Scouting

Discover the relevant startups you need to find.

Dive in our 3.9M+ database, stay up-to-date with latest news and have curated, hot & rising startups at your fingertips.

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DISCOVERY FILTERS
EuropeAI PlatformsSeed / Growth
Index Telemetry● Live
Indexed Companies:3.9M+
Registries Scanned:300+
Semantic Accuracy:97.4%
LIVE SEARCHSEMANTIC
Analyzing...
The Problem

There are millions of startups
but nothing tells you which ones are right for you.

Lost in keyword search

In most databases, if a startup doesn't match a keyword, it doesn't exist. So the ones that don't fit a neat label, never make it to your list.

climate fintech seed Europe
24 results
GreenVault
Seed · Amsterdam
Sits between categories
CarbonPay
Pre-seed · Berlin
No sector tag
EcoFloat
Seed · Paris
Unlabelled
0 relevant matches for your thesis

Matches that don’t match

Two startups can look identical on paper but solve completely different problems. Surface-level matching wastes time that you don't have.

AlphaFlowEnterprise B2B

Compliance infrastructure for regulated EU lenders. High contract values, long sales cycle.

Returned as identical match
FALSE POSITIVE · 92% SIMILARITY
NovaPayConsumer B2C

US consumer wallet app. High customer churn, zero enterprise or compliance traction.

Returned as identical match
❌ Keyword match missed fundamental business difference

Outdated on arrival

Startups raise, pivot, and get acquired faster than any database keeps up. By the time your longlist is ready, most of it is out of date again.

NovaPulse Energy
Longlisted Jan 2024
14mo stale
FUNDING STAGE
Pre-seed · €600KSeries A · €5.1M raised
LEADERSHIP
CEO: J. MüllerCEO exited Mar 2024
BUSINESS MODEL
B2C Consumer appPivoted to B2B SaaS
⚠️ Static database lost real-time market updates
The Solution

Scouting the way it should work.

What changes when you stop searching and start scouting with intelligence.

MatchDiscoverRank
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Relevant discovery

Discover

Describe what you're looking for in your own words, and Kuanta finds the startups that fit your situation, and find the startups that never show up in generic category filters.

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Actionable results

Match

Every result comes with the context to act on it, founder contact details, geography, stage, traction signals, and how it positions against others in the space.

03

Real-time data

Rank

Kuanta tracks the latest funding rounds, news, and emerging signals, including curated, hot & rising startups, so your longlist reflects the market as it is today, not of six months ago.

With Kuanta

What changes when scouting
meets intelligence.

Here's what that looks like in practice.

Before

  • Search results that miss the real need

  • A longlist that takes weeks and still feels incomplete

  • Hours lost sifting through outdated data

  • Important players missed for not being obvious

With Kuanta

  • Relevant results matched to the search

  • A ranked shortlist ready to use

  • The latest funding news on promising startups

  • Every fit with Founder details included

How It Works

Finding the needle in the haystack.

Our layered search combines keyword matching with vector semantics to surface only the most relevant startups.

LAYERED SEARCH
BASE LAYER

Industry search

Sector, stage and geography filtering across 3.9M+ validated profiles

FILTER-BASED
PRECISION LAYER

Tag search

Multi-dimensional matching across tech stack, business model and market signals

TAG-BASED
INTELLIGENCE LAYER

Complex search

Reasoning-based retrieval that surfaces the non-obvious match hiding between categories

SEMANTIC-BASED
Proprietary Engine

Semantic Relevance Engine & Data Output.

How our vectorized semantic engine maps complex investment criteria, searches high-dimensional meaning across 3.9M+ startups, and produces instant structured diligence.

VECTOR RELEVANCE PIPELINE · LIVE
1,536 DIMENSIONS< 38ms LATENCYCOSINE 0.982 ACCURACY
UNDER THE HOOD (INGESTION)INPUT STAGE

Vectorised database

1536-D

Dense semantic embeddings convert thesis queries into conceptual vector coordinates for nuanced meaning matching.

Embedding layerSemantic Cluster

Elastic architecture

SHARDED

Distributed clustering indexes 3.9M+ startups with millisecond parallel retrieval and zero query bottlenecks.

Search infrastructureHigh Concurrency

Real-time data crawl

LIVE INGEST

Continuous monitoring tracks rounds, pivots, executive movements, patents, and product launches 24/7.

Live data pipelinesAutomated Sync
99.4%Semantic Match
HIGH-DIMENSIONAL MATCHER

Evaluates nuanced thesis criteria across structured and unstructured company vectors simultaneously.

SYNTHESIZED INTELLIGENCEOUTPUT STAGE

Competitor mapping

3-4 PEERS

Auto-maps direct and non-obvious alternatives across the market, giving immediate competitive landscape context.

Context mappingCompetitive Moat

No pitch deck evaluation

0 DECK REQ

Synthesizes public registries, verified papers, and traction signals into instant scored intelligence without file uploads.

Signal-basedAutonomous Diligence

Hot & rising startups

RADAR DETECT

Outlier detection algorithms flag stealth and breakout high-velocity startups before they appear on mainstream databases.

Outlier radarEarly Alpha
DELIVERABLE 01EXECUTIVE BRIEF

Light Analysis Report

Receive a structured, investment-ready breakdown scoring team pedigree, market potential, business model, traction signals, and strategic watch items.

TEAMMARKETMODELWATCH ITEMSVERDICT
DELIVERABLE 02DIRECT REACHOUT

Verified Founder Contact

Skip gatekeepers with audited founder LinkedIn profiles, verified corporate email addresses, and headquarters registry metadata for immediate outreach.

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Direct LinkedIn
Founders & C-Suite
Verified Email
SMTP Audited Deliverable
Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Scouting.

An LLM cannot tell you whether a company is still active, what it has done recently, or how to contact the founder. Kuanta gives you a live, searchable database with real-time news, verified founder contact details, similar startups and complex multi-filter search and actionable intelligence you can act on immediately.
We offer the largest validated startup database out there, but more importantly we allow you to find a needle in the haystack with our advanced search mechanism. Thanks to our vectorized semantics – which you cannot find anywhere else - you will surface the most relevant startups in minutes.
Kuanta covers 3.9M+ startup profiles globally with strong coverage across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. All major verticals are covered i.e. fintech, deeptech, healthtech, defense, enterprise software, and many more.
Kuanta offers a layered search approach that adapts to your needs. Start with a simple industry search to browse by vertical, stage, or geography. For more targeted discovery, switch to complex search. You enter your keywords or a full sentence, and our vectorised semantic matching surfaces the most relevant startups based on meaning and context.
You will receive a scored shortlist with startup profiles ranked by fit to your criteria. A light analysis of each startup includes sector, stage, traction signals, competitive context, latest news and founder contact details.
Our proprietary database is continuously refreshed on a rolling basis. Our real-time news section shows the latest funding rounds, product launches, and company developments so you are always working with an up-to-date view.
Yes, a Kuanta license is not restricted by location and supports multiple team members across different offices and geographies. The number of seats depends on the license tier, and additional users can be added at any point during your subscription.

See Kuanta in action.

Get a validated & benchmarked shortlist in a single session.

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Scout
3.9M+ database
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Research
Screen startup & market
03
Contact
LinkedIn & email
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Evaluate
Academically validated
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Decide
Actionable report