Know who’s worth backing, before other investors do.

Every week, OriginSignal finds early-stage companies across the UK from the official record: proven founders starting again, university spinouts as they form, and young companies raising money or growing fast. It watches your portfolio too. Each lead tells you why now, who the founders are, and where the money stands.

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From filings, not press releases
Alerts on your portfolio

Built on official recordsCompanies House filingsShare issuesDirectors and owners

This week’s leads

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5.8 millionactive UK companies checked every week
1.7 millionshare issues on record, so you see who’s raised money
46 milliondirector appointments, to follow founders from company to company
Weeklychecks for new leads and portfolio alerts, sent by our team

Built on official records: filings, share issues, directors and owners at Companies House. Counts as of October 2026.

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Meet the founders before the round is announced.

A company’s story starts in its records: a new company formed by founders who’ve done it before, a university taking shares, new shares issued to investors. OriginSignal checks those records every week, so you can get in touch before everyone else hears about it.

1 Something starts
Founders leave their jobs, a lab finds something worth building, or a start-up closes a round.
2 It shows in the records
A new company, new directors, a university or a fund as an owner, or new shares at Companies House.
3 The news gets out
A launch, a press release or a post on LinkedIn, where every investor sees it.
4 Investors pile in
The founders’ inboxes fill up, and the best rounds fill up with them.

With OriginSignal You’re told at step 2, often weeks or months before any announcement

Without it Most investors find out at step 3 or 4, alongside everyone else

A company has to report new directors to Companies House within 14 days, and new share issues within a month, so the record often comes before the news. Many early rounds are never announced at all.

Nine kinds of early lead, from day one to a first round.

Every lead has a reason to look now and named founders to speak to. We group them by where they come from.

Proven founders

People who have built something before.

Founder back after an exit

Someone whose last company was sold has formed a new one, or joined one as a director. Founders who have sold before often raise quickly.

You’ll speak to The founder

Hard to find

Senior leaver starting up

A director has left a fast-growing company and formed a new one, often with former colleagues. Early teams tend to come from the same place.

You’ll speak to The new company’s founders

Known backers already in

An angel, fund or accelerator you’d recognise is on the share register or the board of a company formed in the last year.

You’ll speak to The founder, or the investor who backed them

Spinning out

New companies built on research.

University spinout formed

A university, or the company it uses to hold spinout shares, has become an owner of a new company. Spinouts start with research, and most need outside money early.

You’ll speak to The academic founder, or the university’s spinout team

Academic founders

A professor or researcher has become a director of a new research company, sometimes before the university takes its shares.

You’ll speak to The academic founder

Won a research grant

A young company has won public money for new technology, such as an Innovate UK grant. A grant is often the step before a first round.

You’ll speak to The project lead or chief executive

On the up

Young companies gathering pace.

First round raised

A young company has issued new shares to outside investors for the first time. A first round shows who believes in it, and the next one isn’t far off.

You’ll speak to The founder

Valuation stepped up

New shares at a much higher price per share than the last round, worked out from the filings: a sign of real progress.

You’ll speak to The chief executive

Growing fast

Staff up by half or more in the latest accounts, or a new US parent company, often a step before a bigger round.

You’ll speak to The chief executive

Not just a company name.
The reason to look now.

Each lead answers the four questions you’d ask before getting in touch: why now, who the founders are, where the money stands and what to say. Pick an example.

Portfolio alerts

Your portfolio, checked every week.

Paste in the companies you’ve backed and OriginSignal checks every one against Companies House every week. You hear when one issues new shares, when a founder leaves the board, and when the warning signs appear, often before the next shareholder update.

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What we check for, every week

New share issues
New owners and shareholders
Directors joining or leaving
A new parent company
Accounts or returns going overdue
New loans and charges
Strike-off notices
Insolvency and petitions
Staff numbers in new accounts
Registered office moves
Name changes
New companies formed by their founders

Hear what changed, every week

An example week of alerts on an investor’s portfolio.

Example alerts: the companies and people are made up for this preview.

Hear when they raise again
New shares, the price per share and any new owners, often before the shareholder update arrives.
Spot trouble early
Overdue accounts, a new lender taking security or a strike-off notice: time to ask questions.
Keep track of who’s in charge
A founder leaving the board, a new parent company or a new controlling owner.

Why our leads turn into conversations.

Before the announcement
New companies, new directors and share issues reach you within a week of being filed, often before any press release or post.
Evidence, not hype
Every lead has a record behind it: a filing, a share register or a figure in the accounts. No guessing from social media.
Founders’ track records
Every director’s past companies, from the Companies House register: what they built, and what happened to it.
The money, from the filings
Shares issued, the price per share and who owns what, from the company’s own filings.
Ready to reach out
A short, friendly email you can send today, written for a founder rather than as a sales pitch.
Sources you can check
Every lead shows the record it came from, and when, so you can check it before you get in touch.

Three steps.
No setup on your side.

1
Tell us what you invest in
Your sectors, stages and regions. Paste in your portfolio: we’ll watch those companies, and leave them out of your leads.
2
Get leads and alerts every week
Weekly checks, sent by our team: the week’s new leads, best first, and anything that changed at your portfolio companies.
3
Get in touch
Reach out to the founders with the facts in front of you, or send the email we’ve written for you.

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9 new leads and 2 portfolio alerts this week

Hello. Here are this week’s best leads for what you invest in:

Plus 6 more leads, including an academic founder in Bristol and a second-time founder in Glasgow.

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