Peachscore and Keiretsu Forum Launch Strategic Partnership to Connect Startup Development With Direct Investment

Peachscore, the global data-driven startup accelerator, and Keiretsu Forum Northwest & Rockies and its affiliated Ecosystem Venture Group/EcoVG have announced a strategic partnership designed to create a stronger pathway between startup development, acceleration, investor readiness, and potential funding opportunities.

The collaboration will connect Peachscore's startup acceleration infrastructure with an established venture ecosystem spanning Keiretsu Forum Northwest & Rockies, EcoVG Capital, PitchForce, PeopleConnect, and other affiliated initiatives.

Together, the organizations plan to develop co-branded acceleration initiatives, technology and API integrations, activating the Peachscore intelligence layer to deliver personalized AI-powered business intelligence, market insights, and over 20 real-time reports for founders, as well as events and other programs designed to create a more connected experience for startups from idea and incorporation through fundraising and growth.

Many promising startups enter investor ecosystems and start applying for funding before they are fully prepared to raise capital, which is one of the most common reasons founders invest significant energy and resources but ultimately fail to raise capital. They may need additional market validation, stronger financial planning, a clearer path to revenue and profitability, a stronger business model, clearer positioning, improved go-to-market strategies, or greater traction. In other cases, they may simply fail to communicate their vision and story in a way that sophisticated investors and venture capitalists can understand and be convinced by their plan, market opportunity, and clear path to a successful exit, whether through acquisition or IPO.

Through the partnership, startups across both ecosystems will have an opportunity to leverage Peachscore's acceleration platform to gain credibility and visibility in the shortest time possible by gaining access to vast resources, from intelligence and guidance to over $6 million in free perks and resources from organizations including OpenAI, AWS, Google, LinkedIn, and Stripe. The goal is to help founders become fully prepared for fundraising and improve their chances of being successfully accepted into Keiretsu and closing an investment.

In 2025, Keiretsu Forum Northwest and Rockies facilitated 145 deals, with a collective investment of $84.7 million, an average of $584,000 in capital raised by each company, and a funding success rate of 83%.

In addition, Peachscore and Keiretsu Forum will collaborate through a series of workshops, community initiatives, and events, giving selected founders an opportunity to showcase their companies in front of nearly 400 investor members across eight chapters, while connecting founders to a broader syndication network of 94+ investment groups, including family offices, venture capital firms, and angel investors, as well as the global Keiretsu Forum community of approximately 3,000 accredited investors across 50+ chapters worldwide.

Startups that successfully graduate from the Peachscore Accelerator and join the alumni network will also have their graduation certificates certified by Keiretsu Forum, creating a fast track for their application review once they are ready to apply for investment within the Keiretsu network.

"Currently, the majority of investors and large corporations have little to no visibility or understanding of 97% of the startup ecosystem, where many promising startups are working on their ideas early on. Many unicorns have emerged from this large segment, including Airbnb, Dropbox, and Spotify, where only a very small group of investors had early insights into and access to these investment opportunities," said Alex Mojtahedi, Founder and CEO of Peachscore. "By connecting Keiretsu's investment ecosystem with Peachscore's acceleration platform and infrastructure, we get one step closer to creating a seamless experience for founders to gain credibility and visibility in the shortest time possible and successfully close investment through our ecosystem. This collaboration not only benefits startup founders but also significantly increases the bandwidth for investors to review more companies, without adding operational costs, that are highly matched to their investment themes and theses, resulting in a shorter investment cycle through pre-screening, due diligence, and closing stages. This partnership will strengthen the deal-flow process while creating an opportunity for investors to identify the next unicorn much earlier in the process, long before other investors may discover and identify these opportunities through traditional manual processes."

"We are thrilled to partner with Peachscore and bring this level of data-driven intelligence to our entrepreneur community," said Nathan McDonald, Chairman of Keiretsu Forum Northwest & Rockies. "Access to unparalleled market insights and real-time reporting gives our founders the tools to accelerate their companies and their innovation, and it strengthens the deal flow our investors count on. This partnership is exactly the kind of continuous, ecosystem-wide support we want to build for entrepreneurs, from their earliest ideas through funding and growth."

The partnership reflects a shared vision: founders should have access to continuous support as their companies evolve, rather than treating acceleration, fundraising, and investment as disconnected stages.

By bringing these ecosystems together, Peachscore and Keiretsu Forum aim to help identify promising founders earlier, support their development more effectively, strengthen their investment readiness, and connect them with capital opportunities when they are ready.

About Peachscore

Peachscore is the world's largest data-driven startup accelerator, supporting more than 1,900 startups across 105+ countries. Through AI-powered business intelligence and benchmarking, investor readiness tools, more than 500 hours of mentorship through live office hours and 1:1 sessions, strategic partnerships, educational programming, and access to a global network of investors, Peachscore helps founders build stronger, investment-ready companies from ideation through Series A.

About Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum Northwest & Rockies, operated within the Ecosystem Venture Group (EcoVG) ecosystem, is one of the largest and most active regions within the global Keiretsu Forum investment network. The Northwest & Rockies region spans eight chapters across Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Boulder, and Denver, bringing together accredited investors, venture capitalists, family offices, corporate investors, and experienced entrepreneurs.

The broader Keiretsu Forum network includes more than 3,000 accredited investor members across 50+ chapters on three continents, creating one of the world's largest angel investment communities. Through its investment ecosystem, Keiretsu Forum provides entrepreneurs with access to capital, collaborative due diligence, investor feedback, strategic expertise, and extensive cross-chapter deal flow.

In 2025, the broader EcoVG ecosystem, which includes Keiretsu Forum Northwest & Rockies, PitchForce, and other affiliated initiatives, reported 145 companies funded, an 83% funding success rate, and $84.7 million in capital deployed across its network. The organization also hosted 205 events connecting founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders throughout the year.

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