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Version 2026-10-08.1, published October 8, 2026

Last updated: October 8, 2026

1. Who runs SeedRank

SeedRank (the app and seedrank.app) is run by SeedRank LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, referred to in these terms as "we" or "us". On the App Store, the app is published under the individual developer account of Batu Yetki, who runs SeedRank LLC. You can reach us at hello@seedrank.app or through the contact page.

2. What SeedRank is

SeedRank is the social network for spotting startups early. Founders list their early-stage startups and post short updates on their startup's page. Seeds are a way to show support: every member can plant one Seed on any startup they believe in, and tap again to take it off. Rankings count Seeds: Today, This Week, and All-Time, and can be narrowed by a startup's category and business model. Everyone has the same kind of profile, with an optional Founder or Builder label. Members can also follow startups and other members.

In the app, members can also:

  • Browse startups by category and business model, and see which startups are climbing the rankings.
  • Read the latest updates from every startup on SeedRank in a community feed.
  • Cheer an update, to show support with one tap.
  • Pick the kinds of startups they're interested in, so the app can suggest startups to follow. Suggestions come from the categories you pick and from the rankings; like rankings, they are not SeedRank's endorsement.
  • Check an activity inbox inside the app for news about the startups they follow, their own startup, and their profile. SeedRank doesn't send push notifications.

3. Seeds have no value

  • SeedRank involves no real money. Nothing on SeedRank costs money, and there are no in-app purchases.
  • Seeds are a free way to show support. Every member can plant one Seed per startup, and take it off at any time. Seeds have no cash value.
  • Seeds can't be bought, sold, transferred, or redeemed for cash, prizes, or anything else.
  • Rank can't be bought. Rankings come only from the Seeds members plant on SeedRank. No one can pay to change a startup's rank, and there are no paid placements or boosts.
  • Members of a startup's team can't plant a Seed on their own startup.
  • Planting a Seed is not an investment. A Seed gives you no equity, ownership, securities, returns, or payouts of any kind. It is a public signal of support, nothing more, and who planted a Seed on which startup is never shown: startups show a count only.
  • SeedRank is not an investment platform. No real money changes hands on SeedRank, no securities are offered or sold, and nothing on SeedRank is investment advice (see section 4).
  • There are no prizes of any kind.
  • We may change how rankings are counted and shown (for example the time windows and the minimum number of startups a board needs), and we may remove Seeds to fix errors or abuse.

4. Rankings are not endorsements

Rankings reflect the Seeds members plant on SeedRank. They are not SeedRank's opinion, advice, or endorsement, and they are not a measure of business performance. SeedRank does not provide investment advice, and nothing in the app or on seedrank.app is a recommendation to invest in any company. When founders list a startup, SeedRank checks that they control its website, app, or code. Pre-listed startups are added from public information. SeedRank doesn't vet or vouch for any business itself.

5. Accounts and age

  • Accounts are created in the iPhone app with Sign in with Apple or Sign in with Google. One account per person.
  • You must be at least 18 to use SeedRank.
  • If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 18, we delete it. A parent or guardian can ask us to delete their child's account and data at any time by contacting us.
  • Where SeedRank is available: the United States only. The app is offered only on the US App Store.

6. Rules, reporting, and blocking

SeedRank has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. You may not:

  • Ask members for money, offer equity, securities, or tokens, or use SeedRank to raise funds.
  • Post scams, impersonate anyone, or list a company you don't run.
  • Create more than one account, or use bots or scripts to plant Seeds, follow, cheer, or report.
  • Post content that is illegal, hateful, sexual, or harassing, or use offensive language. We check names, startup details, and updates for offensive language before they're published.
  • Post content you don't have the right to use, such as someone else's logo, photos, or text.
  • Use updates to spam, flood a page, or advertise anything other than your own startup's progress.
  • Harass, threaten, bully, or abuse other members, or get around a block.

Reporting and blocking. In the app you can report any startup, update, or profile, and block any member. You can report or block any member from their profile, from a startup's team, or from one of their updates, even if their profile is private. Members you block can't follow you or see your profile or your updates, and their updates are hidden from you.

What we do about it. We review reports and act on them within 24 hours. We remove content that breaks these terms, and we suspend or permanently remove the accounts that posted it. Content that several members report is hidden automatically while we review it, and our team is alerted by email. We may also hide or remove content, remove startups, and suspend or remove accounts on our own, without a report.

