A paid-only startup directory that says so on the form, charges GBP 49 once, and delivers the dofollow it advertises.
startups.fm
Eligibility
Who Startups.fm accepts
You need
GBP 49
A live website
A contact email and your name
You'll be rejected if
Anything not worth GBP 49 to the reviewer, since every listing is checked by a human
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What you actually get
A human-reviewed listing page with an unqualified dofollow link to your domain, live within about 48 hours. The DR 48+ they advertise checks out at 49, so the link is the honest product here; the audience is the same founders-and-operators crowd every startup directory claims.
How to submit to Startups.fm
1
Open the form and read the price
One page at /submit, no account. It states the terms before any field: paid only, GBP 49 one-off, reviewed by a human.
2
Paste your URL and let it scrape
The website field auto-fills name, tagline, description, logo and featured image from your site. Everything it writes is editable.
3
Correct what the scrape got wrong
Check the tagline and description against your own copy, and override the logo and og:image uploads if it grabbed the wrong ones.
4
Add the founder fields
Category, funding stage, country, your name, email, and a how-did-you-hear-about-us select.
5
Continue into payment
The Continue button leads to the GBP 49 charge. Nothing is submitted or reviewed until that clears.
Startups.fm requirements
GBP 49 payment
Live website URL
Startup name, tagline and description
A category from their fixed list
Your name and email
Logo or favicon upload, overriding the auto-graboptional
Featured landscape image, overriding your og:imageoptional
Funding stage and countryoptional
Gotchas
There is no free lane to find. The page says "Listings are paid" before the first field, so the only decision is whether GBP 49 is worth a DR 49 dofollow to you.
The form scrapes your site and writes your tagline, description and images for you. Whatever it produces is what a human reviewer reads, so re-read every prefilled field before you pay rather than after.
Let your agent submit to Startups.fm
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Startups.fm 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 4 Startups.fm rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 8 fields this form asks for, 3 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: GBP 49 one-off is the only lane; no free tier, no account, human review before publication.
Types it into Startups.fm 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 Startups.fm?".
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Startups.fm FAQ
How long does Startups.fm approval take?
Startups.fm's typical time from submission to going live is within 48 hours.
How much does it cost to submit to Startups.fm?
Submitting to Startups.fm is paid (GBP 49 one-off is the only lane; no free tier, no account, human review before publication).
Does Startups.fm give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Startups.fm carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 49.
Does Startups.fm require a backlink to your site?
No, Startups.fm does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Startups.fm?
Anything not worth GBP 49 to the reviewer, since every listing is checked by a human.