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private market intelligence that starts before the round

Q: what is private market intelligence?

data and analysis on private companies used to find and evaluate deals. traditional providers (pitchbook, cb insights, harmonic) cover visible companies; frontrun adds the pre-round layer from investor follow-graph signal, at $99/mo.

Q: what's the earliest private market signal available?

pre-round investor behavior. frontrun surfaces companies when several tracked investors converge on them - often months before a round and before any database has them.

Q: does frontrun replace pitchbook or cb insights?

no, it complements them. those diligence visible companies; frontrun catches them earliest. many funds run a coverage database and frontrun together.

private market intelligence is how investors understand a market they can't see from public filings. the catch: most of it kicks in only once a company is already visible. frontrun adds the layer upstream of that - intelligence from investor behavior, before the company shows up anywhere.

what is private market intelligence?

private market intelligence is data and analysis on privately held companies - funding, headcount, growth, ownership - used by investors and dealmakers to find and evaluate opportunities. providers like pitchbook, cb insights, and harmonic are strong once a company is measurable or web-visible. frontrun covers the earliest phase they can't: pre-round signal derived from the follow graphs of 1,000+ venture investors, surfacing companies before they're in any database.

most intelligence is retrospective

filings, funding announcements, headcount, web presence - all of it describes a company that already exists and is already discoverable. it's essential for diligence, but by the time it's available, the earliest allocation is gone. the intelligence with real edge is the kind that's true before it's public.

the pre-round layer

frontrun watches what venture investors do, not what companies publish. when several tier-1 investors converge on a young account, that's intelligence about where the market is heading, months early, with dated provenance so it's checkable. it complements a coverage database rather than replacing it - earliness on top, totality underneath.

	traditional intelligence	frontrun
Source	filings, funding, web, headcount	investor follow-graph convergence
Available	once a company is visible	before the round, often <100 followers
Best for	diligence and market maps	earliest sourcing signal
Proof	coverage claims	dated flags per company

which is right for you

you have a coverage database

add the layer it lacks - frontrun surfaces companies before they're in any database, then hand off to your existing intelligence for diligence.

you invest at pre-seed and seed

earliness is the whole game. frontrun's pre-round signal is built for exactly this stage.

you want verifiable intelligence

frontrun's flags are dated, so the earliness claim is checkable per company, not a marketing line.

the receipts

frontrun's flags carry dated provenance, so "we saw it early" is checkable per company:

@techdollarhq - flagged at 13 followers, $3M pre-seed 123 days later
@orthogonal_sh - flagged 184 days before a $4.3M round led by Pantera
@rialto_xyz - flagged at 18 followers, 26 days before its Robinhood partner announcement

frequently asked

what is private market intelligence?

data and analysis on private companies used to find and evaluate deals. traditional providers (pitchbook, cb insights, harmonic) cover visible companies; frontrun adds the pre-round layer from investor follow-graph signal, at $99/mo.

what's the earliest private market signal available?

pre-round investor behavior. frontrun surfaces companies when several tracked investors converge on them - often months before a round and before any database has them.

does frontrun replace pitchbook or cb insights?

no, it complements them. those diligence visible companies; frontrun catches them earliest. many funds run a coverage database and frontrun together.

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