Where the contents come from
Three sources, and all three are the founder. The deck they uploaded. The details they filled in. A recorded session, up to 30 minutes, where they answer the kind of questions a VC asks in a first meeting.
SeedForge does not check those claims against outside data sources. What SeedForge adds is structure. Every founder answers the same questions and is read across the same dimensions, with the same risk framing applied. That lets you compare one company with another and see quickly where to push.
That is the honest description of what you are reading. Treat the profile as the founder's case, told once, properly, so you can test it faster.
The profile itself
Open the link and you get the company name, the stage and the amount being raised, the sector, the location and the founding year. The deck sits at the top, already open, so you can read it without downloading anything. Below it is a short description of the business, and the team, with previous companies, roles, dates and links to their profiles.
Nothing is asked of you to see this.
The full evaluation, if you open it
Under the profile a card asks whether the company is worth a closer look. Choosing to open it reveals:
A summary of the investment case, written to argue both sides: what is compelling, and what the case rests on that is unproven.
The recorded session, if the founder has done one.
Five dimensions: team, traction, problem and solution, market, and vision and narrative.
Risks, ranked by severity, each one expandable.
Core tensions, the trade-offs in the business that do not have a clean answer.
Documents the founder chose to attach.
Which parts are the founder, and which are SeedForge
The founder's own words: the deck, the description, the metrics, the team's history, the documents, and everything said in the recorded session.
SeedForge's reading: the summary, the five dimensions, the risks and the core tensions. All of it is produced from the material above and from nothing else, with no outside source consulted.
What your thumbs do
You can mark any risk as useful or not. Your vote is never shown to the founder. Once at least three investors have voted on a profile, the founder sees the totals alone, with no way to tell who voted or how any individual voted.
What may be absent
If the founder has not recorded a session, that section is simply not there. Founders also choose which sections each link shows, so a profile you receive may deliberately show less than another. Documents open in the page for reading rather than downloading.
Quick answers
Is anything on the profile verified by SeedForge?
No. Every claim comes from the founder, through their deck, their own input and their recorded session. SeedForge structures and scores that material. It does not check it against outside data sources.
Who wrote the summary and the risks?
They are produced by SeedForge from the founder's material and their recorded session.
Is there a single overall score?
Not on the page a founder sends you. You see the five dimensions and the reasoning behind each one.
Does the founder see how I voted on a risk?
No. Votes stay anonymous, and totals appear to the founder only after at least three investors have voted.
Can I download the deck?
Documents open in the page rather than downloading. If you want a copy, ask the founder.
Something on a profile looks wrong. Who do I tell?
Write to support@seedforge.com. The same address takes any request about your own data, and removes you from founder outreach if you would rather not receive it.