What Seed Forum does

Seed Forum (also operating as Seed Forum Global) is a hybrid platform-plus-events organization that connects early-stage startups with investors across multiple geographies. The company operates a digital investor matchmaking platform, branded as the Seed Forum Global Digital Platform, which was launched in 2024 to provide worldwide online investor-startup matching alongside its existing city-based investor events in Oslo (up to the 42nd edition) and Helsinki (up to the 20th edition). It also runs digital investor presentations, the Seed Forum Academy and Start-Up Academy for interactive training, Donor Project Operations for managing grant-funded projects, and physical iHUB co-working spaces including iHUB Chisinau in Moldova.

The company's geographic footprint spans the Nordic Region (Norway, Finland), Eastern Europe (Moldova, Ukraine), and the Western Balkans (Servia), with the 2024 launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (GEEP) connecting entrepreneurs from four countries. Its primary customer segments are startups seeking early-stage funding and investors seeking curated deal flow, with entrepreneurs participating in GEEP as a secondary segment. The go-to-market motion is event-driven and community-led, combining in-person investor events with a digital self-serve platform.

The revenue model is not publicly disclosed. Pricing is not available on the Seed Forum Global website, and there is no disclosed funding, headcount, parent company, or institutional investor information. Available signals—including the existence of Donor Project Operations, an EU-contract in Serbia, and hub partnerships such as iHUB Chisinau—suggest the organization is at least partly supported by grants, public-sector contracts, and channel partnerships rather than purely transactional revenue. AI/ML capabilities, APIs, mobile apps, and patents are not mentioned in the available source material, so the underlying technology stack appears to be a conventional digital platform for event management, presentations, and matchmaking without disclosed AI differentiation.

Name

Seed Forum

Legal name

Seed Forum

Website

https://seedforum.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Seed Forum Global operates a hybrid digital platform and in-person investor events that connect early-stage startups with investors across the Nordics, Eastern Europe, and the Western Balkans, supported by training academies and innovation hubs such as iHUB Chisinau.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investor Matchmaking & Startup Ecosystem Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Accelerators & Startup Programs (FSANAHAD), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA)

Keywords

• Investor matchmaking platform
• Startup pitch events
• Early-stage funding facilitation
• Entrepreneurship training programs
• Innovation hub operations

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Seed Forum runs a worldwide online investor matchmaking digital platform and a series of city-based investor presentation events (Oslo, Helsinki, Ukraine) that connect early-stage startups with investors. It complements these with the Seed Forum Academy and Start-Up Academy providing interactive digital training for entrepreneurs, the Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (GEEP) facilitating cross-border entrepreneurship, donor-funded project operations, and a network of iHUB innovation hubs.

Product overview

Seed Forum is a global entrepreneurial ecosystem operating as a platform-plus-services model. The core Seed Forum Global Digital Platform enables worldwide online investor matchmaking, complemented by Digital Investor Presentations for startup showcasing, Seed Forum Academy for interactive digital training, Start-Up Academy for entrepreneurial events, Donor Project Operations for managing donor-funded projects, and iHUB innovation facilities providing co-working spaces for entrepreneurs across multiple cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Seed Forum Academy: Digital investor presentation events connecting startups with investors
• Start-Up Academy

Products and services

• Seed Forum Global Digital Platform A worldwide online platform enabling investor matchmaking and digital investor presentations to connect entrepreneurs with potential investors globally. Targeted at startups seeking early-stage funding and investors seeking curated deal flow.
• Digital Investor Presentations Online investor events (e.g., Digital Investor DEMO DAY) that present startups and early-stage companies to potential investors for funding opportunities. Held across multiple cities including Ukraine.
• Seed Forum Academy Interactive digital training programs for entrepreneurs covering investor readiness, pitch development, and business growth strategies. Targeted at startup founders preparing for investor engagement.
• Start-Up Academy Educational and networking events for startups providing access to investor presentations and entrepreneurial development programs. Targeted at startup founders and entrepreneurs.
• Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (GEEP) A cross-border entrepreneurship exchange program connecting entrepreneurs from 4 countries, providing structured international exchange and entrepreneurship development opportunities.
• Donor Project Operations Operational framework for managing donor-funded projects supporting entrepreneurship development across various regions. Targeted at donor agencies and development programs.
• Seed Forum Investor Events (City-based) In-person investor pitch events hosted in cities including Oslo (42nd edition) and Helsinki (20th edition), presenting startups to local and visiting investor audiences for early-stage funding opportunities.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iHUB ChisinaucoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributoriHUB Chisinau in Moldova is a key partnership location that has been doubling its space, indicating significant growth and importance. The hub serves as a local interface for startup engagement in the Moldova region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Techstars: Global accelerator operator running in-person cohort programs and investor matchmaking events. Techstars is a much larger incumbent with a similar investor-startup matchmaking model, but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth globally.
• Crunchbase: Major startup-intelligence and discovery platform with investor-startup matching features. Comparable as a broad incumbent enabling deal sourcing and investor relationship management, but not focused on event-driven early-stage matching.

Direct peers

• Gust: Investor-startup matching platform originally affiliated with the Funded.com / AngelList ecosystem. Provides online deal flow management and investor syndication comparable to Seed Forum Global Digital Platform.
• Seedstars: Swiss-based emerging markets accelerator and investor network running digital and in-person investor-startup events across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Highly comparable to Seed Forum's emerging-market focus and hybrid event-plus-platform model.
• MassChallenge: Global no-equity accelerator operating cohorts in multiple countries with curated investor introductions. Comparable to Seed Forum in providing structured accelerator programming and investor connections, mostly in emerging and mid-tier ecosystems.
• Startupbootcamp: Global accelerator running vertical and city-specific programs with investor demo days. Comparable to Seed Forum's event-driven investor matching and early-stage founders focus, particularly in European markets.
• F6S: Global startup and investor matching platform with both free and paid memberships. F6S overlaps with Seed Forum's digital matchmaking offering and accelerator-application capabilities.
• AngelList: Global online platform connecting startups with investors, syndicates, and talent. Directly competes with Seed Forum Global Digital Platform as an investor matchmaking destination for early-stage founders.

Emerging players

• Dealroom.co: European-headquartered startup and investor data platform with growing investor matchmaking tools. Partially overlapping with Seed Forum's digital platform ambition, particularly in European emerging markets.

Regional players

• EBAN (European Business Angels Network): Pan-European federation of business angel networks running investor events and training programs. Operates in many of the same European geographies as Seed Forum with overlapping investor events and training offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/seedforum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eeroheino

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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