Open-source startup ecosystem intelligence

One intelligent layer over the startup world.

Stackd is a free, open-source intelligence platform for founders, investors, job seekers, and ecosystem operators. It brings startup news, funding rounds, jobs, accelerators, investors, launches, and GitHub signals into one sourced, queryable picture.

181+
news items seeded
30+
launches indexed
MIT
open source
stackd intelligence graph
Funding signal
EU

AI infrastructure startup raises seed round

Hiring velocity
Global

Remote engineering roles opened this week

Launch momentum
HN

Show HN product crosses 1,400 upvotes

Investor thesis
India

Deeptech seed funds active in India

Fragmented across 50+ platforms
CrunchbaseInc42YourStoryTechCrunchYCSurgeAntlerWellfoundLinkedInHacker NewsProduct HuntRedditGitHubNewslettersVC websitesStackd brings them together
The vision

Global-first. India-deep. Open from day one.

We are building what intelligence platforms did for governments, but for the startup ecosystem: a single sourced layer where startups, investors, accelerators, jobs, funding, policy signals, GitHub activity, and market momentum resolve into one picture.

Global coverage

Track major startup hubs without switching tabs.

India-deep signals

Make pre-seed Indian startups discoverable from day one.

Source-attributed

Every data point links back to where it came from.

What is next

From aggregator to intelligence engine.

Phase 2

Intelligence Layer

Social momentum score
Hiring velocity signal
Trending topics and themes
Viral founder posts
Reddit thread surfacing
Investor activity feed
Thesis matcher
Grant and fellowship database
Public API
Phase 3

Ecosystem Intelligence Engine

Queryable ecosystem intelligence
Entity-resolved company profiles
Estimated ARR and MRR ranges
Tech stack detection
Policy and market-entry intelligence
Fund activity heatmaps
Co-founder matching
Embeddable startup cards
Who it is for

Built for the whole ecosystem.

Founders

Find accelerators, track competitors, discover investors, and see what is trending in your category.

Investors

Discover startups before they raise by tracking momentum, hiring, launches, and ecosystem buzz.

Job Seekers

Find startup jobs across the ecosystem in one search, filtered by stage, role, location, and remote.

Ecosystem Operators

Accelerators, incubators, and public agencies can understand their ecosystem in real time.

Developers

Use open data, public APIs, and MIT-licensed code to build new ecosystem tools on top of Stackd.

Why Stackd

Startup intelligence should not live behind a $70K paywall.

What you need
Current options
Cost
Stackd
Startup database
Crunchbase
$49/mo to enterprise
Free, open source
Pre-raise signal detection
Harmonic
$10K to $30K/yr
Free social signals
Institutional deal flow
PitchBook
$25K to $70K/yr
$99 to $499/mo coming
India ecosystem depth
Tracxn
$999/yr, often stale
Free, real-time
Accelerator discovery
20 separate websites
Your time
One directory
Startup jobs
AngelList, LinkedIn, career pages
Your time
One search
Open source

MIT licensed. Built in public.

Stackd is a public-good data layer for the startup ecosystem. Contribute data, improve fetchers, build on the API, or fork the project.

Weekly ecosystem digest

Get the top 10 ecosystem updates from Stackd in your inbox. Free, source-linked, and focused on signal.

Weekly Startup Digest

Get a clean summary of news, cohorts, and jobs from your preferred region delivered every Sunday. No spam.

Stop stitching together 15 tabs every morning.

Open Stackd and see the startup ecosystem as one living intelligence layer.