Run every venture in your studio from one pipeline
Colopi gives each venture one stage, one team and one cost record, from Draft to Launched. Starter is free for up to 5 team members, with no card.
Where portfolio reviews lose time
Status lives everywhere
Each venture has its own sheet, deck and chat thread, so a portfolio review starts with collecting updates.
Stages mean different things
One person’s “building” is another person’s “still validating”, and nobody sees when a venture skipped a step.
Nobody can total the cost
Time, money, equity and partner services spent on a venture sit in different places.
What Colopi gives your studio
One pipeline from Draft to Launched
Move ventures through Draft, Validation, Build, Founder Assigned and Launched on a board. Colopi checks each move, so a venture cannot jump from Draft to Launched.
One record per venture
Stage, priority, sector, budget, time to market, and the problem, solution and market for each venture. Archive a venture and restore it later.
Teams and roles
Put founders, advisors and members on each venture. Invite people as Admin, Founder, Partner or Viewer; viewers can read but not edit.
Partner directory
Keep legal, technical, marketing and finance partners with their rates, and assign them to ventures.
Cost tracking
Log time, money, equity and services per venture and partner, then see spend across the studio.
Portfolio analytics and activity
Venture growth, stage mix, priority mix and launch rate in one view, with a feed of which venture moved and who moved it.
Colopi, a spreadsheet, a general project tool
| Capability | Colopi | Spreadsheet | General project tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture stages with checked moves | Built in | By hand | With setup |
| Time, money, equity and services per venture | Built in | By hand | With custom fields |
| Partner directory with rates, assigned to ventures | Built in | A separate sheet | With setup |
| Read-only Viewer role | Built in | Sharing settings | Usually built in |
A spreadsheet or a project tool can do much of this with setup and discipline. Colopi starts with it, for venture studios. It is not an accounting tool, a cap table or a data room.
Start in three steps
Create your studio
Your name, email, a password and the studio name. Starter is free; no card is asked for.
Add your ventures
Give each venture its stage, priority and sector, and write down its problem, solution and market.
Invite your team
Invite people with a role, put them on ventures, and assign partners from your directory.
The portfolio review checklist
Eight checks to run before your next portfolio review, whatever tool you use. The first three are below; send the form to see all eight here and get a copy by email.
- Every venture sits in exactly one stage, and each stage has written exit criteria that everyone uses.
- Every stage move has a person and a date behind it.
- The problem, the solution and the target market are written down for each venture, in a sentence or two each.
5 more checks appear here when you send the form.
Get all eight checks
Shown here right away and sent to your inbox. Leave a question if you have one; someone from the team answers by email.
Questions
Is Colopi free?
The Starter plan is $0 per month for up to 5 team members and 5 active ventures. You sign up with your name, email, a password and a studio name; no card is asked for.
Who is Colopi for?
Venture studios, company builders and teams that build several ventures at once and want one view of all of them.
Which stages does a venture go through?
Draft, Validation, Build, Founder Assigned and Launched. Colopi allows a move to the next stage or back to the one before (a launched venture stays launched), and any venture can be archived and restored later.
Who sees what?
Each studio sees only its own ventures, partners and resources. Inside a studio, people are Admin, Founder, Partner or Viewer; viewers can read but not edit, and admins can hide a venture from the other roles.
Does Colopi track equity?
You can log equity as one of four resource types, next to time, money and services, per venture and partner. Colopi is not a cap table tool.
What happens after I ask for the checklist?
All eight checks appear on this page and we email you a copy. If you leave a question, someone from the team answers by email.
Run your next portfolio review from one place
Create your studio, add your ventures, and invite your team. Starter is free.