# Use-Cases: VCs

**1) Deal Sourcing:** *Scout New and High-Quality Projects Systematically and Earlier than Peers*

* **Peer Following Tracking:** Monitor what your peers and other active angels are following.
* **Ecosystem Following Tracking:** Track key accounts in various ecosystems to identify new emerging projects.
* **Market Following Tracking:** Identify top trending early-stage projects across the market in real-time.

**2) Research:** *Turbocharge Research Efficiency and Gain a Better Understanding of the Market*

* **Market Research:** Form top-down theses through efficient access to high-quality sources (e.g., podcasts and conference transcripts, research forums, long-form research).
* **Market Insights:** Obtain quantifiable and actionable insights into emerging trends and narratives.
* **Ultra-Curated Market Feeds:** Highlight the most significant events, debates, and theses in the market.
* **Ultra-Curated Personalized Feeds:** Curate and discover the most important signals based on your social media following and their engagements.

**3) Due Diligence:** *Avoid Blind Spots and Make More Informed Decisions*

* **Competitive Landscape:** Map out key peers, understand competitive dynamics, and avoid blind spots.
* **Project Due Diligence:** Surface public mentions across all platforms (e.g., Social media, Discord, Farcaster, hackathons).
* **Founder Due Diligence:** Analyze founder history, social connections, and public opinions.
* **Deal Dynamics:** Gain insights on interested parties in the same round as well as early supporters through our proprietary database of smart following timestamps.

**4) Portfolio Management:** *Manage and Support Portfolio Where Needed*

* **Portfolio Monitoring:** Follow the most important updates across your portfolio.
* **Negative Events:** Surface major negative events across your portfolio (e.g., FUDs, hacks, rugs, crimes).
* **Catalyst Calendar:** Monitor major upcoming events across your portfolio (e.g., unlocks, TGEs, mainnet launches, testnet launches, tech upgrades).


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