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Pitch day

Run the Room, Then Share the Result

Plan the session in one place, run it from one screen with a board the whole hall can read, and publish results that open with the winners.

Plan the session, run it on one screen the whole hall can read, and publish results that open with the winners.

minutes for each pitch, set per session
2–10
days a replaced pitch deck is kept
30
ways to score a prediction contest
6
certificate designs to start from
10

How Pitch Day Works

Schedule

Plan the session, then follow it on one track

Lineup, running order, timings, breaks and jurors in one place. On the day, the run sheet shows the session as one track and whether you are running late.

  • Time for each pitch, from 2 to 10 minutes
  • Nothing starts until you press Start
  • Each team can see only its own slot, with Add to calendar
The Pitch Day page for Meridian Seed Fund 2026: Session 2 paused on TarangHealth with 1:30 held, a strip of the running order, jurors scored and VertexCart up next.
The pitch day run sheet shows who is on stage, the time left and who is next, at a glance.
Live control

Calm on the day, even on a weak connection

The team on stage, the timer, jurors and running order on one screen. On a bad connection the last good view stays up and the countdown keeps running.

  • Start, pause, next team and end
  • A score still waiting to send shows, with Retry now
  • The live leaderboard fills in as scores arrive
Live control for the Semi-final pitch day of Meridian Seed Fund 2026: TarangHealth is on stage with 1:30 on the timer, two jurors listed and the running order below.
Live control for a pitch session: the team on stage, the timer, the jurors and the running order, updating quietly.
Projector and audience

A board the back row can read, in light or dark

The team on stage as the hero, a timer the back row can read and your branding throughout. The board follows light or dark.

  • Present opens the board in a new tab
  • Copy audience link to share the view
  • The next teams in the running order beside the stage
The pitch day projector board in dark: Meridian Seed Fund 2026, Semi-final Session 2, TarangHealth now pitching with 1:30 on the clock and the next three teams on the right.
The projector board follows light or dark, so it looks right on a big screen in either.
Public results

Results that open with the winners

The leader first, the second and third side by side, then everyone else grouped by outcome. Publish now or at a set time.

  • Declined teams never show a badge
  • Each team can search for its own name
  • Selected teams download a share card in your colours
Public results for Faculty Innovation Grant 2025, the earlier ranked list beside the new page with SancharSystems in the spotlight at 81.3 and VertexAnalytics and KavachHub side by side.
The public results open with a spotlight on the leader, the second and third side by side, then everyone else.
Public vote

A public vote that keeps the count honest

Verified-email voting, spikes flagged for review and an optional blend into the jury's score, available once your organisation turns it on.

  • Votes for a voter's own team never count
  • Void a vote with a reason, kept in the audit log
  • Vote Reach names a college only once ten or more people voted from it
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III

Vote Integrity

Grand finale · open

1,184
Counted
37
Held for review
12
Void

Flagged votes

  • Sudden spike · Kelpline21 votes
  • Many voters on one network · Tessel Labs16 votes

Public Vote Reach

652 people voted, from 38 colleges and organisations

Available once your organisation turns it on. An address is never stored with its vote.

IdeaScore AI

Introductions for the compere, in running order

IdeaScore AI drafts two short lines per team from its summary, in running order. Edit any line, then print the run sheet or copy it.

  • A team without a summary is listed first, for you to write
  • Print run sheet, or Copy all as plain text
  • Nothing is saved or sent
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III
Draft team introsFinal · Session 1
  1. 1

    Halcyon Grid

    10:00

    Battery storage for rural feeders, built for state power utilities.

    Two feeders are already live in a paid pilot.

  2. 2

    Quorum Bio

    10:10

    Low-cost diagnostic kits for district hospitals.

    Trials are under way with two hospital partners.

  3. 3

    Farmlight

    10:20

    Crop-loss alerts for smallholder farmers, sent by SMS.

    Its first paying customer is a farmer co-operative.

Reads each team's stored summary. Nothing is saved or sent.

Public pages

See who found your event page, and from where

Visits over 30 days, started and submitted applications, where people came from, and a share kit with a link and a QR code.

  • The top sources of visits
  • A link to copy and a QR code to download
  • Pin it where you want it on the dashboard
Seed Fund 2026 · Cohort III

Public Pages

The application form · last 30 days

1,902
Viewed
412
Started
181
Submitted

Where people came from

  • WhatsApp684
  • LinkedIn521
  • Opened directly398
  • Printed QR187

Share the page

meridianpark.org/apply/seed-fund-2026

Contests

Prediction contests with a public leaderboard

Teams upload predictions, scored automatically against your private answer file, with a public leaderboard until you reveal the rest.

