May 30, 2025
Numi gets the Fastest YC Batch Data and Other Seed Funding Data from OpenFunnel Social Signals for their Startup GTM
Why Numi Needed OpenFunnel
Slow Funding Databases
Crunchbase, PitchBook, and similar tools surfaced Seed or Series A rounds days after founders announced them on Linkedin or X. When Numi finally got the data, competitors had already started conversations with prospects.
Fragmented, Manual Research
Even after spotting a raise, they still had to bounce between LinkedIn, X, investor blogs, and job boards to learn: Does this startup have a product team yet? Are they hiring a founding designer? That tab-hopping devoured ~15 hours a week and still missed nuance.
How Numi Implemented OpenFunnel
Numi switched on real-time funding signals for Seed , Series A and YC Announcement on Auto-Pilot:
Scan & Infer
Agents watch founder and investor posts on X/LinkedIn, YC launch pages, top-tier VC blogs, and press releases for “we just raised” language, pluw growth signals like “Founding Designer,” “Head of Product,” or a design-led founder profile.
Signal Stack
A funding post + investor-site mention + product-hiring spike roll into one high-confidence alert.
Enrich & Act
Every alert arrives with verified emails and LinkedIn profiles for founders, product leads, and first GTM hires so reps can engage immediately.
Signals Tracked
YC acceptance announcements and investor press releases
Founder / investor “we just raised” posts on social
Funding-round write-ups on VC websites
Burst hiring for product/design roles (Founding Designer, UX Lead, PM)
Founders with prior design-centric backgrounds
“OpenFunnel surfaced funding and new batch YC announcements before it hit the static databases and helped us research by simply asking questions in natural language. That context doubled our reply rates.”
— Hannah Pobar, Numi