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Talent Signals: Industries

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Written by Marco Squarci
Updated over 3 months ago

Finding Talents by Industry

Use the Industry filter in Talent Signals to surface individuals moving into specific sectors. This is particularly effective when tracking founders of new companies or executives taking on new roles.


🔍 How the Industry Filter Works

  • The filter applies to a person’s new role, not their historical experience.

  • You’re filtering based on the industry of the company they’ve joined or founded.

  • For signals marked Live or Out of Stealth, the associated company is known—making industry tagging accurate and reliable.

Example: A New Company search filtered by DeepTech will surface founders building in DeepTech startups.


⚠️ Stealth Founder Exceptions

Stealth talents often haven’t disclosed what they’re building—so their startup's industry can’t be classified yet.

Filtering by Industry in this case may exclude compelling founders simply because they haven’t shared details.

Example:


A former Principal Engineering Manager/CTO with DeepTech credentials launches a stealth startup—but doesn’t disclose the industry.
→ A DeepTech filter would miss them, even though they’re a strong thematic fit.

💡Tip:
When searching for Stealth founders, consider running a broader filter or skipping Industry altogether to avoid excluding relevant profiles.


Need to Go Deeper?

Want to build searches based on talent pools from specific:

  • Companies (e.g. ex-DeepMind founders)

  • Universities (e.g. Stanford, ETH Zurich)

  • Accelerators (e.g. Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First)

Get in touch with us—we can help configure founder-targeted searches based on background, not just declared industry.

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