  • The answer file is never shown, not even to staff
  • A daily limit on submissions per team
  • The reveal re-ranks on private scores and closes submissions
HackDeccan's contest leaderboard: the rooftop solar forecast task led by E-Auto Swap Grid, with the private score spread and submissions per day.
The leader, the score spread and submissions per day for every task.
Certificates

Certificates anyone can verify

Ten designs with your logo, colour and signatures. Each certificate carries a QR code anyone can verify, and you can revoke it.

  • Portrait or landscape
  • The verify page shows the certificate itself
  • Issuing and revoking recorded in the audit log
The Certificates page with a Certificate of Participation previewed beside its design settings.
Templates, your colour, your words and signatures, with a live preview.
Schedule

Plan the session, then follow it on one track

Lineup, running order, timings, breaks and jurors in one place. On the day, the run sheet shows the session as one track and whether you are running late.

  • Time for each pitch, from 2 to 10 minutes
  • Nothing starts until you press Start
The Pitch Day page for Meridian Seed Fund 2026: Session 2 paused on TarangHealth with 1:30 held, a strip of the running order, jurors scored and VertexCart up next.
The pitch day run sheet shows who is on stage, the time left and who is next, at a glance.
Live control

Calm on the day, even on a weak connection

The team on stage, the timer, jurors and running order on one screen. On a bad connection the last good view stays up and the countdown keeps running.

  • Start, pause, next team and end
  • A score still waiting to send shows, with Retry now
Live control for the Semi-final pitch day of Meridian Seed Fund 2026: TarangHealth is on stage with 1:30 on the timer, two jurors listed and the running order below.
Live control for a pitch session: the team on stage, the timer, the jurors and the running order, updating quietly.
Projector and audience

A board the back row can read, in light or dark

The team on stage as the hero, a timer the back row can read and your branding throughout. The board follows light or dark.

  • Present opens the board in a new tab
  • Copy audience link to share the view
The pitch day projector board in dark: Meridian Seed Fund 2026, Semi-final Session 2, TarangHealth now pitching with 1:30 on the clock and the next three teams on the right.
The projector board follows light or dark, so it looks right on a big screen in either.

More on pitch day

6 more

Everything in Pitch Day

  • Running order

    Drag to reorder, add breaks and set the time for each pitch and its questions.

  • Jurors

    The evaluators assigned to each team in the session's round score as it presents.

  • Audience link and QR

    Copy the audience link, or let the room scan the QR code from the run sheet.

  • Slots for teams

    Each team sees only its own pitch time, with a place, an optional meeting link and Add to calendar.

  • Weak connections

    Jurors' scores are saved as they go and sent again if the connection drops.

  • Earlier decks restored

    A replaced pitch deck is kept for 30 days; restore it from Previous versions in one step.

  • Print run sheet

    Team names and drafted intros in running order, on paper or as plain text.

  • Results on a schedule

    Publish results now, or at a set time in the programme's time zone.

  • Rank bands for teams

    Optionally tell each team a line such as Selected: 40 of 312, never its position.

  • Flagged votes

    Grouped by reason and team, with Void all and Undo; public voting is available once your organisation turns it on.

  • Vote Reach

    People, votes, the busiest hour and colleges taking part, with Copy for sponsors and no addresses.

  • Certificate verification

    A QR code and ID on every certificate open a public page that shows it.

Questions About Pitch Day

The board and the audience page say Reconnecting instead of Live, dim the standings and keep the last good view on screen, and the countdown keeps running. Jurors' scores are saved as they go and sent again once the connection is back.
Only if you switch on Show slots to teams. Each team in the running order then sees its own pitch time, the place and an optional meeting link, with Add to calendar. No team ever sees another team's time.
Public voting is available once your organisation turns it on. You then choose when it opens and closes, how many votes each person has, and whether it blends into the jury's score after it closes. Voters confirm their email through a one-time link, and their address is never stored with their vote.
You choose whether the page shows every team or only those selected and on the waiting list. Declined teams never show a badge, and until you publish, the link shows a page saying results are on the way.
Yes. A replaced pitch deck is kept for 30 days. Open the team's Documents tab, choose Previous versions and restore it in one step; the deck it replaces becomes a previous version, and nothing is deleted.
No. The intros are a draft for the compere: edit them, print the run sheet or copy them as plain text. Nothing is saved in IdeaScore or sent to anyone.

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