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StartupInspire: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A free listing exists, and their own card says approval to showcase is not guaranteed.

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StartupInspire homepage
Eligibility

Who StartupInspire accepts

You need
An account with a password, because their Google button still asks you to set one
An email address you can verify
A business name and a website
A launch date, a country and a technology from their fixed list
You'll be rejected if
A second product, since the free plan covers exactly one startup
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What you actually get
One startup listed in a gallery of more than 15,000 after a manual review of up to 96 hours, with no permanent backlink included and approval explicitly not promised on the free tier.

How to submit to StartupInspire

  1. Pick the free plan
    Submit your startup opens a pricing page with Free, Standard at EUR 19 lifetime and Premium at EUR 49.
  2. Create the account by hand
    The signup wants an email, business name and a password, with a mandatory terms checkbox. The Sign in with Google button does not skip the password or the email verification.
  3. Fill the informations step
    Name, headline, URL, launch status and an exact launch date, country, up to three categories, an SEO slug, a description capped at 1,000 characters and at least one technology.
  4. Upload logo and screenshots
    A square logo and at least one screenshot at 900 by 600 or smaller, each through a crop dialog.
  5. Submit and wait
    Milestones are optional. Submit Startup leaves the listing Under review for up to 96 hours, and the Startups page then reads one startup submitted.

StartupInspire requirements

A business name and website
A headline and a description under 1,000 characters
A launch status and an exact launch date
A country and up to three categories
At least one technology from their list
A square logo and at least one screenshot, 900 by 600 or smaller
Milestones, LinkedIn, X and Product Hunt linksoptional

Gotchas

The free card states plainly that approval to showcase is not guaranteed and that no permanent backlink is included, so the review can end in nothing.
Sign in with Google is not real SSO here: it still walks you through setting a password and verifying the email, so the account cannot be made without a person.
The form requires a launch date down to the day and a technology from their own fixed list, neither of which a product without a formal launch has to hand.
The free plan covers exactly one startup; a second needs the EUR 19 lifetime tier.

Let your agent submit to StartupInspire

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the StartupInspire playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 StartupInspire rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 7 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: standard is EUR 19 lifetime for up to five startups with instant approval and a featured badge; Premium is EUR 49 for unlimited startups plus a promotional banner and homepage header.
Types it into StartupInspire in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to StartupInspire?".
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StartupInspire FAQ

How long does StartupInspire approval take?
StartupInspire's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to StartupInspire?
StartupInspire has a free submission option plus paid placement (Standard is EUR 19 lifetime for up to five startups with instant approval and a featured badge; Premium is EUR 49 for unlimited startups plus a promotional banner and homepage header.).
Does StartupInspire give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from StartupInspire are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 59.
Does StartupInspire require a backlink to your site?
No, StartupInspire does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from StartupInspire?
A second product, since the free plan covers exactly one startup.