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Founder & Principal Analyst, VC Deal Flow Signal
Engineer turned venture-data researcher. Builds the weekly GitHub engineering-acceleration panel and maintains the methodology behind every signal on the site.
2026-04-27
This week's top 10 startups by engineering acceleration across 19 sectors. NewLifeX leads with +999% commit velocity change. Data from 87 tracked startups.
2026-04-27
akto-api-security is the #1 engineering acceleration mover this week across 80 tracked startups in 19 sectors. Commit velocity is up +75% over 14 days on a baseline of 267 commits with 53 contributors. Signal: Framework migration.
2026-04-26
The complete 2026 playbook on engineering acceleration as a VC deal flow signal — pipeline, metrics, benchmarks, predictive analytics, screening workflow, and sector patterns, with worked examples from a 4,200-startup GitHub panel.
2026-04-26
GitDealFlow now publishes a Google A2A AgentCard at /.well-known/agent-card.json and a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint at /api/a2a. Five free skills, no auth. Crunchbase API costs $20K per year. Ours costs nothing. Here is the curl that proves it.
2026-04-26
I shipped Receipts at signals.gitdealflow.com/receipts. Paste your GitHub username, get a Scout Score from your starring history. The unicorns you starred before the news broke — Vercel at 200 stars, LangChain in week 2, OpenAI before the $157B round — are now worth points. Free, no login, no OAuth.
2026-04-26
I shipped two free SVG badges for any GitHub README. One renders your live Scout Score (0-100) from your starring history. The other renders the live commit-momentum tier of any tracked repo. Same shields.io look as Codecov / WakaTime, auto-updates, no signup, no telemetry.
2026-04-26
A working Cursor MCP recipe: 4 lines of JSON, 5 paste-ready prompts, and your AI editor can answer 'is this commit pattern unusual' from inside the file you're reading. Built on GitDealFlow's 4,200-startup engineering acceleration panel.
2026-04-25
Three weeks of tool-count post-mortem on @gitdealflow/mcp-signal. Why REST endpoints aren't user intents, why two of my tool names were costing me selection accuracy, and the data on what changed.
2026-04-22
Most angel investors check 3 sources. Here are 47 signals that catch startups 6-12 weeks before Crunchbase, from GitHub velocity to SEC Form D filings.
2026-04-19
Six months of public GitHub data across 4,200 startup organizations. Which commit patterns actually predict a Series A round? Plus the public Q3 2026 watchlist – bookmark and verify.
2026-04-14
Seven engineering metrics from public GitHub data that help investors evaluate startup momentum: commit velocity, contributor growth, repo expansion, weekend activity, and more. A practical checklist for data-driven deal sourcing.
2026-04-14
Engineering acceleration is the rate of change in a startup's public GitHub commit velocity, contributor count, and repository activity — not participation in an accelerator program like Y Combinator. Learn why this metric matters more than absolute commit counts and how investors use it to time fundraise signals.
2026-04-13
Commit velocity is the total number of commits to a startup's GitHub repository over a rolling 14-day window. Learn what it measures, what it misses, and how to interpret it for deal sourcing.
2026-04-12
How to use GitHub engineering signals to find pre-seed startups before they raise. Covers what pre-seed activity looks like on GitHub, signal patterns, and a step-by-step sourcing workflow.
2026-04-11
Series A startups show distinctive GitHub patterns: infrastructure buildout, rapid contributor growth, and platform expansion. Learn what these signals mean for investors evaluating growth-stage deals.
2026-04-10
Crunchbase tells you what already happened. Learn three approaches to finding startups before they raise – using GitHub signals, community sourcing, and hiring data as leading indicators.
2026-04-09
Open source startups present unique challenges for GitHub-based deal sourcing. Learn how to separate community contributions from commercial engineering activity and identify the open source companies worth investing in.
2026-04-08
Compare GitHub engineering signals and hiring data as leading indicators of startup fundraises. Lead time, reliability, coverage, and which investors should use – or whether the combination beats either alone.
2026-04-07
Alternative data has transformed public market investing. Now it is coming to venture capital. GitHub engineering activity is the most accessible, real-time, and underused alternative data source for startup investors.
2026-04-07
An analysis of engineering acceleration patterns specific to fintech startups. Regulatory-driven development cycles, compliance infrastructure, and what makes fintech GitHub signals different from other sectors.
2026-04-06
The AI sector shows the highest commit velocity of any sector we track. Learn which AI engineering patterns signal real traction vs. hype, and how to use GitHub data to find the AI startups worth investing in.
2026-04-05
A 30-minute weekly workflow for investors who want to use GitHub engineering signals for deal sourcing. Step-by-step process: check rankings, screen startups, verify signals, and build a pipeline.
2026-04-04
Five specific GitHub engineering patterns that have historically preceded startup fundraise announcements by 6-12 weeks. What to look for and why these patterns work as leading indicators.
2026-04-04
Cybersecurity startups have unique GitHub patterns: rapid response to CVEs, compliance-driven sprints, and infrastructure hardening. Learn what cybersecurity engineering signals mean for investors.
2026-04-03
Climate tech startups combine hardware and software development, creating unique GitHub patterns. Learn how to interpret engineering signals for energy, carbon, and sustainability startups.
2026-04-02
Common pitfalls when using GitHub engineering data for deal sourcing: confusing stars with traction, ignoring private repos, overweighting absolute velocity, missing the context behind spikes, and treating signals as investment decisions.
2026-04-01
A practical framework for using public GitHub data in venture capital due diligence. What to look for, what to ignore, and how engineering signals complement traditional diligence methods.
2026-03-28
A practical guide for investors on interpreting GitHub engineering activity as a leading indicator of startup traction. Covers commit velocity, contributor growth, and what patterns actually predict fundraises.
2026-03-25
Deal flow signal refers to data-driven indicators that help investors identify promising startups before traditional channels surface them. Learn how engineering momentum serves as a leading indicator of traction.