🎉Welcome to our Newsletter #1🎉
Hello wonderful people,
Over the past few months, many of you have been in touch with FlexUp or joined our mailing list. We are so grateful 🙏! Thank you for your interest and support!
If you’re building a project, investing in or working with startups, this newsletter is for your.
Some of you already know FlexUp well; others may be discovering it for the first time today. So let’s start simple.
FlexUp officially opens to the public in 2026.
This newsletter marks the beginning of our regular communications — to explain what FlexUp is, how it can help your business, and how you can explore it at your own pace.
In this newsletter:
- What is FlexUp?
- What can FlexUp do for you?
- Join our Networking Workshops
- Get started with FlexUp: the Trailblazer program
- Learn more about FlexUp
- Come and join us!
What is FlexUp?
FlexUp is an ecosystem designed to help you start, manage and grow your business.
It combines:
- An innovative economic model,
- A powerful business app, and
- A network of project builders and partners who support them.
FlexUp is focused on simplification and enhanced collaboration amongst all stakeholders.
What can FlexUp do for you?
FlexUp can help you in many different ways depending on your situation, for example if you are:
- 🧠 A founder or early-stage team,
- 🚀 A startup or a growing entreprise,
- 👔 An advisor, expert, or senior mentor,
- 💼 An investor or early backer,
- 🏢 An incubator, accelerator, or institution helping startups,
- 🎓 A student or a university involved in business and entrepreneurship.
Join our Networking Workshops
FlexUp is an active ecosystem.
We organize regular workshops and events, online and in person, where:
- we'll give a short intro about FlexUp,
- entrepreneurs can tell others about:
- the business they are building,
- the challenges they face, and
- the resources they need,
- participants share feedback, expertise, or support,
- meaningful connections happen naturally.
These sessions are open, practical, and collaborative.
👉 See all our upcoming workshops: www.flexup.org/events
Startup Networking Workshop, Online
Thursday 29th Jan 2026
09:00 San Francisco, 18:00 Paris
Startup Networking Workshop, Paris
Thursday 12th February 2026
20:00 Paris
Get started with FlexUp: the Trailblazer program
FlexUp has been live, by invitation only, for over a year.
We are now opening FlexUp to the public through our Trailblazer Program, which includes lots of perks for early users.
Prefer to explore on your own?
If you just want to explore, you can:
- view one of our detailed case studies in our demo app, or
- create a dummy account in our sandbox app.
Learn more about FlexUp
If you want to understand the thinking behind FlexUp — the problems it addresses and the principles it’s built on — our content is the best place to start. :
📖 Blog — Read the latest blog articles:
🎧 Podcast — Listen to recent podcast episodes:
- Interview with Lara, Founder of True Local Heroes
- How to pay with equity without being afraid of dilution?
📊 Case studies — See how businesses can use FlexUp in practice:
💼 Jobs & opportunities — We're hiring, checkout some opened positions:
📃 Resources – we are constantly adding tools, templates and useful resources:
and much more (FAQ, Forum, Glossary, ...)
Come and join us
FlexUp is still at an early stage, and we’re building it together with the people who use it — founders, advisors, investors, partners, and institutions.
Our ambition is to make collaboration simpler, fairer, and more sustainable, by rethinking how value, risk, and rewards are shared. We believe this matters both in advanced economies and in developing economies.
If this resonates, there are many easy ways to get involved. Depending on what works best for you, you can:
- Join one of our upcoming Startup Networking Workshops
- Book a call to discuss your project or your role in the ecosystem
- Send us a message via our contact form
We’d love to hear from you and learn what you’re working on.
Warm regards,
Fabrizio Nastri
Founder & CEO, FlexUp
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