Name: frontrun
Author: frontrun

Question 1

What is frontrun?

Accepted Answer

frontrun is a startup discovery platform that tracks what top VCs, influencers, and founders follow on X (Twitter). It monitors over 5,000 tracked accounts to detect emerging companies before funding rounds are announced.

Question 2

How does crypto VC follow tracking work?

Accepted Answer

Frontrun continuously watches the X follow lists of 5,000+ tracked accounts across AI, tech, and crypto. When several of them start following the same company, Frontrun finds it and shows it in your feed the same day, an average of 114 days before the round is announced.

Question 3

What are convergence signals?

Accepted Answer

Convergence signals occur when 3 or more tracked VCs follow the same company within a short time window. This pattern historically correlates with upcoming investment rounds and is one of the strongest early indicators of VC interest in a project.

Question 4

How many VCs does frontrun track?

Accepted Answer

frontrun tracks over 5,000 top VCs, influencers, and founders across AI, tech, and crypto, including partners at firms like a16z, Paradigm, Multicoin Capital, Polychain, and hundreds more. New accounts are added regularly based on community input and research.

Question 5

Is frontrun free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Frontrun is free to start with no card: a snapshot of your sectors, the last 7 days of startups in your sectors, the top 25 open, one weekly report and limited chat. Pro is $99/mo with a 7-day free trial and adds the full network of 5,000+ tracked accounts in real time, the daily Frontrun Report and custom reports, 100 custom accounts, outreach on X and LinkedIn, founder and fundraising lookups, 2,000 export rows a month, and API + MCP access. Max is $199/mo with no trial: 4x the usage of Pro, full history, the Stealth and Accelerator lanes, 500 custom accounts and 5,000 export rows a month.

Question 6

How is frontrun different from CryptoRank or Messari?

Accepted Answer

Unlike CryptoRank or Messari which focus on on-chain data and public funding announcements, frontrun detects early social signals by tracking what VCs actually follow on X. This gives you a lead time of days to weeks before projects appear on traditional platforms.