Deal Flow Sourcing for Venture Scouts
Use GitHub engineering acceleration to surface deals before the partners you scout for do, with a reproducible, data-driven sourcing edge.
Scouts live on speed and pattern recognition. The startups that show engineering acceleration today are the ones partners see decks for in six weeks. VC Deal Flow Signal gives scouts a reproducible, data-driven sourcing edge, free, with an MCP server that plugs directly into Claude Desktop for natural-language deal screening.
Quick start
The three pages worth bookmarking first.
Workflows for Scouts
Natural-language deal screening
Install the MCP server in Claude Desktop and ask 'which fintech startups are accelerating this week?', Claude queries the live dataset and returns ranked results.
Sector-filtered sourcing lists
Generate weekly sourcing lists by sector, sorted by commit-velocity change. Each /sector hub lists 5-15 curated companies with one-click deep dives.
Why engineering signals matter for Scouts
Scouts need to bring deal flow to partners faster than the partner's own network surfaces it. Code-side sourcing is the rare channel where a scout's GitHub literacy is the differentiator, partners without technical depth can't replicate this sourcing motion.
What this does not solve
Engineering signals don't solve partner relationship management or fund politics. They are a sourcing-quality signal, not an internal-advocacy tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the MCP server work for deal screening?▾
Install @gitdealflow/mcp-signal via npx in Claude Desktop. Then ask natural-language questions like 'which cybersecurity startups had a hiring burst this week?' and Claude queries the live dataset.
Can I use this to build a deal-flow tracker?▾
Yes. The JSON API (/api/signals.json) and CSV export are free, no auth. Pull them into Notion, Airtable, or any CRM.
Is this free for scouts?▾
Yes, all free. The MCP server, dataset, API, and weekly rankings are free forever.
Other personas
Corporate Development Directors
Scout acquisition targets via the engineering-acceleration signal, 3 to 6 weeks before the round closes and the price hardens.
PE Operating Partners
Scout bolt-on targets and benchmark portfolio company engineering velocity through one unified signal panel.
Non-Engineer Tech VPs
Vendor consolidation scouting and competitive engineering benchmarking through one unified signal panel.
Emerging-Manager VCs
Source pre-round deals from public engineering signals and differentiate from established-fund sourcing motions.
Founders
Map your competitive landscape and identify investor targets aligned with your sector through public engineering signals.
Researchers
Open dataset, published methodology, citable SSRN paper, and APIs designed for academic and policy research.
Tech Journalists & Analysts
Citable, independent, public-data sourced engineering-acceleration signal for venture-story reporting.
Angel Investors
Spot pre-seed breakouts 3-6 weeks before the round gets crowded, using public GitHub commit velocity as the earliest engineering-momentum signal.
Solo GPs
Level the playing field against established funds with a single dataset that surfaces breakout startups across 15 sectors every week.
Family Offices
Reproducible, defensible sourcing signals for investment committees, grounded in a longitudinal panel with an SSRN preprint and CC BY 4.0 dataset.
Scouts, get started
The fastest path is the weekly digest. Filter by your specific sectors during onboarding.
Install the MCP Server