A Dedicated Index is the ultimate tool for bringing rigorous, custom measurement to the complex human factors of the startup ecosystem.
Whose Problems Does a Supsindex Dedicated Index (DI) Solve?
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” — Albert Einstein. But in the startup ecosystem, we often rush to solutions without first defining what we truly need to measure.
Why a Dedicated Index is Underused in the Startup World
Financial markets have long relied on indexes—from the S&P 500 to the VIX—to bring clarity, comparability, and confidence to highstakes decisions. These composite metrics turn complex, messy realities into actionable signals. Yet the startup world, which is supposed to be datadriven, has largely neglected this powerful tool.
Yes, we track KPIs like MRR, CAC, and LTV. But when it comes to measuring the human factor—founder resilience, team complementarity, ecosystem fit—we still depend on gut feeling, generic personality tests, or scattered reference checks. That’s like piloting a plane with your eyes closed.
At Supsindex, we believe the startup ecosystem deserves the same rigor. That’s why we are building the world’s first comprehensive suite of entrepreneurial indices. But we also know that no single index fits every need. Your challenge might be unique: assessing a startup team’s cultural alignment for a corporate accelerator, designing a visaspecific founder readiness score, or creating a custom benchmark for a regional innovation fund. That’s where Dedicated Indexes (DI) come in.
What Is a Dedicated Index (DI)?
A Dedicated Index is a custombuilt assessment tool designed specifically for your organisation, sector, or problem. It is not a “onesizefitsall” test. Instead, it leverages the same scientific infrastructure as our core indices (FPA, GEB, EEA, FEE, FDE, FCG) but is tailored to your unique measurement goals.
Examples of DIs we have already discussed with partners:
- Startup Visa Index – measures an immigrant entrepreneur’s genuine knowledge of local regulations, market access, and cultural readiness.
- Accelerator Cohort Fit Index – predicts how well a team will match the accelerator’s specific mentorship style and peer learning environment.
- Corporate Innovation Index – evaluates internal intrapreneurs’ decisionmaking behaviour under corporate constraints.
- GenderLens Investment Index – quantifies founder behaviours that correlate with sustainable, equitable growth.
If you can define the construct, we can help you measure it.
Who Can Benefit from a Dedicated Index?
| Stakeholder | Problem a DI Solves |
|---|---|
| Government agency | Objectively rank startup visa applicants, reduce fraud, and improve economic impact per visa. |
| Accelerator / Incubator | Screen hundreds of teams with a custom readiness score aligned to your program’s success track record. |
| VC / CVC | Create a proprietary due diligence filter for specific sectors (e.g., DeepTech, ClimateTech) that standardises founder assessment across your investment team. |
| University | Measure entrepreneurship students’ progress against your curriculum’s learning outcomes. |
| Corporate innovation lab | Identify internal founders who have the right behavioural mix for intrapreneurship. |
| Research consortium | Build a validated index for a multicountry study on founder resilience. |
In short: anyone who needs a repeatable, objective, and contextspecific measure of entrepreneurial human capital can benefit from a DI.
How the Dedicated Index Process Works: From Request to Launch
We have designed a secure, collaborative, and transparent workflow that puts you in control.
Step 1 – Express your need: You can request a DI in two ways:
- Request a meeting via our website (contact form or live chat).
- Fill out the dedicated form inside your partner dashboard (if you already have an account).
In your request, simply describe:
- The decision you want to improve (e.g., “selecting foreign founders for our residency programme”).
- The target group (e.g., “earlystage B2B SaaS founders from nonEU countries”).
- Any existing criteria you already use.
Step 2 – Discovery & design (with your collaboration): Our scientific team will schedule a workshop with you. Together, we will:
- Define the construct (what exactly needs to be measured).
- Propose subcategories and assessment criteria.
- Decide on scoring logic (e.g., pass/fail, quartiles, top10% thresholds).
You can choose to codesign the questions, or leave that to our experts. Your feedback is embedded in every iteration.
Step 3 – Faculty validation: Once a draft index is ready, it enters our decentralised faculty system. Dozens of independent experts (academics, experienced founders, industry specialists) review and validate each question. No index goes live without a rejection rate below 10%—meaning only the most robust items survive.
Step 4 – Pilot & calibration: We run a small pilot with real users from your target population. The results are used to finetune difficulty parameters, discrimination values, and normative benchmarks. You receive a full calibration report.
Step 5 – Launch & ongoing refinement: The DI becomes available as a whitelabelled or cobranded assessment. You can access individual and aggregated reports via your dashboard. And because startup realities change, the index is automatically reviewed and updated according to our TimetoLive (TTL) policy (2–5 years depending on the industry).
What You Get with a Dedicated Index
- A fully documented methodology – transparent, auditable, and aligned with psychometric standards (IRT, Thurstonian modelling, etc.).
- A live, secure assessment platform – your participants take the test online; you see results in real.
- Aggregated reports – see trends across your entire cohort, not just individuals.
- Scientific credibility – backed by our faculty and, if needed, coauthorship on research papers.
- Confidentiality – your custom questions remain your IP (or jointly owned, as we agree).
Ready to Create Your Own Dedicated Index?
You don’t have to wait for us to invent every possible index. Tell us what you need.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker.
By requesting a Dedicated Index, you are not just solving your own problem—you are helping the entire startup ecosystem evolve from guesswork to measurement.
👉 Request a DI meeting via the contact form below, or log into your partner dashboard and click “Request Dedicated Index”.
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