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LadderTech

LadderTech connects business communities.

Our private communities take your organisation’s mentoring and collaboration online.

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Our open platform connects start-ups with professional service providers, nationwide.

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Our matching algorithm connects professionals with the newest faces in business.

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Tyfy

Tyfy connects students with questions to students with answers.

Our software automates University peer mentoring schemes.

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Our online interface and unique incentives get students engaged.

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Our matching algorithm streamlines administration and monitoring.

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Introducing Indigo Mentoring

Posted on by Emily Goodwin

At Indigo, we make mentoring easy.

Indigo mentoring was founded on one core idea: That no one should feel like they have no one to turn to for help. We use match-making technology to pair users with a mentor. Someone qualified to help. Someone experienced in the area they need support. Put simply, someone who has been there and done that.

Indigo’s founder James set up Tyfy in 2017 as a response to the growing need for greater connectivity amongst students. Since then, we’ve spent three years working in the Higher Education industry perfecting our mentoring software. Tyfy matches students with a mentor based on their course data, meaning that mentees can access support that is tailored to their individual needs. For mentors, we work on a system of employability reviews, making it worth their while to get involved. Crucially, by taking peer mentoring online we make support more accessible to those who need it most.

Since then, we’ve also developed LadderTech. LadderTech matches new start-ups and entrepreneurs with industry professionals in their area who can offer advice on the day to day challenges of running a business. By connecting the newest faces in entrepreneurship with their wider business community, we help them build business relationships that last.

Most recently, we’ve been working on a project to support carer communities in the mental health sector, helping them access remote mentoring – watch this space!

You can read more about our projects here. If you’d like to work with us on a project, you can get in touch via the contact form below:

Contact

You can find us or get in contact with one of our offices below:

For business and marketing enquiries please email emily@indigomentoring.com

Keele Offices

Nottingham Offices

About Indigo

Indigo was founded on the belief that no one should feel like they have nowhere to turn for help.

We work across a variety of sectors, including Higher Education and start-up support, pairing users with mentors who can offer support.

Mentoring exists in varying forms across countless sectors, but it’s time consuming and usually poorly engaged with, which helps no one. By taking the mentoring process online, Indigo makes it easier for the person administering the scheme, and worthwhile for the person taking part.

“The idea was always that we never want anyone, anywhere to feel like they have nowhere to turn for help. The software allows us to make that a reality.”

– James, Founder

Team

Directors.

James Doherty
Founding Director

James started Tyfy Ltd (which later became Indigo Mentoring) in 2017, after seeing problems facing the student community whilst at University. Since then, Indigo has grown to support several Universities with their mentoring, and expanded into new market places with LadderTech. 

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Emily Goodwin
Marketing Director

Emily joined Indigo in 2018, she takes care of all marketing activities for the company.

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Advisors.

Chris Tossell
Board Advisor

Chris has been an advisor to the board since January 2020. He helps with all major decisions relating to company strategy and business growth. 

Blog

Indigo makes mentoring easy.

Software so that everybody, everywhere, has somewhere to turn.

Browse our current implementations:

Features:

Automation

Indigo’s matching technology makes mentoring easy to administer, meaning you can focus on the important stuff.

In-built chat

Indigo software enables genuine, useful communication between users, all in one place.

Rewarding Testimonials

Mentors build up reviews from the people they help, which helps them. It’s a win-win situation.

Group Work

Mentoring can take place in groups or 1-on-1, enabling both private communication and collaboration.

Monitored

All our software packages enable some form of monitoring and verification of advice.

Used by:

“Easier access to support from a peer mentor”

"The Tyfy system will allow our students to have easier access to receive support and guidance from a peer mentor, rather than waiting for a peer mentor to be allocated through manual processes. We're really excited about using TyFy, and hope that this system will encourage a greater number of students to engage with peer mentor support and in turn help them to successfully complete their Foundation Year studies."

Katy Lockett, Student Mental Health Project Officer, Keele University.

Indigo Mentoring
2021-02-16T10:35:16+00:00

Katy Lockett, Student Mental Health Project Officer, Keele University.

"The Tyfy system will allow our students to have easier access to receive support and guidance from a peer mentor, rather than waiting for a peer mentor to be allocated through manual processes. We're really excited about using TyFy, and hope that this system will encourage a greater number of students to engage with peer mentor support and in turn help them to successfully complete their Foundation Year studies."

“A first-class mentoring experience online”

"Laddertech allows us to dramatically scale up our mentoring and networking offering to our future founders. Working with Laddertech, we can offer Ingenuity participants a first-class mentoring experience online, at a time that works for them – meaning no one’s business development journey is hindered by geography, the Covid-19 crisis, or any other unexpected events."

Elizabeth Smith, Head of Programme for Ingenuity.

Indigo Mentoring
2021-02-09T10:33:14+00:00

Elizabeth Smith, Head of Programme for Ingenuity.

"Laddertech allows us to dramatically scale up our mentoring and networking offering to our future founders. Working with Laddertech, we can offer Ingenuity participants a first-class mentoring experience online, at a time that works for them – meaning no one’s business development journey is hindered by geography, the Covid-19 crisis, or any other unexpected events."

“Connect talent with knowledge where it is”

"Laddertech solves a key issue we faced pre-covid, and needed to solve more urgently since the pandemic.  How do we connect and provide remote support across the programme, and how can we harness the collective intelligence of our network.  Laddertech solves this with an online solution that will enable sharing, co-creation, and agility of use."

Steven Chapman, Director of Ingenuity.

Indigo Mentoring
2021-02-16T10:21:35+00:00

Steven Chapman, Director of Ingenuity.

"Laddertech solves a key issue we faced pre-covid, and needed to solve more urgently since the pandemic.  How do we connect and provide remote support across the programme, and how can we harness the collective intelligence of our network.  Laddertech solves this with an online solution that will enable sharing, co-creation, and agility of use."

“An excellent mechanism for our students”

“…an excellent potential mechanism for our students, enabling them to contact each other for the purposes of buddying and mentoring.”

Jackie Andrews, Skills and Development Manager at Nottingham University Business School.

Indigo Mentoring
2021-02-16T10:29:37+00:00

Jackie Andrews, Skills and Development Manager at Nottingham University Business School.

“…an excellent potential mechanism for our students, enabling them to contact each other for the purposes of buddying and mentoring.”
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