Industry Filter
Filters signals by Industries (not Sub-Industries).
Why Industries and not Sub-Industries?
To keep filtering high-signal and resilient across evolving categories. Sub-industry detail varies early on.
Industry definitions live in the Industry column of our taxonomy table.
Classification reflects the person or company’s current role/new position—not their prior background.
⚠️ Important: For Talent Interest Signals—especially in Stealth—industry is often undisclosed. Strictly filtering by Industry at these stages can hide strong prospects who haven’t revealed what they’re building yet. |
General rules (Recommended by our team)
Use it confidently for Company signals and later stages.
Industry filtering works best for Company signals and Launch+ stages where the product and market are declared.Be cautious for Talent Interest / Pre-Launch.
If you’re scouting founders in Talent Interest Signals or the Stealth stage, leave Industry unfiltered or treat it as optional so you don’t miss stealth builders.Layer smarter filters.
Combine Industry (when appropriate) with Growth Stage, geography, affiliations, and investor specifics to zero in on relevance.Focus on current role, not résumé history.
Our Industry label maps to the new position. Don’t over-index on prior roles when interpreting results.Re-run saved searches periodically.
As founders disclose more, industry labels update. Refresh to catch newly classified matches.
Need help tailoring this to your thesis?
Tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll set up custom searches—including targeting specific funds.