ScoutVerdictKnow before the trial.
Three independent academy analysts watch full matches and score your player against the standard for their age. You get their written report within 72 hours.
Why we built it
A FIFA analyst, a coach and a product manager kept seeing the same thing: families paying a lot to send their children to trials, often abroad, without anyone telling them honestly whether the child was ready. We built ScoutVerdict to give them that answer first.
Features
What ScoutVerdict does.
Three independent analysts
Four-pillar scoring
Five-market radar
Signed and checked
Before and after
Life before and after ScoutVerdict.
Without ScoutVerdict
Guessing before the trial
- Nobody says beforehand whether a trial is realistic
- Highlight reels that hide fatigue and decisions
- Everyone else gets paid when a trial happens
- No independent evaluation anywhere
With ScoutVerdict
Know first
- Three analysts from different leagues, scoring separately
- Full halves from real matches: a win, a draw and a loss
- A written report within 72 hours, read by us before you see it
- One payment, and we never act as the player's agent
- If the answer is not yet, the report says what is missing
How it works
What happens, step by step.
- 1
Send the footage
Share links to match video you already have on Veo, Hudl or YouTube: three full halves, from a win, a draw and a loss.
- 2
Analysts score your player
Three academy analysts from different leagues score separately, against what is expected at their age.
- 3
You get the report
Within 72 hours: the level they suit now, the football markets they fit, and whether they are ready for a trial.
The product
What you’ll find in ScoutVerdict.
The order form, the home page and the sample report for an invented player, on a phone.
Why now
Why the timing is right.
Since 2023, FIFA's agent rules stop agents approaching a player any earlier than six months before they can sign a first professional contract.
In July 2026 the EU's top court found that FIFA's agent licensing and its cap on agents' fees can be justified.
In March 2025 the same court ruled that a 17-year-old who signed with a sports agency is a consumer, protected by EU law on unfair contract terms.
Only 4% of teenagers at two elite LaLiga academies reached top-tier football, in a study that followed nearly 200 players for 10 years.
Proof so far
What we have already shown.
Built
Web app
The order form, the sample report, three portals and a report anyone can verify, on Postgres end to end.
Tested
Rubrics
The scoring template, written with an academy analyst and now running in the product.
Next gate
Pilot audits
The first real audits with the analyst panel, then payments and the November launch.
Key learning
We first planned to sell trial places to players who cleared the bar. We dropped it, because a company that sells the trial cannot also give a neutral verdict.
The investment case
Stage
Where ScoutVerdict is right now.
- Aug 2026
Concept and economics(done)
- Aug–Sep 2026
Brand and product design(done)
Identity locked; design system and every product surface designed.
- Sep 2026
Web app and verified passport(done)
Marketing site, order funnel, sample report and all three portals built, running on Postgres end to end. Card payment is the piece still to connect.
- Sep–Oct 2026
Scoring template and pilot audits
Template rebuilt with an academy analyst and now in the product: four pillars scored against the player's age phase, a panel-median consensus and senior review of any outlier. Pilot audits are next.
- Nov 2026 (target)
Launch
Sign-in works in production. Payments, email and the domain are the remaining pieces for a mid-November launch.
The problem
Youth football runs on trust nobody has earned: unregulated agents, upfront trial fees and no objective evaluation anywhere in the chain. Families spend £3,000–£5,000 sending a child to a trial that was never realistic, because nobody told them the truth first.
Our solution
Three accredited analysts from different leagues score the player's own footage against one template, anchored to measured physical data where it exists. The family gets the verdict in 72 hours for £540. A player who reaches the benchmark gets a verified passport the family takes to whichever clubs they choose.
Unit economics
What one verdict earns.
One order, from the venture's own model. Card fees, the quality review on every report, infrastructure and refunds come out of the gross and are not modelled yet.
Valuation
The ask.
Pre-money
On request
Raising
On request
Closing: Terms set after the pilot audits.
Use of funds
Pilot audits with the analyst panel, payments and the launch in November, then the first markets and the reassessment line.
Investor options
How you can participate.
Three ways into the cap table. Pick the one that fits your conviction and time horizon.
Angel ticket
terms comingOn request
Pre-seed SAFE · terms on request
Best fit: football and sports-tech operators, academy and club people, or angels who back trust-and-safety marketplaces.
- SAFE post-money
- Pro-rata in seed
- Direct line to the founders
Lead ticket
terms comingOn request
Pre-seed SAFE · terms on request
Pre-seed funds with a sports-tech or verified-credential thesis. Board observer and monthly metrics.
- Sets terms
- Board observer
- Monthly updates
Strategic
terms comingBespoke
Equity + commercial
Academies, coaching networks or performance-data providers. Co-investment with a distribution or data partnership, never a cut of a signing.
- Distribution deal
- Data partnership
- Independence kept in writing
Who’s behind it
Operated by Magic Pulpo.
A full studio venture: the same team that runs growth for global clients builds and operates this brand.
In-house build
Product, design and engineering sit inside the studio. No outsourced MVP, no agency markup between investor money and shipped product.
Stage-gated capital
Every venture advances through explicit evidence gates before spend scales. The current gate for ScoutVerdict is stated on this page.
Honest numbers
Past-tense claims here are sourced from the venture’s own build and records. Forward-looking figures are labelled as targets or internal estimates.
See the growth agency that builds them, its client work, or how the studio operates.