Incubators · accelerators · ESD & supplier development

Run your programme on evidence, not chasing

Each business gets a practical operating workspace. Your team gets a permission-controlled view of progress, milestones and impact — without collecting the same numbers by email every quarter.

Mentor working with a cohort of young South African founders
What you get

A programme workspace plus a workspace for every business

  • Applications, screening, enrolment and consent-based data grants
  • Sector pack, starting assessment and first workflow for each business
  • Milestones with evidence, mentor actions and learning links
  • ESD / B-BBEE impact metrics (indicative, with versioned assumptions)
  • Reporting packs in one click — CSV, API or print-ready PDF
  • White-label: your programme brand, colours and domain
PortfolioOS · Cohort 2026SAMPLE DATA
Businesses48
Milestones evidenced78%
Jobs sustained1,214
Reports due3
Business (anonymised)SectorProv.Readiness
Company A-014FacilitiesGP
86
Company A-022LogisticsKZN
74
Company B-007FurnitureEC
61
Company B-031ChemicalsGP
92
How a cohort goes live

From contract to cohort in days

  1. 1
    Week 0

    Agree what matters

    What the programme measures, what businesses receive, who pays, which fields are visible and what happens at exit.

  2. 2
    Day 1

    Programme workspace

    PortfolioOS creates your workspace, templates and reporting fields; your administrators are trained.

  3. 3
    Days 2–5

    Invite the cohort

    Each business sets up its own administrator, accepts terms and grants programme-level reporting permissions.

  4. 4
    Ongoing

    Evidence-backed reporting

    Milestones, mentor actions and impact roll up automatically — submitted, reconciled and verified kept distinct.

Cohort pricing

Sponsored Lite
1 business · 2 office users · 1 GB · milestone tasks and readiness records
R199
/ business / month
Sponsored Growth
1 business · 5 office users · 5 GB · milestones, readiness, learning links and operating tasks
R399
/ business / month
Programme platform — up to 25 businesses
Per cohort per month, plus sponsored workspaces
R12,000
Programme platform — up to 100 businesses
Per cohort per month, plus sponsored workspaces
R25,000
Programme platform — up to 300 businesses
Per cohort per month, plus sponsored workspaces
R50,000
Programme platform — 300+ businesses
Per cohort per month, plus sponsored workspaces
R100,000
Programme launch
Once-off: programme structure, templates, reporting fields and administrator training
R25,000
Example: a 300-business ESD programme = R50,000 platform fee + 300 × R349 Sponsored Growth = R154,700 per month excl. VAT (volume rates apply from 51 and 151 businesses).
Practical training workshop with diverse adult learners
Who it is for

Built for South African programme operators

  • Raizcorp-style enterprise development programmes
  • Business accelerators
  • Industry incubators (e.g. furniture, chemicals, technology)
  • Corporate ESD and supplier development programmes

Named organisations are illustrative of programme types only; no endorsement or relationship is implied.

Programme questions

Do we have to replace our current programme system?

No. Blue Oceans complements existing programme tools by giving participating businesses operating workspaces and feeding agreed reporting fields back to you — by export, API or an agreed integration.

What can the programme team see?

Only the fields each business grants for a stated purpose and period — for example milestone completion and approved financial aggregates — never payroll, bank statements or client-level records. Businesses can see exactly what is shared and grants can be revoked.

What happens when the programme ends?

Each business chooses an affordable direct plan, a new sponsor, an export or closure. The institution keeps only the programme records it is entitled to retain.

How are results reported?

Reports distinguish submitted, reconciled and independently verified results, so you never overstate impact.

Pilot Blue Oceans with one cohort.

Start with up to 20 sponsored workspaces and agreed reporting fields. Expand when the evidence says so.