comparisons · frontrun vs affinity
frontrun vs Affinity
Affinity manages the relationships and deals you already know about. Frontrun surfaces the companies you don't - before they raise.
Affinity is a relationship intelligence CRM for private capital - auto-captures your firm's email and calendar into a relationship graph and surfaces the warmest intro paths to founders and co-investors. Frontrun is a different bet: it watches what 1,000+ venture investors do on X (who they follow) and flags companies months before a round, at $99/mo.
| Affinity | Frontrun | |
|---|---|---|
| Signal type | Not a signal source - a relationship CRM that organizes your existing network and pipeline | Investor follow-graph (pre-round, behavioral) that flags net-new companies |
| Earliest you hear about a company | When it's already in your network or inbox | Before any announcement, often at <100 followers |
| Price | Enterprise (~$2,000/seat/yr, ~$20k/yr minimum reported) | $99/mo, 7-day trial |
| Best for | Managing relationships, intros, and deal pipeline across a fund | Sourcing deals before they're deals |
| Agent access | API (CRM integration focus) | API + MCP server (npx) |
Complementary, not either/or. Affinity runs your pipeline and warm-intro map, Frontrun feeds the top of it with pre-round finds. Many funds run both.
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