7. What you post

  • Profile photos. You can add a photo to your profile. It's public wherever your profile or name appears, and it goes through the same automated check as everything else you publish.
  • Updates. Members on the team of a verified startup can post short updates (text and an optional photo) on its page. Updates are public: they appear on the startup's page in the app and on seedrank.app, in the Following feed of members who follow the startup or you, and in the community feed that every member can see in the app. There's a daily limit on updates per startup.
  • Cheers. You can cheer any update except your own, once per update, and take your cheer off at any time. The number of cheers on each update is public. SeedRank doesn't show anyone who cheered; only you can see whether you cheered an update. Cheers carry no text.
  • Your profile. Your profile is public only if you choose. A private profile shows only your name and your label (Founder, Builder, or none); it can still be reported or blocked. Your Seeds are never shown on your profile.
  • Interests. The categories you pick as interests are never shown to other members. We use them only to suggest startups to follow.
  • Moderation. Before anything you publish goes live (names, bio, links, startup details, updates, photos), it's checked by an automated moderation service (OpenAI). We ask for your permission for this in the app; without it you can still browse, plant Seeds, and follow, but you can't publish.
  • Your content stays yours. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, show, and share what you post on SeedRank (in the app, on seedrank.app, and in share images) for as long as it's on SeedRank. You can delete your updates at any time; deleting your account deletes them too.
  • Reporting and blocking. See section 6.
  • Links in updates are shown as plain text, not as tappable links.

8. Listing, claiming, and removing startups

  • Pre-listed startups. Some startups are listed by us from publicly available company information (such as the company's name, website, public description, and App Store or GitHub page) before anyone from the company joins. Pre-listed startups show no founder names and no logo until the company claims and verifies its listing.
  • Claiming a listing. A company can claim its listing in the app by proving it controls the company's website (a tag or small file on the site), its domain's DNS (a TXT record), its App Store listing, or its GitHub repository. Where we offer it, a code sent to an email address at the company's domain also works. Once verified, the company's team can edit the listing and post updates.
  • Your responsibility. Founders who list or claim a startup confirm that they run it and that it meets the eligibility rules.
  • Tags. Each startup carries one category and one business model from a fixed list. We may correct them.
  • Removal. Any company can ask us to remove its listing at any time, on the removal page (no account needed) or by email to hello@seedrank.app. When a startup is removed, its page, rankings, and Seeds come off SeedRank.

9. External links

Startup pages and profiles may link to other websites. We don't control them; visit them at your own risk.

10. Copyright complaints (DMCA)

We respect copyright and respond to notices under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).

Reporting content. If you believe something on SeedRank (for example a logo, photo, bio, or startup description) infringes your copyright, send us a notice through the contact page (choose "Report a startup or profile") or by email to hello@seedrank.app. Your notice must include:

  • Your physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is fine).
  • The copyrighted work you believe is infringed (or, for several works, a representative list).
  • The content you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it, such as the link to the startup or profile page.
  • Your name, postal address, phone number, and email address.
  • A statement that you believe in good faith that the use isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act for them.

When we receive a complete notice, we remove or disable the content and let the member who posted it know.

Counter-notice. If your content was removed and you believe it was removed by mistake or misidentified, send a counter-notice the same way. It must include:

  • Your physical or electronic signature.
  • The content that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
  • A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith the content was removed by mistake or misidentification.
  • Your name, postal address, and phone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the US federal district court for your address (or, if you're outside the US, any judicial district where SeedRank may be found), and that you'll accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

We send the counter-notice to the person who sent the original notice. Unless they tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to keep the content down, we may restore it 10 to 14 business days after we received the counter-notice.

Repeat infringers. We suspend or close the accounts of members who repeatedly infringe copyright, in appropriate circumstances.

False claims. Knowingly misrepresenting that content infringes, or that it was removed by mistake, can make you liable for damages (17 U.S.C. § 512(f)).

Send notices and counter-notices to hello@seedrank.app or through the contact page.

11. Service provided as is

SeedRank is free and is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we make no promises or warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't promise that SeedRank will always be available, error-free, or secure, or that rankings, startup information, or anything members post is accurate or complete. We may change, pause, or stop any part of SeedRank at any time.

12. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows:

  • We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, use, or goodwill, that comes from your use of SeedRank or your inability to use it, even if we were told it could happen.
  • Our total liability for all claims about SeedRank is limited to US$100, because SeedRank is free to use.

Some states don't allow some of these limits. Where they aren't allowed, they apply only as far as the law allows.

13. Ending your account

  • You can delete your account at any time in the app (Profile → Settings → Delete account). What is deleted and what stays is explained in the privacy policy.
  • We can suspend or remove accounts that break these terms or the law, and hide or remove their content. You may not create a new account to get around a suspension or removal.
  • When an account ends, its Seeds end with it. Seeds have no value (section 3), so nothing is owed for them.
  • Sections 3, 4, 11, 12, and 14 still apply after your account ends.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute about these terms or SeedRank will be decided only in the state or federal courts located in Virginia, and you and we agree to those courts' jurisdiction.

15. Changes

We may update these terms. When we do, the app will ask you to accept the new version.

16. Contact

SeedRank is operated by SeedRank LLC. Questions: hello@seedrank.app, or see the contact page.