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Re:Matchmaker, find me a grant on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @04:44PM (#13273950)
We do list some, but I wouldn't call us comprehensive yet :)
Re:Matchmaker, find me a grant on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @12:29PM (#13221887)
Instrumentl is used pretty heavily by nonprofits, however nonprofits working in the fields of science education and environment (at the moment). What fields are you working in?
Re:Matchmaker, find me a grant on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @12:27PM (#13221872)
We're not restricted by the researcher's location or their citizenship (many of our users are international) but we're focused on aggregating funders based in the US.
Yes, we plan on encouraging researchers to share their proposals and help one another. Great article - thanks for sharing!
Thanks - that is a lot of $$$
Down the road, we're looking into charging based on the dollar amount that we help researchers win, but for now we’re charging a monthly subscription.
Our customers pay us ~$30 per seat per month just like other saas models. Customers range from individual researchers to entire research organizations. Couple strategies for user acquisition: SEO, direct sales to universities, content marketing. Thanks for the Qs!
Angela here, one of the cofounders of Instrumentl. We'd love to hear your feedback about what we're building to bring efficiency & transparency to research funding. Have a grant horror story? Let's hear it!
If I could have used Vidcode when I was a teen maybe I wouldn't be stuck making my technical cofounder sandwiches while she builds the coolest thing ever.
Re:YC W15 emails are out on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @06:58PM (#8530468)
Good advice, Quill & cool service! At Instrumentl we're stopping at nothing to support our researchers, bottom line. Best of luck in interviews!
Re:YC W15 emails are out on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @08:49PM (#8524802)
Any nonprofit applicants out there? We'd love to hear about you!
Re:YC W15 emails are out on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @08:47PM (#8524792)
Hi Comrades, we're a nonprofit using crowdfunding to empower women in science & tech. We won't be benefitting from YC this batch, but we're stopping at nothing to benefit HER https://www.instrumentl.com Wishing you all the best!