Incubators & Accelerators
Find and fund the startups that deserve to win
Incubators, accelerators, and venture programs use Judgify to run pitch competitions, startup awards, and cohort selection processes that surface the best founders and ideas. Trusted by 200+ organizations across 60 countries and built on 12 years of platform stability, Judgify handles the application intake, multi-stage evaluation, and selection phase so your team can focus on building relationships with the founders who make it through. Free to start. No credit card required.
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COMPLIANCE CARDS
Your data is protected. Your selection process is compliant.
GDPR Compliant
Judgify is fully compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. All personal data collected through your program is processed and stored in accordance with GDPR requirements, including lawful basis for processing, data minimization, and the rights of data subjects. For any technology organization or gaming body collecting data from participants in the EU or UK, compliance is a legal requirement, not an option. Judgify meets those obligations by design.
PDPA Compliant
Judgify is compliant with the Personal Data Protection Act, covering programs that collect personal data from participants in Singapore and other PDPA-applicable regions. For technology organizations and gaming bodies running programs across Southeast Asia, PDPA compliance ensures participant data is handled in accordance with regional law, protecting both your community members and your organization.
Cookie Policy and Consent Management
Judgify operates a clear cookie policy and provides consent management tools to ensure participant data collection through cookies meets applicable regulatory requirements. Your program is covered from the first click.
Data Retention Policy
Judgify retains program data for a period of five years. If your organization requires data to be purged or deleted ahead of the retention period, a formal deletion request can be submitted and will be processed within 2 to 3 business days.
ISO 27001 Certified
Judgify is certified to the ISO 27001 standard for information security management. Every design submission, every unreleased architectural concept, every pre-collection fashion entry, and every piece of entrant data is protected under a formally audited and internationally recognized security framework. For creative organizations handling commercially sensitive and pre-publication work, ISO 27001 is the global benchmark, and Judgify meets it.
PCI DSS Compliant
Every payment processed through Judgify meets PCI DSS standards. Whether you are collecting hackathon entry fees, game developer submission charges, or recognition program registration payments, your financial data and your participants' payment information are handled in full compliance with international payment security requirements.
our Features
Every type of technology and gaming recognition program, covered.
Pitch Competitions
Run structured pitch competitions with custom scoring rubrics, multi-round evaluation, and investor judge panels organized by sector or geography. Blind judging options protect against bias so the best idea wins, not the best-connected founder.
Cohort Selection Programs
Manage high-volume intake for accelerator cohorts with custom application forms, eligibility screening, and multi-stage reviewer workflows. Move from hundreds of applications to a shortlist to a final cohort with complete audit visibility at every step.
Startup of the Year Awards
Recognize the most promising startups from your cohort or the broader ecosystem with a transparent, credible awards process. A well-run Startup of the Year program builds prestige for your accelerator and gives your portfolio companies a platform to showcase their progress.
Innovation Challenges
Launch open innovation challenges that invite early-stage founders to submit solutions to specific industry problems. Public voting options let your investor network and broader community participate in surfacing the most compelling ideas.
Social Impact Programs
Run dedicated intake programs for startups solving meaningful challenges in health, education, sustainability, or financial inclusion. Custom evaluation criteria, weighted scoring, and multi-panel review give your selection process the rigor that impact investors demand.
Demo Day Competitions
Power the competitive element of your demo day with a platform that handles registrations, investor scorecards, and real-time results. Your team focuses on the event. Judgify handles the evaluation infrastructure behind it.
our Features
From open applications to selected cohort in four steps.
Configure Your Program
Set up competition categories, application form fields, eligibility criteria, and evaluation stages tailored to your intake process. Duplicate from a previous cohort to launch your next intake in minutes and maintain consistency across program editions.
Open Applications
Publish your branded competition page and start collecting applications in any of 80 supported languages. Founders register, complete your custom form, and upload pitch decks, financials, or supporting materials in one seamless experience that reflects the credibility of your program. Every application is tracked in real time from the moment submissions open.
Run Evaluation
Assign investor judges and reviewers by sector or geography. Set scoring rubrics across multiple evaluation rounds, enable blind judging where needed, and manage conflict of interest with automated abstention. Track every reviewer's progress in real time without chasing anyone down.
Select and Announce
Export scores, generate audit-ready selection reports, and announce your cohort or winners. Every decision is documented and defensible, giving your program the transparency that builds trust with founders, investors, and program partners alike.
OUR CORE VALUES
What Judgify is built on.
Every feature, every decision, every line of support comes back to these four commitments.
Integrity in every result
Transparent scoring, tamper-proof judging, audit-ready reporting because the credibility of your awards is non-negotiable.
Speed without compromise
Judgify gets organizers live in minutes, not months. Speed doesnt mean cutting corners on quality or control.
Accessible to all
Free for free events. Scalable for the world's largest programmes. Judgify offers plans built for every scale, so running a credible, professional awards programme is never out of reach.
Built to scale with you
Start with one program. Expand across tracks, regions, and annual cycles without changing platforms, renegotiating contracts, or rebuilding from scratch. Judgify grows as your community does.
HOW IT WORKS
Secure, transparent, and built to protect the innovations your participants submit.
Protect Personal Information
Every entry submitted through your client's awards program is stored securely and kept completely separate from all other client programs. Judgify enforces role-based access controls so only authorized administrators and judges can view sensitive entrant details. No data crossover. No compliance risk.
Detailed Reporting
Generate full scoring breakdowns, category-level summaries, and judge activity reports for every client program independently. Export everything your client needs for internal review, board presentation, sponsor reporting, or public announcement, formatted and ready to hand over.
Secure All Data
Judgify is ISO 27001 certified and PCI DSS compliant, hosted on AWS with 99.9% uptime and daily backups. Client data and entrant records are protected throughout the entire program lifecycle, from first submission to final results delivery.
Collect Entry Fees with Ease
Charge submission fees on behalf of your clients in any of 27 supported currencies across three online and three offline payment gateways. Apply promo codes or early-bird discounts to drive entries. Every dollar goes directly to you or your client. Judgify takes no cut of entry fees and charges no revenue share, ever. Your margins stay yours.
Support That Matches Your Scale
Enterprise clients receive dedicated support with a 2-business-hour response SLA. Whether you are configuring a new client program, live with submissions open, or finalizing results ahead of a gala deadline, help is available when your agency needs it most.
Contact Team
Your next awards program should be as well-crafted as the work it recognizes.
Judgify is awards management software that gets you live fast, keeps things simple, and treats every program like it matters. Try it free and see how long setup actually takes.
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