PIONEER PERIOD · MAY–DEC 2026
Pioneer Period
EPIC Alliance is free for everyone until December 31, 2026.
Standard pricing launches January 1, 2027. If you join during the Pioneer Period, you'll keep permanent benefits.
Why we're free until 2027
EPIC is a category-creating product — an organisational diagnostic that turns startup-investor matching from gut feeling into evidence. To prove it works at scale, we need real founders, real data, real boards.
Pioneer Period is our way of inviting that proof: every founder-side feature is unlocked, every board seat is included, and no payment is required until January 1, 2027. We get the data we need to mature the product. You get a tool that's typically locked behind paid tiers, free, with no commitment.
When standard pricing launches on January 1, 2027, every startup who joined during the Pioneer Period keeps two permanent benefits — see below.
If you join before December 31, 2026
✓
50% off Coach for 12 months post-launch — €14.50/mo or €145/yr (vs €29/mo or €290/yr standard) during your first year on the paid plan.
✓
+1 board member seat for life in Coach — Founding Members keep 2 seats included in Coach, forever. New subscribers post-launch get 1 seat.
No catch. No bait-and-switch.
The launch date and standard prices are locked in publicly today — this page is the contract.
Standard pricing from January 1, 2027
Standard pricing applies from January 1, 2027. Until that date, all founder-side plans are free during the Pioneer Period and include EPIC Analyst AI as a bonus for everyone — it moves exclusively to Board Access at standard launch.
Founder side
Coach
Solo founder + 1 board seat. EPIC Coach AI.
€29/mo or €290/yr
- 1 board member seat included (Founding Members: 2 seats for life)
- EPIC Coach AI conversational agent for the founder
- Score progression tracking
- Analyst AI not included — upgrade to Board Access if your board needs VC-grade analytical intelligence.
Board Access
3 board seats + EPIC Analyst AI.
€990/yr
Everything in Coach, plus 3 real-time board dashboard accesses for board members and advisors, plus EPIC Analyst AI activated for board members.
Connect Listing
Public marketplace listing.
€9/mo
Listing on the bilateral marketplace for fundraising visibility (independent of Coach/Board Access).
Investor side
Connect Starter
Active angel access.
€290/yr
Access to opt-in startup listings + score viewing
Connect Pro
VC analyst access + Analyst AI.
€990/yr
Full 51 KPI breakdown for every opt-in founder, side-by-side comparison, score alert system + EPIC Analyst AI
Institutional Licence
Multi-seat for VC funds.
€5,000–15,000/yr
Negotiated multi-seat licence scaling with portfolio size and analyst seats
About our two AI products
EPIC Alliance offers two distinct AI products:
EPIC Coach AI
the founder-side conversational coach. Included in Coach (€29/mo) for the founder, in permanence. Helps founders work on their own KPIs through natural-language dialogue.
EPIC Analyst AI
the board + investor-side analytical engine. Included in Board Access (€990/yr) for board members and Connect Pro (€990/yr) for investors. Provides VC-grade investment intelligence on live KPI data.
During the Pioneer Period, Analyst AI is bonus-included on Coach for everyone — it moves exclusively to Board Access at standard launch on January 1, 2027.
EPIC Analyst AI is what makes Board Access and Connect Pro structurally different from generic LLM wrappers:
- Hallucination-free by architectural design — every output is anchored to specific KPIs, scores, and assessment evidence in your database. The model cannot speculate beyond what is measurable.
- Anchored in academic literature — answers cite peer-reviewed organisational research, not training data drift. Sources visible.
FAQ
I subscribe today — what do I pay?
Nothing. EPIC is free for everyone until December 31, 2026.
Will I be billed automatically on January 1, 2027?
No. Paid plans require an explicit subscription decision on or after January 1, 2027.
What happens if I don't subscribe at launch?
Your account stays active in read-only mode for your historical data. Your Founding Member benefits stay valid for 12 months from launch — you can upgrade any time during 2027 to claim them.
I have access to EPIC Analyst AI today. Will I keep it?
During the Pioneer Period, EPIC Analyst AI is bonus-included on Coach for everyone — Founding Members and standard subscribers alike. From January 1, 2027, Analyst AI moves exclusively to Board Access (€990/yr). Coach keeps EPIC Coach AI (the founder-side conversational coach for working on your own KPIs), but the VC-grade Analyst AI restricts to Board Access at standard launch.
Founding Members keep their two permanent benefits — 50% off Coach for 12 months and +1 board seat for life. No surprise, locked in publicly today.