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Pitch days, public leaderboards and volume, without the scramble

A competition lives or dies on the day: a projector board the room can watch, a leaderboard applicants trust, and an intake that can take hundreds of entries without an organiser drowning in email.

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Who this is for

Three people, one call

Competition organiser

Handles a high-volume intake with bulk actions, then keeps a live pitch day running to schedule.

Jury member

Scores fast, on the day or ahead of it, and watches the leaderboard reorder as scores land.

Contestant team

Registers before the window closes and follows the live standings once pitching begins.

A live pitch day on an outdoor stage with a chart on the screen behind the speakers
Typical programme

A competition from registration to a public leaderboard

The rhythm most competitions already run, sized for volume and a tight turnaround.

  1. Registration opens

    A capacity-limited window collects entries fast, with bulk actions ready for the volume.

  2. Bulk screening

    Duplicate and incomplete entries are triaged in batches, not one at a time.

  3. Preliminary rounds

    A first rubric narrows a large field to a stage-worthy shortlist.

  4. Live pitch day

    A projector board and timer carry the room through every pitch.

  5. Public leaderboard

    Standings publish as scores land, in human, AI or blended view.

Collect

An intake built to take volume without buckling

A registration window with a capacity limit, direct file upload for a pitch deck, and a form that stays simple even at hundreds of entries — the intake stage most competitions underestimate until the deadline hits.

Explore applications
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III

Venture

Venture nameShort text
SectorSelect
Stage of developmentSelect (TRL)
DepartmentSelect
Show when applying as is faculty
Pitch deckFile upload · PDF up to 20 MB
Evaluate

A leaderboard the room can watch reorder

As jurors score, the leaderboard updates live — human, AI and blended views side by side — so a public standing reflects the latest scores the moment they land, not an end-of-day recalculation.

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Leaderboard

5 of 126 teams · ranked by human score

  1. 1
    Halcyon Grid#0142
    46.5 / 50 (93%)
  2. 2
    Quorum Bio#0127
    43 / 50 (86%)
  3. 3
    Farmlight#0139
    41.5 / 50 (83%)
  4. 4
    Tessel Labs#0118
    39 / 50 (78%)
  5. 5
    Orrin Health#0083
    37 / 50 (74%)
Decide

Pitch day, live, on a board the whole room trusts

A timer, a projector board and standings that move as scores are submitted — then a final export the moment the last team finishes pitching.

Explore pitch day and reports
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort IIINow pitching

Farmlight

04:32
  • 1Halcyon Grid46.5
  • 2Quorum Bio43
  • 3Farmlight41.5

Committee report

Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III · .xlsx

Generated 2 min ago · scheduled weekly to the committee

What teams use most

What competition organisers use most

  • Registration windows and capacity limits

    Cap an intake at the number your venue and jury can actually handle, and close it automatically.

  • Bulk actions

    Approve, reject or tag a batch of entries at once, instead of clicking through hundreds one by one.

  • Auto-assign by expertise

    Route entries to the juror suited to judge them, without a manual round-robin spreadsheet.

  • Live pitch-day session control

    Start, pause and advance the day with a timer and a projector board the whole room can see.

  • Public leaderboard, human, AI or blended

    Publish live standings and switch the view without recalculating anything by hand.

  • Resubmission and duplicate detection

    A repeat entrant from a past edition, or a duplicate team entry, is flagged before it is scored twice.

  • Committee Excel export

    A final ranked list, ready to circulate the moment the last pitch ends.

  • Applicant portal

    Contestants check status and standing with a magic link, no account to set up in advance.

Questions

Frequently asked

How many entries can one competition take?
Capacity is a setting, not a hard limit in the product — set the registration window to the number your jury and venue can realistically handle, and it closes automatically.
Can we publish a public leaderboard?
Yes, in human, AI or blended view, updating as scores are submitted rather than recalculated after the fact.
How quickly can we set up a live pitch day?
Pitch-day session control — start, pause, next, timer, projector board — comes with the platform; there is no separate tool to configure.
Can the same account run more than one competition a year?
Yes, each edition as its own programme with its own form, jury and rubric, while your organisation and branding stay the same.

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