your title / role?

Add a link to your website, if you have one (otherwise put n/a)

Upload your logo here!

[With a transparent background, if you have one]

Attach file

Drop files here

In what country is your startup headquarters?

In what city is your startup headquarters?

In what US state is your startup headquarters?

Please share the state acronym, e.g., "CA" for California, or put "N/A" if you're outside the US.

Which of the following best reflects the tech sector(s) you belong within?

Select all that apply

Safety is of critical importance in ParentTech. Do you attest that you & your company is (and will remain) in compliance with all applicable consumer, health, or other national / local safety regulations?

We reserve the right to remove any member found no longer to be in compliance.

As of today [and no judgement!], is your product or service...:

By "oriented to" we are referring to the language you use with your parent or child audience - e.g., assuming your reader or customer is a she, mom or mother, or including only images of that gender. This may differ from the demographic composition of your founders or customer group.

Oriented to a mom / female-identifying audience
Oriented to a dad / male-identifying audience
Serving parents or couples entirely irrespective of gender
n/a - no parent or child facing audience or content.
Oriented around a mom / female-identifying audience [i.e., using default terms like she, mother]

Which of the following best reflects your business model?

Select all that apply

Who is the paying customer?

Otherwise select n/a

One of the wonderful features of this sector is the intersection with impact. Please indicate if your organization aligns with any of the 17 UN Development Goals [https://sdgs.un.org/goals]

No judgement if none apply, just select option 18

If you could please share one or more simple metric that you do (or could) easily track & share on an annual basis. For example: Hours of education delivered, or improvement in educational outcomes.

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To what stage of parenthood does your product apply?

Select the categories that apply today, not your future roadmap.

Is there a specific range of ages that your product targets?

If your company has launched, please share where you are available today?

e.g., "NYC and the Bay Area", or "Nationwide in the US" Again, share availability today, not your roadmap. Or n/a if you are pre-launch.

Please share what your startup does in ~15 WORDS or less, starting with your company name in a way that is clear to a parent & founder audience so that we can announce you if you join.

e.g., "Parenthood Ventures is the founder ecosystem for the Future of Parenthood". See the 'startups' page on our site for examples

Which of the following best describes the stage of your company today?

Ideation
Pre launch
Launched, but pre revenue
Early revenue, pre product-market-fit
Scaling, post product-market fit
Series A and beyond

How many Full Time Employees (FTE) have you hired?

Not including co-founders.

Are you working full time on your business?

Yes
Not yet

Please share a link to a 3rd party review

This is typically the App Store for apps, or a site like Lucie's List or Good Housekeeping for physical items. Anything that a parent could use to understand what you offer and how you compare to alternatives. If you are pre-launch, put "n/a"

How much funding have you raised in each 'round' so far, if any?

e.g., Raised a $500k pre-seed, then a $2m seed.

Are you currently fundraising?

Select the option that best characterizes your raise, or select "no".

No
Soon - in a rolling round / via SAFEs
Soon - via a line of credit
Soon - via a traditional VC round
Soon - via crowdfunding
Yes - in a rolling round / via SAFEs
Yes - via a line of credit
Yes - via a traditional VC round
Yes - via crowdfunding

If so, how much are you looking to raise (in US $)

Enter 1 for $1M, or 0.5 for $500k. Can be a rough minimum goal.

Founder diversity: Please select ALL of the following characteristics you identify with.

Please respond for yourself only. We'll ask about your co-founders next. Data will only be shared in aggregate form, or we may make double-opt-in intro requests to organizations seeking teams who meet their criteria.

Please select all of the following characteristics *your first co-founder* identifies with.

Or select n/a if you don't have one. Do not disclose information that they are not comfortable sharing.

Please select all of the following characteristics *your second co-founder* identifies with.

Or select n/a if you don't have one. Do not disclose information that they are not comfortable sharing.

Please select all of the following characteristics *your third co-founder* identifies with.

Or select n/a if you don't have one. Do not disclose information that they are not comfortable sharing.

Please confirm that we have the open consent to include your startup name, logo, and founder names in our materials.

Confirm

We like to follow all our startups on social media. If you could please share your company's LINKEDIN link or handle:

... and your startup's INSTAGRAM handle or link (if you have one), plus your personal one if you'd like us to follow that too

... and your startup's FACEBOOK handle or link (if you have one), plus your personal one if you'd like us to follow that too

... and your startup's TWITTER handle or link (if you have one), plus your personal one if you'd like us to follow that too

... and any other handles you'd like us to follow (e.g., Tiktok).

Where did you hear of our community?

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Asks: Anything you're struggling with, that Parenthood or your fellow members might be able to support with?

E.g., Information, services, connections, or resources you haven't been able to find so far via other platforms (or already exists elsewhere and you think Parenthood could consider adding too).

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Gives: Any skills, talents or knowledge that you might be open to sharing with fellow community members?

Perhaps from your prior career, or resources you found on your founder journey.

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Are there any other startups you know that we should invite to this group?

Please share their startup name, the name of the founder you know, and ideally an e-mail.

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Anything else we should know?

Feedback on this poll, or pointers for Parenthood as we grow.

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