What our listing review checks, and what it does not
Every listing is read against a written checklist before it goes live. Here is each item, how it is checked, and where the check stops.
A listing goes live on PitchRound after a person has read it against our listing checklist. The listing then says so, with the date, for example: "Reviewed against our listing checklist on 25 September 2026". It also says, on every listing, that the figures come from the founder, are not audited, and are not a recommendation. This post explains what sits behind that sentence.
What we check
The company exists. We compare the legal name and registration number the founder gives us with the public company register, and we check that the person who created the listing is named there as a director, officer or shareholder.
The listing is allowed here. We read it against our list of prohibited sectors and content, and we search our own listings for the same name, website or registration number, so one company is not listed twice or by someone else.
The rest holds together. We open the website and the linked profiles and confirm they describe the same company. We open each document the founder uploads and confirm it is what its title says and can be read. We confirm that mail to the founder's address is delivered and answered. And we check that the founder has signed an attestation that the listing is true, complete and not misleading.
Where the check stops
The figures are the founder's. We check that they agree with each other: monthly and annual revenue, a growth rate and the numbers it comes from, the stage claimed. We do not see bank statements, ledgers or invoices, and no figure on a listing has been confirmed by us or anyone else. That is why every figure is labelled as reported by the founder.
Reading a document is not verifying it. We confirm a file is the kind of document it claims to be; we do not confirm what is written in it, or that a signature in it is genuine.
A review is not an opinion on the company. It says the listing met the checklist on a date. It does not say the company is a good investment, and nothing on PitchRound is a recommendation.
What to do with it
Treat the review as the floor, not the ceiling: the company is real, the person listing it may do so, and nothing on the page contradicts itself. Everything an investment decision needs beyond that is your own diligence, and the founder's answers and your own advisers are where it happens.