discovery / crypto founders

how to find crypto founders before they raise

by the time a founder tweets "excited to announce our seed round" you are already too late. the signals that matter show up 6 to 12 months earlier.

the six-month signal window

a founder about to raise usually: starts posting technical commits on x, buys a real domain instead of a .vercel.app, files a delaware c-corp, applies to at least one accelerator, and starts engaging with vc partners publicly. any three of these together is a strong signal.

accounts worth watching

partners at alliance dao, colosseum, ycombinator crypto track, dragonfly research, robot ventures, and paradigm research. their likes and replies leak deal flow weeks before announcements. also worth watching: 100-1000 follower engineers posting from a company's github organization.

what a real founder looks like

a linkedin with a technical background, github contributions in the last 30 days, at least one shipped product before the current one, and no history of rug-adjacent projects. the fastest disqualifier: a bio full of buzzwords and no code output.

how wwshemi handles this

we track 300+ sources every hour: founder x accounts, github organizations, accelerator batch pages, and vc portfolio updates. each project gets a credibility score based on founder history, not just follower count. you get the shortlist, not the raw feed.