Poach

About Poach

Poach is the ultimate dealflow intelligence platform that gives investors a massive, unfair advantage. It tracks the social media activity of top-tier VCs to detect promising founders before they officially begin to raise capital. This generates a high-quality signal that sits perfectly between a warm introduction and cold inbound, effectively letting you see around corners in the fundraising landscape. Loved by leading venture firms, Poach automates the tedious process of manual scouting by monitoring who influential investors follow on platforms like Twitter. It then enriches this data with LinkedIn profiles and uses sophisticated AI to label individuals—identifying unfunded founders, technical talent, and other key profiles. The platform delivers executive summaries and raw CSV data directly to your inbox daily, empowering your team to be the first to reach out with conviction. For VCs, angel investors, and anyone serious about winning competitive seed-stage deals, Poach is the essential tool for expanding and qualifying your pipeline.

Features of Poach

VC Social Tracking

Poach's core engine continuously monitors the Twitter follows of pre-seed, seed, and Series A investors. A follow from a savvy VC is often the earliest signal of interest in a promising individual or startup idea. We track these digital breadcrumbs so you don't have to, transforming passive social signals into actionable, structured lead data for your fund.

AI-Powered Profile Enrichment & Labeling

We don't just collect handles. Poach matches Twitter profiles to LinkedIn using proprietary identity resolution, pulling in work history and education. Our AI then analyzes both sources to automatically label each person with tags like "founder," "engineering," "funded," or "research." This turns raw data into a filterable, searchable database of talent.

Daily Digest & Raw Data Export

Get your dealflow delivered. Every morning, receive a clean, curated email digest with executive summaries of new leads. Attached is a comprehensive CSV file with all enriched data—Twitter handle, LinkedIn URL, AI labels, bio, and which VC followed them. You get both the narrative and the raw numbers to integrate into your CRM or outreach tools.

Advanced Filtering for Precision Hunting

Find exactly who fits your thesis. Use the AI-generated labels and enriched data fields to filter leads with surgical precision. Hunt for "founder" labels without the "funded" tag to find stealth-mode operators, or search for "research" + "engineering" to find technical academics exploring commercialization. The power to segment is in your hands.

Use Cases of Poach

Identifying Stealth-Mode Founders

The primary use case for early-stage VCs is finding founders operating in stealth before their public raise. By filtering for AI-labeled "founders" who are not tagged as "funded," investors can identify and engage with promising teams months before a formal process begins, creating a relationship advantage that is impossible to get through traditional channels.

Building a Proprietary Talent Pipeline

VCs and startups can use Poach to scout exceptional technical, product, and design talent. By tracking which brilliant engineers or product leaders top VCs are noticing, you can build a pipeline of future hires or co-founders who are already vetted by market signals, long before they hit the public job market.

Tracking Competitor & Market Trends

Investors can use Poach to see which sectors, technologies, or founder profiles competing funds are showing interest in. By analyzing the aggregate follow patterns of a group of investors, you can gain insights into emerging market trends and validate (or challenge) your own investment thesis with real-time data.

Sourcing for Angel Investors & Scouts

Individual angel investors and scout programs, who may not have the brand recognition of large firms, can leverage Poach to level the playing field. The platform provides a systematic, high-signal source of deals, allowing them to discover and connect with high-potential founders early, building their reputation as a valuable first check.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is Poach's data and AI labeling?

Our AI labeling is highly accurate, leveraging context from both Twitter bios and detailed LinkedIn work history. The identity resolution between Twitter and LinkedIn is proprietary and robust. We focus on precision to ensure you're spending time on high-potential leads, not false positives. The "funded" label, for instance, is applied only after cross-referencing multiple data points.

Which VCs does Poach track?

We track a curated list of top-tier pre-seed, seed, and Series A investors known for having strong signal and early eyes on talent. This includes partners at renowned firms and influential angels. The list is constantly refined to ensure we are monitoring the most relevant and impactful sources for early dealflow.

How is Poach different from other lead lists or databases?

Poach is not a static database; it's a live signal detection system. While other tools list companies that are already fundraising, Poach identifies individuals before they form a company or start a raise. Our value is in the timing and the quality of the signal—the VC follow—which provides context you can't get from a simple Crunchbase alert.

Can I export the data to my CRM?

Absolutely. A core feature of Poach is the daily CSV export. This file contains all enriched data fields and is formatted for easy import into any CRM (like Salesforce, HubSpot), spreadsheet, or internal database. This allows you to seamlessly integrate Poach's leads into your existing workflow and outreach sequences.