See momentum in a company's hiring before it shows up in a deck
Hiring is one of the few public, dated signals of a private company's plans. A first VP of Sales, a first security lead before an enterprise push, or engineering postings doubling in a month all tell a story.
The problem
- Portfolio updates are monthly or quarterly; hiring changes daily.
- Headcount estimates lag and are based on profiles, not open roles.
- Sourcing lists go stale quickly.
Plays that work
Pipeline watch-list
Load the companies you track into a monitor and get alerts when any of them opens a new function or surges.
Thesis scouting
Follow surges in a function (e.g. ML / AI or Sales) across all tracked companies to find momentum early.
Portfolio support
See when portfolio companies are about to hire for functions where your platform team can help.
Live signals for investors
The latest first hires in Executive, Engineering Leadership, Sales (AE), ML / AI, Finance & Accounting, Security — straight from our database.
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Example monitors
- My pipeline (account list of 200 companies)
- Executive & engineering leadership first hires
- Any surge at portfolio companies
Each monitor filters by role family, region, title keyword or account list, and delivers to Slack and/or email every morning.