Open source startup intelligence tool — find emails, open roles, and funding signals from startups worldwide.
Built by students, for students. Interns, job seekers, and developers welcome.
HireTrace scrapes publicly available startup data so you don't have to spend hours hunting for it manually. Enter a keyword or niche, and HireTrace pulls out:
- 📧 Emails — founder and team contact emails
- 💼 Open Roles — active job and internship vacancies
- 💰 Budget Signals — funding rounds, salary ranges, and hiring budget hints
- 🏢 Startup Info — company name, website, location, and stage
Focused heavily on Indian startups (Tracxn, Inc42, YourStory, Startup India) but works globally too.
Most tools like this are expensive, closed source, or locked behind paywalls. HireTrace is free, open, and community powered. If a scraper breaks, anyone can fix it. If a new source needs to be added, anyone can build it.
| Source | Region | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Y Combinator Jobs | Global | ✅ Active |
| Wellfound (AngelList) | Global | ✅ Active |
| Inc42 | India | 🔧 In Progress |
| Tracxn | India | 🔧 In Progress |
| YourStory | India | 🔧 In Progress |
| Startup India Portal | India | 🔧 In Progress |
| IIT/IIM Incubator Pages | India | 📋 Planned |
- Backend — Python + FastAPI
- Scraping — Playwright + BeautifulSoup
- Frontend — Next.js
- Database — PostgreSQL
- Export — CSV, JSON, Google Sheets
hiretrace/
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── requirements.txt
│
├── scrapers/ # One file per source
│ ├── ycombinator.py
│ ├── wellfound.py
│ ├── inc42.py
│ └── tracxn.py
│
├── core/ # Shared logic
│ ├── email_extractor.py
│ ├── budget_parser.py
│ └── exporter.py
│
├── api/ # FastAPI backend
│ └── main.py
│
├── frontend/ # Next.js dashboard
│
└── data/output/ # Scraped results land here
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/hiretrace.git
cd hiretrace
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Run your first scrape
python scrapers/ycombinator.py --keyword "fintech"
# Start the API
uvicorn api.main:app --reloadHireTrace lives and grows through contributors. Here's how you can help:
- 🐛 Fix a broken scraper — sites change their HTML all the time
- ➕ Add a new source — know a good startup directory? Build a scraper for it
- 🎨 Improve the frontend — make the dashboard cleaner and faster
- 📖 Improve the docs — help other students get started faster
To contribute, fork the repo, make your changes, and open a pull request. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
- 🎓 College students looking for startup internships
- 🔍 Job seekers targeting early stage companies
- 📬 Founders doing outreach and competitor research
- 🛠️ Developers who want to build on top of startup data
MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.
If HireTrace helps you land an opportunity or saves you time, give it a star. It helps more students find the tool.
Made with curiosity and too many cups of chai ☕