Clario
High-signal social intelligence for founders and investors
Three months ago, I was honestly close to shutting this down.
The data pipeline kept breaking.
People didn’t “get” the product.
Revenue? Zero.
It felt like I was building a lot but moving nowhere.
What changed wasn’t motivation. It was clarity:
Picked one clear problem: finding stealth founders
Removed features that sounded cool but confused users
Spent more time talking than coding (50+ real conversations)
That flipped everything.
Today:
✔️ First paying customers
✔️ Clear roadmap
✔️ Real momentum (finally)
Big lesson for me:
Build less. Listen more.
If you’re building something right now and feel stuck —
what’s the one thing holding you back? 👇
Hey IH 👋
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?
Stealth Founders: Find Them Before They Launch
The best investment opportunities are often the ones nobody knows about yet.We track founders who are building in stealth mode - before they announce, before they launch, before everyone else finds them.
What we do:
We monitor LinkedIn profiles daily to find:
Founders currently at stealth companies
People who just went stealth (left big tech, started something new)
Daily reports of new stealth founders
Who uses it:
VCs looking for early opportunities
Investors tracking talent movements
Founders scouting potential partners
Recruiters finding the next big thing
Why it matters:
By the time a startup announces, the best investors are already in. Stealth founders are your chance to get in early.
Real example: A VC friend found a founder who left OpenAI 3 months before they announced their new company. He got in at the seed round. By Series A, the valuation was 10x.
The difference? He found them in stealth, not after launch.
What's your strategy for finding early-stage opportunities? 👇
I Used to Spend 30 Minutes Researching People. Now It Takes 60 Seconds.
Here's what I was doing wrong:
Open LinkedIn → see their resume
Open Twitter → see their thoughts
Google their name → find news/mentions
Try to piece it all together → still missing context
So we built Clario's Person Deep Research.
It does all of that automatically and gives you:
Complete career history
Social presence & engagement
Thought leadership areas
Recent mentions & news
AI insights that connect everything
Who uses it: VCs, recruiters, sales teams, founders
The result: Better decisions, way faster. Instead of 30 minutes across multiple tabs, you get everything in 60 seconds.
What's your research process? What do you wish you could see? 👇
Why Company Research Matters !! Everyone thinks it's only for VCs.
Wrong Wrong Wrong
WHO NEEDS IT:
Founders (competitive intel)
Sales teams (better prospecting)
Recruiters (find growing companies)
Investors (faster due diligence)
THE PROBLEM:
Researching a company = 60+ minutes, 15+ tabs, incomplete data
WHAT WE BUILT:
Clario: Complete company research in 30-60 seconds
Funding & investors
Competitive landscape
Recent developments
AI-powered insights
What's your biggest pain point when researching companies? 👇
Hey everyone, I’m Anurag Singh.
We built Clario (withclario.com) because I hated having 20 tabs open just to background check a founder or startup.
Clario is an intelligence engine that automates the deep dive.
The Features (MVP):
Daily Stealth List: We track talent movement to show you who just went "Stealth" today (catch them at Day 0).
Deep Person & Company Research: Enter a name; get a verified dossier using Crunchbase + Live News data.
Signal Tracking: Monitors Twitter growth and YC alumni lists to spot traction.
We operate on a subscription model because we use premium data sources to verify results.
I’d love your feedback:
Does the "Daily Stealth List" feel valuable enough to be a daily email, or would you prefer a dashboard?
Check it out: withclario.com
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