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Six concrete tracks · Founder anonymity preserved · Most live today

Partner with GitDealFlow

Six concrete tracks for distribution, co-marketing, and white-label integration. The methodology paper (CC BY 4.0) does the heavy lifting on credibility; the synthetic Data Nerd mascot keeps voice consistent; you keep your audience and your brand. Three tracks are live today (embed, citation, affiliate). Three are available by application or on request (co-published Sector Sweep, white-label MCP, quarterly co-host).

Every track preserves the founder-anonymity rule: the founder’s real name, voice, and face never appear the methodology, the data, and the synthetic mascot do all the talking. This makes us a clean co-marketing partner for funds and publishers who don’t want a third-party founder personality on their distribution.

Embed our scores

Live

Newsletter publishers, fund-internal tools, accelerator dashboards

Drop a one-line script tag (or use the badge SVG) to surface a startup's GitDealFlow score in your own UI. Updates daily, attribution required, CC BY 4.0.

Deliverables

✓Live badge SVG, 3 sizes, light + dark theme
✓Embed script (one-line, defer-loaded, ~3KB)
✓Per-org JSON via /api/v1/signals.json (filter by GitHub org)
✓Crunchbase/Wellfound Chrome extensions for score-on-card augmentation

Fit for

→Substack/newsletter writers covering specific sectors
→Funds that publish a public 'companies we follow' page
→Accelerators with a portfolio dashboard
→Developer-tools directories

Cost: Free

Timeline: Live the same day you copy the script

Open the badge builder →Embed examples

Co-published Sector Sweep

By application

Sector-focused funds, vertical newsletters, industry analysts

We co-publish a 40-page sector deep-dive under both brands. You bring sector expertise + distribution; we bring the methodology + the live scoring engine. Co-author bylines, dual landing pages, joint email blast to both lists.

Deliverables

✓40-page written deep-dive on one sector (top 25 ranked orgs, contributor maps, three pre-Crunchbase breakouts, raw CSV)
✓Co-branded PDF + landing page + OG image
✓Joint email to both subscriber bases (synced send)
✓30-day async Q&A from joint readers
✓First-year SEO benefit accrues to both domains

Fit for

→Sector funds (vertical SaaS, fintech infra, dev tools, climate tech, AI infra)
→Subject-matter expert newsletters with 5k+ subs
→Industry analyst groups already publishing quarterly reports

Cost: Revenue split: 50/50 of any Sector Sweep sales attributed inside 90 days. No fee to participate.

Timeline: 5 business days from kickoff to publish

Apply for a co-publish slot →See standalone Sector Sweep

White-label MCP server

On request

Funds running internal sourcing tools, multi-fund platforms

Run a fund-branded MCP server on your own subdomain. Your portfolio orgs pre-loaded as default tools. Same scoring engine; same methodology; your brand on the surface. Stays inside your firewall via the fund's own MCP host.

Deliverables

✓Fund-branded MCP server (8 tools / 3 resources / 2 templates / 5 prompts)
✓Pre-loaded with the fund's existing portfolio + watchlist
✓Subdomain CNAME (mcp.yourfund.com → our MCP)
✓Quarterly methodology updates synced automatically
✓Custom prompts trained on the fund's investment thesis (one-page brief)

Fit for

→Multi-fund VCs with internal investment platforms
→Funds running model-augmented diligence workflows
→Accelerators with cohort-monitoring tools
→Family offices with custom deal-flow dashboards

Cost: €4,997 one-time setup + €497/month hosting & updates

Timeline: 10 business days from kickoff to live

Discuss white-label MCP →See the public MCP server

Cite the methodology

Live

Researchers, writers, podcast hosts, analysts publishing original work

The methodology paper (SSRN id 6606558) is published under CC BY 4.0. Cite it in your own decks, blog posts, papers, podcasts, courses. Standard academic attribution; we don't charge for citation.

Deliverables

✓DOI-permanent citation: 'GitHub Signals as Leading Indicators of Venture Fundraising' (SSRN id 6606558)
✓Pre-formatted citation block on /press for paste-and-cite
✓Right to use the methodology in commercial publications (CC BY 4.0)
✓Optional: send your published piece to citations@gitdealflow.com to be added to the receipts ledger at /receipts

Fit for

→Academic researchers in finance, computer science, organizational economics
→Journalists covering venture, alternative data, or developer tooling
→Course creators teaching VC, fundraising, or alt-data
→Podcast hosts with a research-driven episode format

Cost: Free (CC BY 4.0)

Timeline: Immediate, no application needed

Open the press kit →View citations ledger

Quarterly co-host webinar (synthetic voice)

By application

Fund partners, accelerator directors, syndicate leads

Quarterly 30-minute webinar where the Data Nerd mascot (synthetic Cartesia voice) walks through the latest sector data, with you joining live to add the deal-side commentary. Founder anonymity preserved; you do the human-facing presentation.

Deliverables

✓30-min webinar: 15 min scripted Data Nerd walkthrough, 15 min live partner commentary + Q&A
✓Co-branded landing page + registration funnel
✓Joint email blast to both lists
✓Recording archived to YouTube under both brand handles
✓Lead-list split 50/50 from registrations

Fit for

→Sector-focused fund partners
→Accelerator directors with a quarterly cohort cadence
→Syndicate leads with 200+ active members
→Industry conference organizers

Cost: Free to run; revenue split applies on any downstream Sector Sweep or Dashboard sales attributed within 60 days

Timeline: 3 weeks from kickoff to webinar (incl. promo cycle)

Apply to co-host →Watch the latest State of GitHub

Affiliate referral program

Live

Anyone with an audience that includes investors, analysts, or scouts

20% lifetime commission on every paid referral. €399 on each Sector Sweep. €19.40/mo on each Insider Circle subscription. 60-day cookie. Six clone-ready content templates (tweet thread, LinkedIn post, blog post, newsletter mention, podcast script, 3-email sequence) handle the writing.

Deliverables

✓Unique Refgrow tracking link
✓Six clone-ready content templates at /affiliates/funnel-hack
✓Public anonymized leaderboard at /affiliates/leaderboard
✓Monthly Stripe payouts (€50 minimum)
✓Free 30-day book + course as your bait product

Fit for

→Newsletter writers in venture, dev tools, or alt data
→Podcast hosts with VC/investor audiences
→Slack/Discord communities of scouts and angels
→AI agents integrating /api/v1/* signals into downstream tools

Cost: Free to join (no approval queue, no waiting list)

Timeline: Live within 60 seconds at gitdealflow.refgrow.com

Join the affiliate program →See the swipe kit

Multi-track partnership?

Most fund-side partners run 2-3 tracks together, typically embed + citation + co-published Sector Sweep, or white-label MCP + quarterly co-host. Email us with a sketch of which tracks fit your audience; we reply inside 48 business hours.

partnerships@gitdealflow.com