What is the Startup Explorer?

The Startup Explorer is an interactive database of 369 venture-backed startups ranked by GitHub engineering velocity. Filter by sector, stage, geography, and signal type to find accelerating engineering teams.

How is engineering velocity measured?

Engineering velocity is measured as the number of commits in the last 14 days. Velocity change shows the percentage change versus the prior period. Additional metrics include contributor count, contributor growth, and new repositories.

What signal types are tracked?

Four signal types: Engineering Hiring Burst (rapid team growth indicated by new contributors), Deploy Frequency Spike (sudden increase in deployment activity), Framework Migration (codebase restructuring toward new frameworks), and Infrastructure Buildout (new repository creation and infrastructure expansion).

How can I use this data?

The data is free for personal and editorial use with attribution. Cite as 'VC Deal Flow Signal (signals.gitdealflow.com), Q3 2026 data.' Use the CSV export, share filtered views via URL, or access the raw API at signals.gitdealflow.com.

How often is the data updated?

The data refreshes weekly. Each quarter includes a new dataset with updated velocity metrics, contributor counts, and signal classifications.

Startup Explorer

Interactive table of 369 venture-backed startups ranked by GitHub engineering velocity

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Avg Velocity (14d)

Name	Sector	Stage	Geography	Velocity (14d)	Velocity Change	Contributors	Contributor Growth	Signal Type	Links