Esri Startup Program Onboarding & Orientation Blog Series:
Carefully read through this Esri Startup Program blog series to help you succeed. The focus audience for this blog is primarily accepted and actively enrolled Esri Startup Partners but we encourage prospective applicants to review the content prior to applying. The series covers a high-level orientation and guides to get started on the following topics:
For a bit of background on Esri and the Startup Program, continue reading to learn more.
Who is Esri?
Esri is the market leader in geospatial mapping technology and is used by more than 350,000 organizations worldwide. Our platform delivers location-based solutions for the cloud, mobile, desktop, and server. Learn more about our products, esri.com/software/arcgis and developer resources, developers.arcgis.com.
- Established: 1969
- HQ: Redlands, CA, USA
- Revenues: $1+ bn
- Employees: 5,000+ from 70+ countries
- Offices: 49 offices worldwide, including 11 R&D centers, and regional offices in the USA
- Partners: 2,500+ across the world
- Users: Over 300,000 organizations (including 90% of Fortune 100 companies, most national governments, 30k+ cities and local governments, in all 50 US states, 12k+ universities, and 12k+ nonprofits)
An exclusive global program to build partnerships with startups committed to embedding or extending Esri's ArcGIS mapping and location within their software or content offerings. Esri helps entrepreneurs starting technology product businesses succeed by giving up to two year access to dev/test and demo/marketing ArcGIS software, location services, dev tools (SDKs, APIs), training, technical support to scale development of an ArcGIS-aligned solution or content offering.
Upon completing an Esri ArcGIS-integrated minimum viable product (MVP), various co-marketing and sales enablement benefits are available to help gain exposure and grow your business. Unfortunately, we do not support co-development; we would look to your company to lead development, go-to-market, and maintain your solution, either on your own or via consultancy support.
Program Qualifications:
This is a highly competitive program; Esri reserves exclusive rights for determining eligibility. At a minimum, your startup must:
- Primary business-building software products or content (not offering consulting services/project-based work).
- (Companies must be engaged in developing an offering that will form a core piece of current or intended business, that is integrated and aligned with Esri's ArcGIS systems)
- Be founded less than five years from the date of application, and generate less than $2 million in annual revenue at the time of program entry.
- Be strategically aligned with Esri and ArcGIS systems and seeking long-term partnership, see qualifications for the program.
How do you select members? What are the expectations of accepted startups?
The program selects technology-focused startups based on their ability to articulate their product idea and product-market fit. Beyond the minimum qualifications, we’re seeking startups who will grow into the next generation of Esri partners. We expect startups to be committed to developing and providing an offering technically aligned with ArcGIS, where real business value is delivered to markets.
This means you demonstrate and support the following throughout our partnership by Developing with ArcGIS:
- Esri ArcGIS basemaps included on presentation layers
- Solutions developed on the most current version of ArcGIS
- Create and register Esri ArcGIS-enabled web maps, apps, and content
- Use ArcGIS as the system of record to store & maintain geographic information
- Integrations with Esri users’ ArcGIS systems
- Leverage unique ArcGIS User Type identities (named user model) for Esri users accessing the platform
- Ensure customer success by providing initial and ongoing guidance, long-term support, and returns on their technology investments
- Commitment to support the GIS community
When you apply, consider,
- How will your solution drive adoption of the ArcGIS system?
- How can Esri help you drive greater adoption of your solution?
To apply, visit, esri.com/startups.
About the Program:
- Founded by Esri in 2012 to offer tools and support to help startups succeed.
- Up-to two year program provides no-cost dev/test and demo/marketing software, support, and training to help jumpstart product development and go-to-market alignment with Esri and ArcGIS.
- Hundreds of startups from across the globe are enrolled in the program.
- Access to Esri’s global community of over 300,000 clients, 3,500+ Esri employees, selling into 100+ countries worldwide.
- Join as a Startup Partner in the Esri Startup Program within Esri Partner Network (EPN), a network of more than 2,500+ partners worldwide.
- Includes opportunities for co-marketing and networking with industry experts.
Meet the Esri Startup Program Team:
We’re an agile team with a virtual team that spans the globe. We work to help incubate the new wave of entrepreneurs working with Esri and the ArcGIS system. You can reach our team by emailing, startups@esri.com.
Why does Esri have the Program?
Esri is committed to equipping startups with the necessary GIS technology to realize their product and business development goals on their own terms and in the shortest amount of time. Through the Startup Program, Esri’s goals are to:
- Help innovative software companies gain valuable experience and expertise in Esri technologies, with minimal upfront costs.
- Stimulate solutions for web, mobile, and desktop platforms to promote innovation and interoperability.
- Support the broadest possible startup audience in a way that complements their values and the organizations that support them.
- Help startups establish connections with Esri’s global customer base and thriving partner network, enabling co-marketing and sales enablement opportunities.
We help startups go-to-market in every country and every sector around the world. Learn more about the different markets that work with Esri Industries
How can I Engage with the Esri Startup Community?
