About Seedling
Where founders pitch, judges score, and winners get paid
Our Mission
Seedling connects ambitious founders with experienced judges in competitive pitch competitions. We believe the best ideas deserve to be heard, evaluated fairly, and rewarded properly.
Our platform removes the barriers between great ideas and the recognition they deserve. Whether you're a founder looking to validate your concept or a judge helping shape the future, Seedling provides the infrastructure to make it happen.
How It Works
Founders Submit
Browse active competitions, pay an entry fee, and submit your pitch video. Your entry goes directly into the competition prize pool.
Judges Score
Expert judges review submissions against competition criteria, providing detailed scores and feedback on each pitch.
Winners Get Paid
Top-scoring submissions win prize money from the pool, paid out instantly via Stripe. Fast, secure, and transparent.
Why We Built This
Traditional pitch competitions are time-consuming, expensive to organize, and often opaque in their judging process. We've seen too many great founders miss opportunities because of logistical barriers, and too many judges struggle with inefficient evaluation workflows.
Seedling was born from the belief that competition infrastructure shouldn't be the hard part. By handling payments, video hosting, judge assignments, and scoring automatically, we let organizers focus on what matters: bringing together great founders and insightful judges.
We're building the platform we wish existed when we were organizing our own pitch events. Simple, transparent, and built for scale.