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How cold-start founders get found
Cold-start founders have no Crunchbase page, thin LinkedIn, and a GitHub that does not scream pedigree. Traditional VC tooling over-indexes on track record and quietly re-creates network bias.
We score distribution gravity instead: earned attention velocity relative to follower base, narrative coherence across platforms, audience-pull versus push, and builder-in-public cadence. Punches-above-weight beats absolute size.
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*Track record is optional. In cold-start mode its weight redistributes — labeled in the UI, never silently zeroed against first-timers.
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Founder Score is a ledger. Opportunity scores (3 axes) are per company. Claims feed Trust into the memo.
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Velocity / size
Earned attention relative to follower base — not raw vanity counts.
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Coherence
Same narrative across GH, HN, posts — not a new persona every week.
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Cadence
Builder-in-public rhythm the market can underwrite.
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