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VC Deal Flow Signal
Find technical startups before the round is public
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Find technical startups before the round is public
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GitDealFlow tracks public GitHub engineering activity across 350+ startup orgs in 15 sectors and sends five accelerating teams every Sunday. New: an open CC BY 4.0 research dataset (55 startups, 219 startup-period observations), an SSRN methodology preprint, free JSON, CSV and OpenAPI, MCP, A2A and NLWeb access, Scout Score, and a public scorecard. Free weekly digest, with paid options from EUR 1.
Hey Product Hunt! I'm the Data Nerd behind VC Deal Flow Signal.
The backstory: I watched a startup's GitHub commit graph spike 200% in two weeks. Three weeks later they announced a Series A. The signal was right there the whole time - public, free, updating daily. Nobody was reading it.
So I built something that would.
VC Deal Flow Signal monitors GitHub engineering activity across 2,000+ startup orgs and ranks them by engineering acceleration. When a company's commit velocity deviates sharply from its own baseline, we flag it and classify the signal type. 54 startups currently live across 18 sectors, updated daily.
We launched on Indie Hackers and Hacker News last week and got great feedback on the methodology. The most common question was: "Does this actually predict fundraises?" The honest answer: engineering acceleration is a leading indicator, not a guarantee. But in our data, these patterns appear 6-12 weeks before announcements with enough regularity to be useful.
How this is different from Harmonic, Dealroom, etc.: Those platforms charge $10K+/year, require demo calls, and use proprietary black-box data. VC Deal Flow Signal uses transparent public GitHub data, is completely self-serve, and starts at EUR 9.97/mo. None of the incumbents track engineering momentum - they report rounds after they happen. We show you the acceleration before the pitch deck exists.
What you get:
- Free Signal Digest - 5 breakout startups with real GitHub data, monthly
- Dashboard (EUR 9.97/mo) - 50+ startups ranked by sector, stage, geography
- Insider Circle (EUR 97/mo) - private investor community, live briefings, API access
NEW: Works inside Claude. We shipped an MCP server so you can query the data directly from Claude Desktop or Claude Code. Ask "which startups are accelerating in cybersecurity?" and get live data. No API key, no login. Install: `npx @gitdealflow/mcp-signal`
NEW: Works inside Crunchbase. Free Chrome extension overlays the signal onto Crunchbase, AngelList, and PitchBook profiles. A green "Accelerating" badge appears next to any company where the GitHub data is interesting - the signal shows up inside your existing research workflow, not in a separate dashboard.
I'd love to hear from anyone who invests or is curious about data-driven deal sourcing. What would make this more useful?
Update from the maker (Aug 2026):
Since launch we have grown to 350+ venture-backed startups tracked across 15 sectors, refreshed every Sunday. The methodology is now published as an SSRN preprint (219-startup validation panel, CC BY 4.0): the acceleration pattern shows up a median 31 days before fundraise announcements.
New since launch: a free MCP server (ask Claude or Cursor which startups are accelerating this week, no API key: npx -y @gitdealflow/mcp-signal), a free Scout Score tool that grades any GitHub username against ~75 validated unicorns, and two free Chrome extensions that overlay the signal on Crunchbase and Wellfound.
Still free: the weekly Sunday digest, 5 breakout names with the raw GitHub data. If you check one thing, make it the digest.