Evertrace on VentureTales
Recently, Evertrace was featured on the VentureTales podcast, where our co-founder Jacob Graubæk Houlberg sat down with Alex Zafeiris to talk about how AI is changing early-stage investing and why we’re building Evertrace.
We had a great conversation about how startup discovery is evolving and what the next generation of venture sourcing might look like.
From networks to signals
For decades, venture capital has relied heavily on networks, introductions, and inbound deal flow to discover new startups.
But the startup ecosystem has grown dramatically. Thousands of companies are created every week across different geographies and platforms, making traditional discovery methods increasingly difficult to scale.
During the conversation, we discussed how this is beginning to change.
AI and large-scale data infrastructure are enabling investors to move from network-driven discovery toward signal-driven discovery.
Instead of waiting for companies to appear in their network, investors can detect emerging startups the moment signals begin to appear.
Building Evertrace
At Evertrace, we are building a platform designed to power this shift.
Our system monitors signals across the startup ecosystem to help investors identify founders and companies earlier than traditional venture workflows allow.
This includes signals such as company formations, product launches, research activity, and other early indicators that a new startup may be emerging.
The goal is simple: help investors discover promising founders earlier and understand emerging ecosystems faster.
What we talked about
In the episode, we covered a range of topics, including:
- Finding pre-seed companies the moment they are incorporated
- Automating deal flow that previously required weeks of manual research
- Building a profitable SaaS company with a lean team
- Why we chose not to raise traditional venture capital
- What the future of AI-driven startup discovery might look like
Watch the episode
If you’re interested in how investors actually discover startups today, the full conversation is definitely worth a watch.
A big thank you to Alex Zafeiris for the thoughtful questions and a great discussion.
You can watch the full VentureTales episode below.
