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Submit idea
Collect business ideas, founder details, categories, and programme information.
Startup | Pitch | Enterprise
Startup Pitch & Entrepreneurship Competition Platform
Manage startup pitch, business idea, social enterprise, and entrepreneurship competitions with submissions, pitch evaluation, awards, results, and verified recognition.
Pitch decksPanel scoringBusiness model reviewAward decisions
Sample workspace
Entrepreneurship product view
Submit Idea -> Upload Pitch -> Screen -> Pitch Final -> Award
Entries
21
Jurors
14
Reviewed
84%
Evaluation progress84%
Entrepreneurship entry Submit idea
Pitch decks
Entrepreneurship entry Upload pitch
Panel scoring
Entrepreneurship entry Screen
Business model review
Latest score
85.6/ 100
Finalist
Built for
Competition workflows that match the format
Best for startup pitches, business idea challenges, incubation programmes, and social enterprise competitions.
Incubators and accelerators
Run structured pitch competitions with decks, videos, founder details, panel scoring, and results.
Universities and entrepreneurship centres
Manage student startup challenges, business idea showcases, and innovation-to-market competitions.
Public and corporate programmes
Evaluate market validation, business models, social impact, and commercial potential at scale.
How it works
How an entrepreneurship competition runs on PENTAS
PENTAS keeps the operational workflow consistent while letting each competition type use the language and evidence structure organisers expect.
Lifecycle board
Entrepreneurship workflow stages
5 stages
02
Upload pitch
Gather pitch decks, videos, business model summaries, and validation evidence.
03
Screen
Use review stages to shortlist projects for final pitch or panel evaluation.
04
Pitch final
Assign panel judges and score finalists using organiser-defined pitch criteria.
05
Award
Publish results, award winners, and release verified certificates.
Built-in capabilities
Everything needed for Entrepreneurship operations
Idea registration
Collect founder, team, and business idea details.
Pitch materials
Capture decks, videos, summaries, and supporting links.
Category management
Separate startups by track, sector, stage, or award category.
Screening workflow
Support shortlisting before final panel evaluation.
Panel scoring
Score business model, validation, impact, and pitch delivery.
Award workflow
Manage winner, runner-up, category, or special awards.
Certificates
Issue verified recognition for participants, winners, and jurors.
Public links
Connect pitch competitions to discovery and organiser pages.
Product scoring view
Example entrepreneurship judging criteria
Pitch competitions can configure rubrics around commercial potential, validation, team strength, and presentation.
Market opportunity85.6/100
Business model81.6/100
Team capability77.6/100
Validation evidence73.6/100
Financial or impact potential72/100
Review status
Ready for award decision
Pitch participant certificates
Winner and finalist awards
Social enterprise recognition
Panel jury certificates
Recognition
Awards and certificates
Recognition can be configured according to the organiser's award and certificate setup.
Pitch participant certificates
Winner and finalist awards
Social enterprise recognition
Panel jury certificates
Active competitions
Browse all competitionsRelated Entrepreneurship competitions
Published competitions are shown using available type data first, with conservative fallback matching when older records do not expose a clean competition type.
No active published competitions are currently matched to this type.
Organisers can still run this format on PENTAS. Browse all competitions or start an organiser conversation to configure a new workflow.
Why PENTAS
One workspace for the complete competition lifecycle
Configure
Set categories, rules, registration, submissions, and organiser requirements.
Evaluate
Assign jurors, apply rubrics, collect scores, and manage review stages.
Recognise
Publish results and issue award, participant, jury, or committee certificates.
Verify
Support digital certificate verification where enabled by the competition.
FAQ
Entrepreneurship competition questions
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