---
title: "Single startup signal by company name"
method: GET
path: "/api/signal"
tags: ["signals"]
---

# Single startup signal by company name

`GET /api/signal`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com`
- URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/signal`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/docs/api/signal/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `company` string, required

## Response `200`

Best-match startup or { found: false }.

- Startup
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `stage` 'Pre-seed' | 'Seed' | 'Series A/B' | 'Growth'
  - `geography` string
  - `commitVelocity14d` integer: Total commits over a rolling 14-day window
  - `commitVelocityChange` string: Percentage change vs. prior 14-day window (e.g., '+120%')
  - `contributors` integer
  - `contributorGrowth` string
  - `newRepos` integer
  - `signalType` 'Engineering hiring burst' | 'Infrastructure buildout' | 'Deploy frequency spike' | 'Framework migration'
  - `githubUrl` string, uri
  - `websiteUrl` string, uri
  - `linkedinUrl` string, uri

## Other responses

- `400`: Missing company parameter.
- `429`: Rate limited (30/min/IP). Retry after the `Retry-After` header.

## Changes

- **2026-08-14** `e8fe6095df09`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/changes/api/signal/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/revisions/1150ac4e7a23?raw)