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Featured on Startup Spotlight

Embed this beautiful badge on your site. Required for free listings — they keep their spot as long as the badge is live. Pro listings (£49) can use it too as social proof.

How it works

1
Submit your startup for free
Fill the form, choose Free tier, agree to embed the badge. Submit now →
2
Copy the badge snippet below
Pick a style and copy the one-line embed code.
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Paste it on your site
Footer, pricing page, /about — anywhere indexable.
4
We crawl & verify
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Badge variants

Dark
Dark badge
<a href="https://startupspotlight.co/startup/YOUR-STARTUP-SLUG" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">
  <img src="https://startupspotlight.co/api/badge/YOUR-STARTUP-ID?variant=dark&v=2"
    alt="Featured on StartupSpotlight" width="248" height="48" />
</a>
Gold
Gold badge
<a href="https://startupspotlight.co/startup/YOUR-STARTUP-SLUG" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">
  <img src="https://startupspotlight.co/api/badge/YOUR-STARTUP-ID?variant=gold&v=2"
    alt="Featured on StartupSpotlight" width="248" height="48" />
</a>
Light
Light badge
<a href="https://startupspotlight.co/startup/YOUR-STARTUP-SLUG" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">
  <img src="https://startupspotlight.co/api/badge/YOUR-STARTUP-ID?variant=minimal&v=2"
    alt="Featured on StartupSpotlight" width="248" height="48" />
</a>

Why add the badge?

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Social proof
Show visitors you're in a curated directory.
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Do-follow backlink
The badge includes a do-follow link that boosts your SEO.
✅
Verified status
Unlock the verified checkmark next to your listing.
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Referral traffic
Badge clicks drive visitors back to your startup page.