A stronger first impression
Give investors enough context to understand the company before the first conversation.
SHow Seed Works
For founders
A place for the company you are building.
The best introduction gives people more than a name and a pitch. Seed brings your story, people, progress, and supporting material into a place investors can return to as your company grows.
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Profile activity30 days
Board activity
Share traction with the Seed community.
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Profiles, signals and next steps
A story that stays current
Keep your profile, progress and company news together as the business changes.
Control over deeper access
Share public context openly and approve private Data Room access case by case.
The idea
Let the work speak with enough context.
A startup is always more than a short description. The problem you see, the way you solve it, the people behind it, and the progress already made all help someone understand what you are building.
Seed gives those pieces a clear structure. It helps an investor form a useful first impression, while giving you a home for the information you would otherwise explain again and again.
Inside the platform
From profile to presence.
See how the main parts of Seed work together, from the first profile view to the next useful action.
01 / Tell your story
Start with the substance.
Build a profile around the things that define your company: what it does, who it serves, the market it works in, and the stage it has reached. Add your team, traction, and media so the picture feels complete rather than compressed into a single pitch.
You can return to your profile as the business changes. New milestones, a sharper story, or an expanded team should have a place in the same record instead of being scattered across introductions and attachments.
Company overview and marketTeam, stage, and tractionImages, video, and updates when shared
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02 / Be discovered
Make the right first look possible.
Once submitted, startup profiles go through Seed's review before they appear in public discovery. A clear profile gives visitors a reason to keep reading and an easy way to understand where your company fits.
Investors can explore startups by industry, stage, and location. The details you add make your company easier to place in that search and make the first conversation more informed when someone reaches out.
Browsable startup listingRelevant category and search viewsA profile you can continue to update
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A complete company story
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Show momentum
Clear context in a consistent profile.
Introduce the team
Clear context in a consistent profile.
03 / Stay in control
Keep the conversation moving.
Your founder workspace helps you follow the signals around your listing, including profile views, bookmarks, ranking, and requests for documents. That context can tell you what is drawing attention and when your profile needs a refresh.
For information that should stay private, use the startup Data Room. Investors can ask to see supporting documents, and you decide whether to grant access. The public story stays open; the deeper material stays in your hands.
Review profile activityRespond to document requestsManage Data Room access
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Next step
Share on your terms
Pitch deck
Access requested
Investor interest
3 new signals
Updates
Stay informed
Built into Seed
What your profile can hold.
One home for the public story, the deeper material, and the signals that help you follow interest.
Company story
Explain the problem, your solution, the market, and where the company stands today. Give readers the context a short pitch often leaves out.
People & momentum
Introduce the team behind the idea and share traction or milestones that help visitors understand how the company is developing.
Private documents
Keep supporting material in your Data Room. Interested investors request access, and you choose who can open it.
Investor interest
See views, bookmarks, and requests from the founder dashboard, then keep your profile aligned with the conversations you want to have.
Your presence
Room to tell the story at your stage.
Seed offers Blue and Gold listing options. Both give your startup a structured public profile, with different ways to present more of your progress.
Blue listing
A clear foundation
Bring the essential details of your company together in one professional profile.
- Public startup profile and Blue badge
- Discovery through relevant searches
- Secure startup Data Room
Gold listing
A fuller record
Make more of your progress visible as your company grows and your story develops.
- Gold badge and pitch video
- Traction, milestone, and funding updates
- Notifications to followers about new updates
Availability
Built for founders across eight African markets.
8 countriesFounder accounts and startup listings are currently available in the countries below. This focused footprint helps Seed keep discovery relevant while the community grows into more markets.
馃嚜馃嚞Egypt
馃嚜馃嚬Ethiopia
馃嚞馃嚟Ghana
馃嚢馃嚜Kenya
馃嚥馃嚘Morocco
馃嚦馃嚞Nigeria
馃嚪馃嚰Rwanda
馃嚳馃嚘South Africa
Seed 路 A clearer way to discover and present African startups.View the investor experience