For VC scouts & active angels
Free Dashboard access
for VC scouts.
Find the next breakout startup before your partners do, without a $20K PitchBook subscription. Full GitDealFlow Dashboard, free for verified scouts.
- ✓ Full Dashboard (€49/mo value, free)
- ✓ Weekly signal digest
- ✓ MCP server access
- ✓ Verified in 24-48 hours
You're sourcing deals, not reading about them.
Scouts carry the hardest job in venture with the thinnest toolkit. PitchBook is $20K+/yr. Crunchbase Pro tells you about rounds after they're announced. Warm-intro networks tell you what everyone else already knows.
GitDealFlow reads a different tape: public GitHub engineering activity across 350+ startup orgs. When a team's commit velocity accelerates, contributors join, and infrastructure repos appear, that's a company getting ready to move. In the backtested panel of 219 startup-period observations, that acceleration showed up 21-47 days before the round was announced.
The methodology is published openly on SSRN. The Scout Pass gives you the live feed, free, because scouts who find great deals early tell their partners where they found them.
What you get with Scout Pass
Full Dashboard
Track 350+ startup GitHub orgs across 15 sectors. See who's accelerating, commit velocity, contributor growth, infrastructure buildout, with plain-English explanations.
5 startups every Sunday
Named companies with sector, stage, and a one-paragraph "why this is interesting" note. Timed for your Monday partner meeting.
MCP server access
Query the signal database from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. "Show me fintech startups that accelerated this week." No other deal-flow tool has this.
No cost, no catch
Free for active scouts, 12-month renewable term. When you join a fund, upgrade to Insider Circle. Until then, it's on us.
What you don't get (and why that's okay)
- • Custom sector sweeps, that's for funds with specific theses (Insider Circle)
- • Real-time Slack alerts, the weekly digest is enough for scouting
- • Insider Circle reports, premium analysis for full-time investors
How to apply
Apply
Fill out the form below (2 minutes). Tell us which scout program you're in, or show your angel activity.
Get verified
LinkedIn and program affiliation are checked by hand. Most scouts are approved in 24-48 hours.
Start sourcing
Full Dashboard + Sunday digest + MCP server. Find accelerating startups before anyone else.
Scout Pass application
Takes under 2 minutes. Verified within 24-48 hours.
Questions scouts actually ask
Is this really free? What's the catch?
It's free for active scouts. No catch, no credit card. Scouts are the most important distribution channel in early-stage VC, if GitDealFlow is useful to you, you'll tell your partners. When you eventually join or start a fund, you'll upgrade to Insider Circle. That's the model.
Who qualifies as a "scout"?
Anyone who sources deals for a VC fund or angel invests actively: formal scout program members, informal fund scouts, and independent angels with 2+ disclosed investments in the past year.
How do you verify I'm a real scout?
LinkedIn profile + program affiliation, checked by hand. Independent angels: AngelList/Crunchbase investment history. The whole process takes 24-48 hours for most applicants.
Can I keep my Scout Pass forever?
It's a 12-month renewable term. As long as you're actively scouting or angel investing, renew indefinitely. There's an annual check-in.
Can I share signals with my fund partners?
Yes, that's the point. Forward the digest, screenshot signals, bring names to partner meetings. Just don't resell the data as a competing product.
I'm a student interested in VC. Do I qualify?
Not for Scout Pass, but the free Sunday email at gitdealflow.com is perfect for learning deal-flow signals. When you start scouting or investing, come back and apply.
Who built this?
The Data Nerd, an engineer who writes the occasional small angel cheque. Pseudonymous because the signal matters more than the personality. The methodology is published openly on SSRN.