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Grow the best startups

Find the right emerging innovators to nurture with streamlined application management software

Get your resources to the brightest ideas

Collect, review, and select applications and entries on a unified platform specifically designed to help teams find the very best fit for what they’re looking for.

Accelerators

Select businesses on the cusp of success that you can propel forward.

Innovation & Pitch Challenges

Crown the best thinkers knowing that your process was thorough and fair.

Venture Capitalists

Vet applicants early and filter out bad fits before pitch meetings.

Incubators

Increase the impact of your resources by choosing the best startups to support.

Angel Investors

Make investments in ideas and companies that you truly believe in.

Economic Development Coalitions

Churn out bustling businesses by making smart funding decisions.

Focus on what matters

Submittable is used by dozens of organizations who are committed to jumpstarting businesses, nurturing entrepreneurs, and mentoring startups. By streamlining their submission and application process, they can spend more time focused on what they do best: giving the best ideas a path to success.

“We value having a central place for our entire team to read and discuss proposals, and having anonymous review and rating options that level the playing field and promote fairness.”

Lynn Metcalf

Fellows Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Streamline your selection process

Collect, review, and track applications from the most exciting startups and early-stage companies.

Simple for applicants

Attract a larger quantity and better quality of applicants with forms that begin your vetting process for you.

Efficient for administrators

Focus on finding the next big idea, from the next promising person or team, rather than on paperwork and manual organization.

Easy for reviewers

Make selections as a team, with centralized notes and uniform scoring, no matter where your reviewers are located.

Use software that’s as innovative as the projects you fund

With tools and features that make the application and review process faster, more efficient, and more fair, you and your business partners can get down to the fun stuff.

All-in-one platform

Reviewers can see application materials side-by-side with review forms, team notes and comments, and submitter communications. Everyone is on the same page.

No downloads

Accept any image, audio, video, or specialized file type and view submissions directly in your browser without downloading any files.

Response templates

Use default email templates to improve communication with submitters, while actually reducing your time spent.

Custom review process

Use basic thumbs up/down voting, create advanced custom review forms for your team, or hold a public vote. Set up anonymous review for unbiased outcomes.