GitHub Signals vs Hiring Data: Which Predicts Fundraises Better?

GitHub engineering signals provide 6-12 weeks of lead time before fundraise announcements, while hiring data provides 4-8 weeks. GitHub signals are earlier because engineering acceleration precedes hiring decisions - a team accelerates its code output before posting job listings. Hiring data is more explicit about growth type (engineering vs. sales vs. marketing) but narrower in coverage. The optimal approach combines both: GitHub signals for early detection, hiring data for confirmation and growth-type classification.

References

[1] GitHub REST API - Contributors: GitHub Docs