pitchMe is the practice room we wished we had: private, patient and honest. It began as a fix for a problem we knew too well, and grew into something schools asked for.
Singapore + Vietnam · team since 2024 · PITCHME Pte. Ltd., est. 2025
Confidence in speaking is not randomly distributed. It follows coaching, practice, and safe places to fail. Most people never get all three. pitchMe exists to build them for everyone: a coach that watches every rehearsal, feedback that arrives in minutes, and a room where nobody laughs.
Polytechnic, year one
Rachel and Zhi Feng met in year one of polytechnic. Hackathons taught them to build almost anything. Then came the stage, and the words would not.
Practising alone taught them little, and practising in front of people took more courage than the presentation itself. What they wanted was simple: somewhere to rehearse in private, with feedback that told the truth kindly.
March to November 2024
In March 2024 they entered NTU Deep Learning Week and took first place. One LinkedIn post later, Singapore Polytechnic reached out with a question: sell the idea, or build it into a real service for the school. They chose to build.
The first version took shape in two bedrooms in two countries, over countless calls and iterations. The MVP went live in November 2024, and the SUTD Baby Shark Fund backed it almost immediately.
2025 to today
The platform left the campus: a corporate sharing at Keppel's Data Analytics Division, a pitch to UEH's Venture and Innovation Department in Ho Chi Minh City that opened Vietnam, and internships for Vietnamese students. Kavya leads the impact side, and a mentor from GIC helped sharpen how we think about growth.
Programmes followed. Pitch Perfect! with the National Youth Council, a first English public-speaking programme in Vietnam with UEH and UTH, and SPOTLIGHT STUDIO with SHINE. Classrooms in two countries now practise with pitchMe.
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Mar 2024
The first outside proof that the idea mattered.
Nov 2024
SUTD Baby Shark Fund round one followed straight after.
May 2025
The second SUTD grant in six months.
Aug to Sep 2025
Our largest grant to date. Incorporated as PITCHME Pte. Ltd.
Dec 2025
Four researchers and a professor studying our AI pipeline.
Feb to Jun 2026
Third at the SUTD round, top 6 Singapore at the NUS national round, then the Digital Incubator: top 90 of 18,000+ teams worldwide.
Mid 2026
2,000+ practices completed. 300+ users. Singapore and Vietnam.
Sep 2026
Twelve months of milestone-based support from raiSE, Singapore's Centre for Social Enterprise, to widen access to speaking practice.
S$121,000 raised in grants and prizes. Zero equity given.
Plus US$25,000 in Google Cloud for Startups credits, and two 2026 awards: the SUTD Entrepreneurial Spirit Award and the Baby Shark special award Hidden Gem.
Two founders on the record, and the core team behind the work. Quotes as published, July 2026.
“I kept seeing students with genuinely strong ideas who couldn't get them across. The problem wasn't the idea. It was that they had never really been taught how to communicate it, and there was nowhere safe to practise.”
“What we wanted to build was something that gave every student the same quality of feedback, regardless of whether their school had access to specialised coaching or not.”
7 formal team members. 20+ contributors across Singapore and Vietnam, from R&D to facilitation.
Where this is going
“Communication shapes confidence, and confidence shapes opportunity. We've met students with incredible potential who hesitate to share their ideas because they don't believe their voice matters. We want to change that. Every young person deserves the chance to be heard.”
Confidence programmes already run with the National Youth Council and SHINE Children and Youth Services, alongside classrooms in Singapore and Vietnam.
Write to hello@pitchmesg.com. Our co-founder Rachel replies within 3 working days.
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