Venturely
Market intelligence platform tracking 20,000+ startups globally. AI-powered signals detect funding rounds, bankruptcies, leadership changes, and layoffs before they hit the news cycle. Built for VCs, founders, and anyone who needs to move before consensus forms.
- Full-Stack
- AI
- SaaS
- Data Intelligence
Tech Stack
React 19 
Express 5 
PostgreSQL 
Puppeteer Stealth 
Socket.io 
Paystack 
Cheerio 
JSDOM 
Node-cron 
JWT 
Tailwind CSS Build Highlights
- React 19 frontend with modular workspace architecture and responsive design
- Express 5 REST API with JWT authentication, OTP verification, and role-based access control
- PostgreSQL database with complex relational models for startups, users, workspaces, and signals
Overview
Project overview
Venturely is an ecosystem of intelligence products designed for investors, startup founders, CTOs, and anyone who needs accurate, real-time data on the global startup landscape. The platform aggregates and analyzes information on over 20,000 startups, providing workspace tools for research and a proprietary signal engine that uses AI to detect events like funding rounds, company distress, cofounder disagreements, and market shifts before they surface in mainstream reporting.
Problem
What it solves
The startup data market is fragmented, expensive, and slow. By the time a funding round makes headlines, the opportunity has already closed. Investors and founders need intelligence that moves ahead of the news cycle, not behind it. Venturely solves this by building a signal layer on top of comprehensive startup data, turning noise into actionable intelligence.
Build
Implementation details
What I worked on
- Cofounder and Lead Engineer
- Designed and implemented the full system architecture from database schema to production deployment
- Built the AI-powered scraping pipeline that collects and normalizes startup data at scale
- Developed the workspace features: briefs, dossiers, watchlists, signals, saved startups, and team collaboration
- Implemented the subscription and billing system with Paystack integration and multi-currency support
- Built real-time features with Socket.io for collaborative workspace updates
Technical implementation
- 01
React 19 frontend with modular workspace architecture and responsive design
- 02
Express 5 REST API with JWT authentication, OTP verification, and role-based access control
- 03
PostgreSQL database with complex relational models for startups, users, workspaces, and signals
- 04
AI scraping pipeline using Puppeteer Stealth, Cheerio, and JSDOM for data extraction and normalization
- 05
Node-cron scheduled jobs for continuous data refresh and signal detection
- 06
Socket.io for real-time workspace collaboration and notification delivery
- 07
Tiered subscription model with Paystack payment processing and webhook handling
Links
Project links
Live Platform Preview
https://venturely.kristianhans.com
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