Startup Radar
Team, technical execution, traction proxies and financing evidence. Discovery signals (stars, launch votes) never carry score weight — execution proxies do.
Loomweft
via Form DDeveloper infrastructure
58/100
−5% missing-data penalty
- Form D (Aug 11, 2026)
- $6.3M(observed · formd-parse 1.2.0 · evidence: ev-formd-loomweft) sold / $8.5M(observed · formd-parse 1.2.0 · evidence: ev-formd-loomweft)
- as filed — not proof of cash received
- Release cadence
- 18 days(derived · gh-metrics 0.8.0 · evidence: ev-gh-loomweft)
- Bus factor
- 2(derived · gh-metrics 0.8.0 · evidence: ev-gh-loomweft)◆ key-person risk
- Contributors (90d)
- 64(observed · evidence: ev-gh-loomweft)
Team read
Two maintainers previously ran a widely adopted build-cache project; issue response median 9h. Bus factor of 2 is the dominant execution risk.
ModelLocal model (committee synthesis)(no source link)obs Aug 24, 08:15ret Aug 24, 08:15run-2026-08-24-002conf. mediumFixture
Fresh · observed 6d ago
Corvid Biolabs
via SBIR/STTRSynthetic biology
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insufficient evidence
−30% missing-data penalty
- Technical proxies
- — no public repos
- SBIR (NIH) · 2024
- Phase I — $275K
- SBIR (NIH) · 2026
- Phase II — $1.9M
Team read
Founding team continuous since 2023; principal investigator retains university appointment — commercialization commitment unverified.
ModelLocal model (committee synthesis)(no source link)obs Aug 21, 12:00ret Aug 21, 12:00run-2026-08-21-006conf. lowFixture
Unknown · Traction and risk families unpopulated; no repos, pre-revenue
Ferrostat Robotics
via ReferralWarehouse robotics
52/100
−10% missing-data penalty
- Form D (Jun 30, 2026)
- $14.0M(observed · formd-parse 1.2.0 · evidence: ev-formd-ferrostat) sold / $14.0M(observed · formd-parse 1.2.0 · evidence: ev-formd-ferrostat)
- as filed — not proof of cash received
- Release cadence
- 44 days(derived · gh-metrics 0.8.0 · evidence: ev-gh-ferrostat)
- Bus factor
- 4(derived · gh-metrics 0.8.0 · evidence: ev-gh-ferrostat)
- Contributors (90d)
- 21(observed · evidence: ev-gh-ferrostat)
Team read
SDK cadence slowed after the round closed (18 → 44 days between releases). Could be roadmap shift to closed-source; flagged for follow-up review.
ModelLocal model (committee synthesis)(no source link)obs Aug 18, 15:30ret Aug 18, 15:30run-2026-08-18-010conf. mediumFixture
Stale · last 31d ago · collector behind
Quillside Health
via Launch feedClinical workflow
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insufficient evidence
−45% missing-data penalty
- Technical proxies
- — no public repos
Team read
Strong launch-day attention but no verifiable traction proxies; launch votes are a discovery feature only and carry no score weight.
ModelLocal model (committee synthesis)(no source link)obs Aug 15, 09:45ret Aug 15, 09:45run-2026-08-15-003conf. lowFixture
Unknown · No Form D, no repositories, no grant record — discovery-stage only
Scoring note: startup scores use a separate model (team, product, traction, financing, market, risk) with explicit penalties for unpopulated families. GitHub metrics apply only to companies whose product is genuinely open-source adjacent.