How-to guidesUpdated 5/13/2026
How to monitor competitor funding rounds and hiring spikes automatically
The best time to reach a prospect is the 48 hours after they announce a funding round or C-level hire. Funding = new budget. New CTO = new vendor preferences. Hiring spike = scaling pain. Kavex Trigger Watches automate detection so you never miss a window.
Set up a watch
/triggers/new — provide a name, up to 50 company URLs, trigger types, posts to scan per company.
Detection patterns (7 types, 6 languages)
Each watch run scrapes the last N posts per company, classifies each against 7 trigger patterns.
- Funding: "raised $X", "Series A/B/C", "secured funding"
- C-level change: new CEO/CTO/CFO/etc joins
- Hiring spike: "we're hiring", "N open roles"
- Anniversary: "5-year anniversary"
- Office expansion: "new office in X"
- Product launch: "introducing X", "now available"
- Layoffs: "restructuring", "reducing workforce"
Cost: 100 credits/day/watch
$0.10/day per watch. 5 watches × 50 companies = 250 monitored at $0.50/day = $182/year. Compare to PitchBook ($30k/year) or CB Insights ($60k+).
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