FlareSight vs Selva

FlareSight turns SEC filings into startup funding information for investors, sales teams, recruiters and founders. The site says it tracks more than 127,000 startups and updates daily; most companies appear within 24 hours of filing, after prior-day filings are processed at 6am UTC. Funding amounts and filing details come directly from SEC filings, and each record links to its Form D. Users can filter activity by sector, stage and geography. Company profiles can include founder names, roles and LinkedIn profiles, while metadata such as sector and description is enriched from additional sources and verified where possible. Free accounts include all search filters, five profile views per day, one view-only watchlist and a weekly email digest. Starter costs $24 a month, billed $288 annually, and includes 30 monthly contact reveal credits, three watchlists, daily digests and AI-drafted email openers. Pro costs $80 a month, billed $960 annually, with 250 monthly contact reveals and API access. Contacts revealed on any plan can be exported to CSV.

Selva is a web-based map of Latin American startups, investors, and funding activity, combining public information, source links, and market summaries. Its listed coverage includes 4,374 startups, 4,662 investors, and 21 markets, alongside 4,479 company records. Selva says it uses 37 sources, parses articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and links funding rounds to their source articles. Public access shows identities, descriptions, and rolled-up totals. A free account adds round structure, dates, and portfolio lists, while amounts stay hidden. Premium costs $39 a month and adds exact amounts, valuations, revenue, and check sizes. Selva compares disclosed yearly totals with LAVCA benchmarks and publishes those comparisons and coverage figures. Company corrections go through a domain-verified review limited to company employees. Selva warns that information may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate and is provided for information and research, not as investment advice. Its terms prohibit scraping, crawling, harvesting, or bulk downloads, and restrict resale or redistribution except where expressly permitted. Selva says it does not sell personal information and loads Google Analytics only with visitor consent.