trending · updated Aug 6, 2026
startups top investors just started following
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 2,000+ tracked venture investors on X. when several of them start following the same small company in the same week, that convergence usually happens months before a round is announced. this page is the last 7 days of that signal - counts only. who followed is in the product.
receipts from past weeks: @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 jun 5 at 18 followers, 26 days before its Robinhood chain launch partner announcement.
| # | company | sector | followers | first flagged | new tracked follows (7d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discovery Loop @discoloopai | AI | 1,547 | Aug 5, 2026 | +97 |
| 2 | Intelligence @intelligence_ai | AI | 833 | Jun 12, 2026 | +30 |
| 3 | Sapiom @sapiom | AI | 988 | Feb 6, 2026 | +21 |
| 4 | Mariana Minerals Co @marianaminerals | Climate | 1,495 | Mar 17, 2026 | +19 |
| 5 | Osmo Studio @osmo_studio | AI | 157 | Jun 12, 2026 | +16 |
| 6 | Applied Electrodynamics @ae_dynamics | Hardware | 179 | Jul 30, 2026 | +16 |
| 7 | Endeavor Optical Networks @endeavorspace | DevTools | 111 | Aug 4, 2026 | +15 |
| 8 | wafer @wafer_ai | AI | 702 | Apr 16, 2026 | +13 |
| 9 | Lanyon AI @lanyon_ai | AI | 727 | Jul 17, 2026 | +13 |
| 10 | Antora Energy @antoraenergy | Climate | 2,066 | Jun 25, 2026 | +11 |
| 11 | V12 @v12sec | Security & Auditing | 4,504 | May 9, 2026 | +11 |
| 12 | RUNNR @runnrtrade | Trading | 3,382 | Feb 11, 2026 | +10 |
| 13 | Sestri @sestri_xyz | Gaming | 41 | Jul 27, 2026 | +8 |
| 14 | Syzygy Research @syzygyeng | AI | 547 | Aug 5, 2026 | +8 |
| 15 | Omanta Health @omantahealth | Healthcare | 681 | Aug 5, 2026 | +8 |
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