Evertrace
Detect founders before any database lists them
4.0CustomBest for Pre-seed and seed funds competing on speed to founders
Founder Signals Stealth Sourcing AI
Overview
Evertrace (formerly Signal) is a Copenhagen-built founder-detection engine that monitors 10+ real-time sources — trade registries, GitHub, patent filings, research grants, domain registrations — to flag new founders weeks or months before they show up in any startup database. More than 70 venture funds, including Creandum, Atomico, Cherry Ventures and Antler, use it to open conversations with stealth founders first.
Key features
- Real-time monitoring of 10+ founder-activity sources
- Trade registry, GitHub, patent and grant signals
- Domain-registration and incorporation detection
- ML scoring of emerging founder profiles
- Alerts and pipeline export for sourcing workflows
Pros
- Genuinely earlier signal than incumbent startup databases
- Strong early client roster of European seed funds
- Purpose-built for pre-database, stealth-stage sourcing
Cons
- Young product from a small, recently rebranded team
- Registry-driven coverage is strongest in Europe