Give your network a real benefit.
Founder networks, communities and ecosystem builders bring Tech Founders together to learn, connect and grow. By partnering with SkilledUp Life, you can extend a ready-made benefit to your members: access to 70,000+ skilled Volunteers to build tech startup teams, plus an exclusive discount for you to offer as a perk.
A valuable benefit you can offer Tech Founder members at no cost to you.
Tech Founder Members build whole teams from a 70,000+ skilled Volunteer talent pool.
A non-commercial partnership built in good faith.
A ready-made benefit for your community.
You convene Tech Founders, professionals and innovators, and you are always looking for ways to add value to membership. SkilledUp Life is a benefit you can extend instantly, giving your members access to a global community of skilled Volunteers ready to contribute to growing your Tech Startup member organisations.
Members build teams across product, marketing, sales, HR and more, and your network gets credit for opening the door. We even offer your members an exclusive discount on our plans.
You convene the community
You bring Tech Founders and innovators together to learn, connect and grow.
We add the talent
Your Tech Founder members tap 70,000+ SkilledUp Life Volunteers to build their teams.
Members save
Your network members (tech startups) get an exclusive 20% discount on SkilledUp Life plans during the first 12 months.
Everyone wins
A stronger benefit for your members and a partner who shares your mission.
From first hello to a lasting partnership.
Becoming a partner follows the same clear, formal path for every community. Eight steps take us from a first email to a lasting, mutually beneficial relationship.
Enquiry and introductions
You email us, or we reach out to you. We follow up by email and on LinkedIn to learn about each other.
30-minute Zoom call
A short call to get to know each other and explore what the partnership could do for your community.
Sign the MoU
We issue a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Both parties sign it, and the partnership is formal.
Recognise each other
We list you as a partner on our partner pages, and you list SkilledUp Life as a partner on your website.
Volunteer briefing session
For some Education Partners, we run a live briefing session that explains how volunteering on SkilledUp Life runs for those signing up as Volunteers. It depends on our availability, so it is not always possible and it is not mandatory.
Education Partners · when possibleYour name in our Partner list
We will add you to our Partner list, so Volunteers can choose you as their referral when they sign up.
Coming soon · planned before the end of 2026Online events
We support your online events wherever it makes sense for both communities. Once we relaunch our own events, we may invite you to join us at our online events.
Regular dialogue
We keep in regular contact to make sure the partnership stays healthy and keeps delivering value for both sides.
Every partnership is non-commercial and built in good faith. Start with an enquiry →
Networks we partner with.
A growing community of founder networks extending SkilledUp Life to their members.
TcA network connecting and accelerating tech founders in their START to EXIT tech founder journey. Can also give up to $10k AWS Credits.
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SMA community bringing together Tech Founders, talent and innovators to connect and collaborate.
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SBNA global community championing and connecting Scottish entrepreneurs, scale-ups and businesses.
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SDA national science and innovation campus in Cheshire, home to a thriving community of high-tech companies and tenants.
Learn more →An exclusive discount for your members.
As a Network Partner, you can offer your members 20% off SkilledUp Life plans: a tangible, valuable benefit you can extend at no cost to you.
Add SkilledUp Life to your member benefits.
If you run a Tech Founder network, community or ecosystem, let us explore partnering. Reach out through Contact Us and our partnerships team will be in touch.