trending · updated Sep 14, 2026
startups top investors just started following
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 2,900+ tracked venture investors on X. when several of them start following the same small company in the same week, that convergence usually happens months before a round is announced. this page is the last 7 days of that signal - counts only. who followed is in the product.
receipts from past weeks: @techdollarhq flagged at 13 followers, $3M pre-seed 123 days later · @orthogonal_sh flagged 184 days before a $4.3M round led by Pantera · @rialto_xyz flagged jun 5 at 18 followers, 26 days before its Robinhood chain launch partner announcement.
| # | company | sector | followers | first flagged | new tracked follows (7d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kepler Computing @keplercompute | AI | 3,028 | Sep 9, 2026 | +35 |
| 2 | Muse @muse | AI | 5,995 | Sep 8, 2026 | +33 |
| 3 | Covenant @hq_covenant | Defense | 3,098 | Sep 7, 2026 | +29 |
| 4 | Indent @indent | AI | 1,529 | Sep 8, 2026 | +18 |
| 5 | Maven Robotics @mavenrobotics | Robotics | 496 | Sep 10, 2026 | +17 |
| 6 | The Mutual Fun @themutualfun | DeFi | 7,304 | Sep 7, 2026 | +16 |
| 7 | Machine.fun @machinedotfun | Payments | 3,253 | Jul 21, 2026 | +15 |
| 8 | Project Mars @projectmars_rh | Gaming | 1,593 | Sep 9, 2026 | +14 |
| 9 | Commodity Market Exchange @launchoncme | RWA | 5,473 | Sep 8, 2026 | +13 |
| 10 | Hashcats @hashcats_rh | Gaming | 34 | Sep 8, 2026 | +12 |
| 11 | S1 @tradeons1 | Crypto | 185 | Sep 11, 2026 | +12 |
| 12 | Pink Sheets @pinksheets_fi | Trading | 8,031 | Sep 7, 2026 | +12 |
| 13 | orbio @orbiodotso | AI | 2,447 | Sep 1, 2026 | +11 |
| 14 | American Stator @americanstator | Manufacturing | 8,647 | Apr 27, 2026 | +11 |
| 15 | Ornn @ornnexchange | Trading | 9,080 | Feb 4, 2026 | +11 |
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