Score early-stage startups on founder pedigree and team growth for VC deal sourcing
Surface pre-seed and seed companies worth a partner's time before competing funds see them.
- Free API key
- No credit card
- Run your sample
A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other teams on Forager
What it costs: Charged per request: credit pricing.
- Company data feed
- People data feed
- Job postings feed
- Data feed
- Internal use
How the data flows
- founder pedigree score
- true
- headcount growth
- 120
- posting velocity
- Toronto, ON
- name
- Kim Exemplar
- title
- Founder & CEO
- mobile
- +1 (416) 555-0186
Steps
- Detect new companies in
company_feed(founded_daterecent) and founders leaving employers inpeople_feed - Score founder pedigree from work history and education
- Score traction from headcount growth and
job_postings_feedvelocity - Rank and push a weekly list to partners' CRM
- Track job-posting velocity across portfolio as a health signal
Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| company feed | founder pedigree score |
| people feed | headcount growth |
| jobs feed | posting velocity |
| fund thesis | ranked deal list |
Questions about this recipe
What data do VCs use to find startups before they raise?
You send company feed, people feed, jobs feed and fund thesis. You get back founder pedigree score, headcount growth, posting velocity and ranked deal list. Partners see a prioritised list of early-stage companies ahead of competing funds and an earlier read on portfolio traction.
What does it cost to score early-stage startups on founder pedigree and team growth for VC deal sourcing?
Company data feed is a flat annual licence, global or regional, not priced in credits. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?
You send company feed, fund thesis and jobs feed. You get back founder pedigree score, headcount growth, posting velocity and ranked deal list, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
How can a fund score founders by background automatically?
Detect new companies in company_feed (founded_date recent) and founders leaving employers in people_feed. Score founder pedigree from work history and education.
Can teams running this workflow see a sample of the company data feed before licensing it?
Yes. Request a sample extract of the company data feed on a 30-minute call and check the fields against your own records before you license it.
When should I run this workflow?
New companies appear in the company feed, or founders leave notable employers to start something. Partners see a prioritised list of early-stage companies ahead of competing funds and an earlier read on portfolio traction.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Company data feed, people data feed and job postings feed. Company data feed: a licensed file of 65M+ company profiles and firmographics, delivered to Snowflake or S3 on a schedule. People data feed: a licensed file of 800M+ professional profiles, refreshed on a schedule and delivered to Snowflake or S3.
How do you check data quality?
The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.
How do I detect new startups from founder job changes?
Detect new companies in company_feed (founded_date recent) and founders leaving employers in people_feed. Score founder pedigree from work history and education.
Which tools can run this workflow?
Delivered as a data share to Snowflake, Databricks and Amazon S3. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.
How many steps is this workflow?
5 steps: detect new companies in company_feed (founded_date recent) and founders leaving employers in people_feed, score founder pedigree from work history and education, score traction from headcount growth and job_postings_feed velocity, rank and push a weekly list to partners' CRM and track job-posting velocity across portfolio as a health signal.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
Data feeds are licensed on an annual agreement, with the term, volume and refresh schedule written into it. There are no self-serve plans for feeds.
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