We're tracking the most underrated fundraising signal: The investor 'follow'
Hey IH đź‘‹
Fundraising honestly feels like a black box.
You pitch, you wait, you overthink… and you’re always trying to read signals to figure out if a VC is actually interested or just being polite.
One signal we kept noticing — and almost no one talks about — is the investor follow.
It’s small, but it’s real digital body language.
If a VC follows a founder, they’re paying attention.
The problem? Tracking this manually is painful and easy to miss.
So we built a simple tool for it inside Clario.
It’s literally just a feed that shows:
[Investor] followed [Founder]
Sounds basic, but it turned out to be surprisingly powerful.
In just the last month, it helped us:
Spot competitive interest early
A partner we pitched followed our main competitor a few days later — clear signal. We followed up fast.Create a clean warm intro moment
A partner at a top fund followed our founder. That became the perfect, non-cringe reason to send a cold email.See market heat in real time
Suddenly multiple VCs started following founders in the AI agent space — trend spotted before the tweets.
Nothing flashy. Just turning a subtle action into something actionable.
Curious — what’s your favorite under-the-radar signal when you’re fundraising or watching a market heat up?
