+175 top VC funds use Evertrace to uncover stealth builders everyday
From one signal to full story
Evertrace connects scattered signals - across code, domains, social, and more - to reveal real founder intent. One signal is all it takes to surface the full picture.
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Connect Evertrace with your AI agents
Set up in minutes using Evertrace MCP and let your agents handle sourcing while you focus on closing deals.
Automate your next move with workflows
Set triggers, define logic, and let Evertrace take action for you - saving you hours of manual work.
Plug Evertrace into your existing stack
Sync signals directly into the tools you already use - from Slack to Affinity and Attio - so your data always stays up to date.
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Early-stage VCs
Spot tomorrow’s founders before pitch decks exist - and source deals ahead of the market.
Startups
Reach new companies at inception - and secure the edge by connecting long before competitors.
Angel investors
Detect high-signal founders early and secure your spot in the best rounds.
We use Evertrace to enhance our people data. It’s a great add-on to help identify early-stage opportunities early.
What our customers love
“Evertrace has very quickly become an integral part of our sourcing toolkit, helping us uncover new founders and companies. The platform is straightforward to use and offers valuable insights that support the most critical parts of our daily operations."
“Evertrace has further streamlined our sourcing processes and made our setup even more scalable. It has helped us reduce the manual workload and improve our ability to identify new founders, particularly in countries outside our core markets. It has been a valuable enhancement for us.”
"Evertrace levels the playing field for data-driven sourcing, giving VCs of all sizes access to the same capabilities as large multi-stage funds”
"Evertrace has transformed our sourcing by providing scalable access to a wide range of data sources. This has enabled us to spot founders even earlier. Additionally, the continuous improvements in the team view are enhancing our efficiency as a team. Overall, it has been a seamless experience!”
Scale your intelligence pipeline
Access the full power of Evertrace via API - and feed founder signals into your own tools, dashboards, or internal products.
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Built for investors,
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Evertrace was born to simplify the complex world of founder data. We help you surface signals earlier - and turn them into smarter, faster decisions.
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Evertrace is a founder detection engine, a specialized type of VC sourcing software that identifies founders and startup teams before they publicly announce or raise funding. Unlike traditional deal sourcing platforms that track companies after formation, Evertrace monitors real-time data sources, including trade registries, GitHub, patents, grants, domain registrations, and social signals, to surface the earliest indicators of company creation. As of 2026, more than 175 VC funds use Evertrace to detect pre-seed and stealth-stage founders worldwide.
Evertrace continuously tracks real-time data sources across multiple signal categories. Company formation signals include trade registries and domain registrations. Technical activity signals cover GitHub stealth activity, patent filings, academic research papers, and government grant databases. Social intent signals track X (formerly Twitter) patterns and co-founder search behavior. Each signal is cross-referenced and timestamped so investors can trace the full journey from first digital footprint to company formation.
Evertrace tracks distinct signal types that reveal startup formation activity before any public announcement. These include detecting when someone registers a new company in a trade registry, files a patent, starts building on GitHub without a public company, registers a new domain, receives a government grant, or begins searching for co-founders on social platforms. By combining these signals, Evertrace surfaces stealth founders who haven't yet built a website, created a pitch deck, or appeared on any traditional VC database, giving early-stage investors a sourcing advantage measured in weeks or months over firms relying on conventional deal flow.
Evertrace focuses specifically on founder detection at the earliest possible stage, before a company is publicly visible. While platforms like Harmonic, Dealroom, PitchBook, and Crunchbase are strong for tracking companies after formation or funding, Evertrace goes deeper on pre-formation signals by monitoring sources most platforms don't cover: trade registries in real time, patent filings, academic research papers, government grants, co-founder search activity, and stealth GitHub behavior. This means investors using Evertrace see founders before they show up anywhere else. For detailed breakdowns, see our comparison pages for Evertrace vs. Harmonic, Evertrace vs. Specter, Evertrace vs. Dealroom, and Evertrace vs. PitchBook.
Yes. Evertrace integrates directly with CRMs like Affinity and Attio, so you can push founders andcompanies straight into your pipeline. For teams that want to go further, Evertrace offers full APIaccess and an MCP server, letting you build custom sourcing workflows, feed founder signals intointernal tools, or connect Evertrace to AI assistants like Claude. Instead of manually scanning fordeals, Evertrace continuously detects relevant founders and gives you the tools to route themwherever they need to go.
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