Scoring Configuration

Build the scoring templates, decision thresholds, and evaluator roles your committee uses to score every application.

What it is

This is where you define how applications get scored, before anyone opens the Score page. Everything here is IC-wide configuration, not tied to one application.

Templates

Build a scoring template: a set of categories, each with a name, description, weight, and max score. Start from a prebuilt preset — General Startup, Deep Tech, Social Impact, Early Stage, or Scale-Up — and adjust weights to fit your program, or build one from scratch. A template can also be flagged as a binary vote template, where categories are pass/fail instead of weighted numeric scores.

Decision thresholds

Set the score (or vote outcome) that separates outcomes — the line a final score needs to clear to count as a pass, and any secondary thresholds your process uses (e.g. auto-advance vs. needs discussion). These thresholds are what stage gates check against on the Applications board.

Evaluator roles

Define who's allowed to score, and with what weight or committee standing — this is what a quorum gate on the Applications board actually counts against. A committee with five registered evaluator roles and a 60% quorum gate needs three submitted scores before an application can advance, regardless of what any individual score says.

Choosing weighted vs. binary

Weighted scoring works well when you want a nuanced ranking across applications — useful for a competitive cohort with more applicants than spots. Binary vote templates work better for a simple go/no-go committee decision, or for criteria that are genuinely pass/fail (e.g. "founder is a full-time commitment") rather than a matter of degree. You can run different templates for different pipeline stages of the same program — a lighter binary screen early, a full weighted template once an applicant reaches committee review.

How it fits your workflow

Set this up once per program (or per cohort, if your evaluation approach changes), before applications start moving through gated stages. Changing a template's weights or a threshold takes effect on future scoring — you won't need to be here again until you're running a new cohort or a different type of program.

Getting started

Start from a prebuilt template closest to your program's focus, adjust category weights to match what actually matters for your ventures, then set your pass threshold and evaluator roles before opening the pipeline to scoring.