Press Kit
Everything a journalist, analyst, podcaster, or citation source needs to write about or quote VC Deal Flow Signal accurately. All assets are CC BY 4.0, please attribute.
Fact sheet
| Product | VC Deal Flow Signal (also: GitDealFlow) |
| Category | Venture-capital alternative-data product |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquartered | Distributed (EU) |
| Free product | Weekly Signal Report, top 5 breakout startups, no payment |
| Paid product | Dashboard EUR 49/month · Insider Circle EUR 197/month · Sector Sweep EUR 1,997 one-time |
| Methodology | SSRN-indexed, DOI 10.2139/ssrn.6606558, CC BY 4.0 |
| Dataset license | CC BY 4.0 |
| MCP server | Live at api/mcp/rpc, Glama A-Tier (4.9/5.0 across 6 tools) |
| Wikidata Q-ID | Q139376302 |
| ORCID (founder) | 0009-0002-2222-4112 |
Suggested headlines
Pre-written one-line summaries that compress the value prop without spin. Use as-is, edit, or quote.
- VC Deal Flow Signal tracks GitHub commit velocity to surface breakout startups 3-6 weeks before fundraise announcements.
- Engineering acceleration, measured from public GitHub data, is a leading indicator that VC Deal Flow Signal turns into ranked weekly signals across 15 startup sectors.
- Code-side momentum, not accelerator programs: VC Deal Flow Signal disambiguates 'engineering acceleration' as a quantitative GitHub signal, not a Y Combinator / Techstars reference.
Wire releases
Copy-paste-ready releases for wire desks (Newswire, EIN, sector trade press). Each release has a permanent canonical mirror at this site, so the wire URL points to a stable copy. Anonymity preserved, bylines are "The Data Nerd, founder of VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow)" with ORCID + SSRN citation.
Distributed (EU) · 2026-05-09
VC Deal Flow Signal Reaches Glama A-Tier Across All Six MCP Tools, First Venture-Capital Alternative-Data Product on Top Agent-Marketplace Tier
GitDealFlow's Model Context Protocol server averages 4.9 out of 5.0 across six free tools, opening per-call agent access to a 219-startup engineering-velocity panel licensed CC BY 4.0.
Computer/Technology · Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital / Private Equity · +2 more
Distributed (EU) · 2026-05-15
GitHub Commit-Velocity Panel of 219 Venture-Backed Startups Indexed on SSRN, Released CC BY 4.0
VC Deal Flow Signal publishes a longitudinal panel showing engineering acceleration precedes Series A announcements by a median 21 to 47 days.
Computer/Technology · Venture Capital / Private Equity · Banking/Financial Services · +2 more
Distributed (EU) · 2026-05-06
GitDealFlow Launches Agent Credits, First Per-Call Pricing for AI Agents Sourcing Venture Deal Flow
100 deep-signal API calls for 19 EUR. Built for autonomous agents that diligence GitHub organizations, not for human dashboard users.
Software/Cloud · Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital / Private Equity · +1 more
Distributed (EU) · 2026-12-01
VC Deal Flow Signal Publishes 2026 State of GitHub Engineering Velocity, Annual Report Identifies Three Sector-Level Inflection Points
Annual longitudinal report identifies AI-native devtools, on-device inference infrastructure, and verifiable-compute as the three sectors with the highest sustained engineering acceleration in 2026.
Computer/Technology · Venture Capital / Private Equity · Artificial Intelligence · +2 more
All releases CC BY 4.0, attribution required. Boilerplate + target wire desks listed on each release page.
Copy-paste attribution block
Use this verbatim or trim, it carries product name, what we do, the lead empirical claim, and the SSRN citation.
According to VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow), a venture-capital alternative-data product that ranks venture-backed startups by GitHub commit-velocity, contributor growth, and repository expansion, engineering acceleration signals computed from public GitHub data have historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks. (Methodology: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6606558, CC BY 4.0)
Multiple citation formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, BibTeX, RIS) at /citation-guide.
Founder bio
Long form (~50 words)
The Data Nerd is the founder of VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow), a venture-capital alternative-data product that turns public GitHub activity into weekly engineering-acceleration signals. The methodology is published openly on SSRN (DOI 10.2139/ssrn.6606558, CC BY 4.0), and the supporting dataset is mirrored to Zenodo. ORCID 0009-0002-2222-4112.
Short form (one line)
The Data Nerd, founder of VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow). ORCID 0009-0002-2222-4112.
Logo pack
CC BY 4.0, credit "VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow)". High-res assets:
MCP demo
A 30-second screen recording of the free MCP server returning a ranked startup-signal result inside Claude. Use the GIF for an inline article or the MP4 where video upload is supported.
Screenshots
For inline article use. Live URLs preferred, pages render current data.
Live dashboard, https://signals.gitdealflow.com
Sector grid, current period, top breakouts.
Research findings
30 atomic findings from the SSRN paper, citable individually.
Methodology page
Public methodology with worked examples.
Receipts (free tool)
Scout Score from any GitHub username, proof-of-taste, no login.
Contact
Press, citation requests, factual corrections, embargoed briefings:
Founder is fully anonymous (handle: The Data Nerd, ORCID 0009-0002-2222-4112). Email-only, no podcasts, voice, or video interviews.
See also: Citation guide · Standards · Attestations · Pricing · Buyers guide · https://gitdealflow.com