Where startups prove their reason to exist

Orbit guides you through a structured journey that validates your idea, refines your approach, and launches you into an ecosystem of serious investors and founders.

Not for everyone. For founders who would rather know than hope.

The Challenge

Your friends will tell you it's a great idea.
The market won't be that polite.

01 Guessing for years

Gut feeling isn't a strategy.

You change direction on gut feeling while your money runs out, and find out too late.

02 Asking AI for a verdict

Applause isn't evidence.

Chatbots are built to keep you engaged, so they cheer you on. Optimism isn't proof: none of it comes from a real customer.

03 Building the wrong thing

Well built, wrong problem.

Most startups aren't built badly. They're built for a problem nobody has.

Orbit replaces hope with evidence.

Your Journey Through Orbit

Five phases. No shortcuts. Orbit isn't for everyone: it's for serious founders who want their startup to work and will do the hard work, on the right path. It starts with a free initial diagnosis.

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Features

Built around the question every founder avoids: is this worth the next five years of my life?

Orbit Hub: The Ecosystem

Investors don't search. They scroll. Orbit Hub will be a live map of startups that are already operating and validated, built for investors to explore. You get in by completing the journey or by passing a paid validation assessment.

Preview

Each colour is a sector. Click a startup or a sector to explore. Projection with illustrative startups.

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Included in every journey

S-Radar

Your startup's analyst. It tells you what's happening, and why.

S-Radar follows your startup in real time: how it's going, what's at risk and where the openings are. Tap any insight to see the reasoning behind it, so every decision is guided, not guessed.

Weekly report Example
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Initial diagnosis

Where your startup really stands, before you spend another month guessing.

S-Radar takes your startup through the 7 dimensions that decide whether it lives: pain, persona, solution, competition and differentiation, traction, risks and business model. The more concrete your answers, the more useful your diagnosis. It's the first step of the Journey.

  • Free, no card required
  • An initial report on where your idea is strong and where it's still a guess
  • Your next step on the Journey, built from your answers

Why Orbit is different

Accelerators pick winners. Orbit makes you prove it, and then puts the proof in front of the people who fund it.

The usual path Orbit
Validation Opinions from friends and family Evidence from a structured, 7-dimension process
Access Apply, wait, get rejected without feedback Start today with a free initial diagnosis and report
Investors Cold emails that never get opened Investors browse the Hub looking for you
Cost 7–10% of your company for a fixed program One payment set by your stage, and no equity for the Journey
Analysis Spreadsheets and gut feeling S-Radar reports, each with its why

Pricing

One path, in order. The diagnosis is free, the Journey is one payment, set by your startup's stage, and the Hub comes once you're validated.

  1. 01 · Start here

    Initial diagnosis

    Your startup's starting point

    $0no card needed
    • The initial diagnosis with S-Radar, across the 7 dimensions
    • An initial report: your strongest and weakest dimensions
    • A clear next step for the Journey
  2. 02 · Then

    Orbit Journey

    Every phase, from idea to launch

    By stageone payment · no monthly fee

    The price depends on where your startup is when you start. Pivots cost nothing extra.

    • Phase 01: full Guidance sessions
    • Phase 02: go-to-market plan and pitch deck review
    • Phase 03: a seat at 3 curated live events
    • Phase 04: a week-long pilot with real customers, read by S-Radar
    • Phase 05: launch, plus your first month in Orbit Hub
    • S-Radar analyst reports throughout, with the why behind every insight
  3. 03 · Once you're validated

    Orbit Hub

    For startups already operating and validated

    $49/ month
    • Your profile on the map investors browse, with your heat in the ranking
    • Entry through the Journey, or a paid validation assessment with public criteria
    • Free for investors
    • Opens after launch: validated startups on the waitlist get in free
Founding seats

5 free seats on the Journey

The first 5 founders to start take a free seat on the full Journey. Tickets to paid events are on them.

FAQ

Straight answers, the way we'd want them.

Is Orbit for me?

Orbit is for founders who want their startup to work and are willing to do the hard work: talking to real customers, pitching live, running pilots and acting on what they learn. If you're looking for applause or a shortcut, it isn't for you.

Why not just ask ChatGPT, with a good prompt, if my startup will work?

Because a chatbot answers what you ask, tends to agree with you and has never met your customer. It has no stake in your outcome and no access to the market. Orbit puts your idea in front of real people: structured customer conversations, live events with investors in the room, pilots with real customers and S-Radar reading your real numbers. AI helps us organize the thinking; the verdict always comes from the market.

Isn't Orbit just an accelerator with a different name?

No. Accelerators pick a few startups, take equity and run a fixed program. Orbit comes before that: it's for any founder willing to do the hard work on the right path. It starts with a free initial diagnosis, moves at your pace and turns an idea into evidence. The Hub is built to feed accelerators and funds: it's where they find validated startups for their next cohort or check.

Why pay for Orbit if I can talk to customers myself?

You can, and you should. Most founders don't do it systematically: they ask friendly people, ask leading questions and stop when they hear a yes. Orbit gives you the method, the rooms full of investors and partners, pilots with real customers, S-Radar reports on every step, and your first month in the Hub when you're done. You still do the work; we make sure it counts.

What if Orbit shows that my idea won't work?

Then it worked. Finding out in weeks, before you've spent your savings, is the best outcome a bad idea can have. Phase 04 puts your product in real hands, and its results drive that decision: launch, fix or pivot. Many strong startups are the second idea, built on what the first one taught.

Why would an investor trust a startup just because it's in the Hub?

Because a Hub profile isn't a pitch, it's a record. It's built from what happened during the journey: customer conversations, reactions at live events, pilot results with real customers and the metrics S-Radar tracks over time. Investors see the evidence, not just the story, and heat shows who is actually moving.

Isn't S-Radar just another AI chatbot?

No. The chat is the initial diagnosis: a single conversation to understand your idea and map it across the 7 dimensions. After that, S-Radar works as an analyst: it reads your real data, flags risks and openings, and explains the why behind each one. It never tells you your idea is validated; only customers can do that.

Do you take equity?

No. The Journey is paid by stage and you keep 100% of your company. Separately, at the end of the Journey Orbit selects a few startups to invest in: we return what you paid as an investment, in exchange for a stake set case by case, through a convertible loan under Brazil's startup law. Not every validated startup is selected. Who gets the offer is our call; whether to accept is yours.

Is my idea safe with you?

Your answers are confidential. Nothing you share is shown to investors or other founders. When you reach the Hub, you decide exactly what goes on your public profile.

What stage does my startup need to be at?

For the Journey, anywhere from "idea in a notes app" to early revenue. It works best before you've spent serious money. The Hub is different: it only lists startups that are already operating and validated, through the Journey or a paid validation assessment.

Something else?

Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask us anything. Arthur answers personally.

Ready to join the Orbit?

Orbit isn't for everyone. If you'd rather hear the truth than applause, and you're ready to do the work, we built it for you. Leave your email to hear first about new phases and to join the Hub waitlist.

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No sales team, no ticket queue. Questions, feedback, or want to invest? Talk to Arthur directly.