Public data, checked and dated
Pipeluma builds its own index from public sources and checks every contact before you pay for it. Every claim on a lead shows where it came from and when it was seen.
Where the data comes from
Registers tell us a company exists. Job boards and websites tell us what it is doing now. Together they answer the question that matters: is this company a fit today?
Registered companies with their status, address and activity code.
The official register of French companies, with size band and activity.
Funded startups with their batch, team size and whether they are hiring.
Public job boards: the roles a company is hiring for right now, with dates.
Employers advertising roles in Germany today, used as a fresh hiring signal.
Homepage, team and about pages, careers pages and the legally required Impressum.
What we never do
The fastest way to a big database is to copy one. We chose the slower way, because a lead you cannot check is not worth a credit.
- ✓No scraped LinkedIn or other social profiles
- ✓No resold or bought contact databases
- ✓No private or personal email addresses, only work addresses
- ✓No invented data: if we cannot find it, the field stays empty
Five checks on every contact
An address is only worth something if it reaches a person. Each check answers one question, and the label says honestly how far we got.
Company website
Is the domain live and does it belong to this company?
Mail server
Does the domain receive email at all?
Person confirmed
Is the person named on a register, a startup directory or the company's own pages?
Email pattern
Which format does this company use: first.last, first, f.last?
Mailbox probe
Does the mail server accept this exact address, without sending anything?
Some mail servers accept every address, so a probe cannot tell a real mailbox from a wrong one. Pipeluma says so and labels the contact Likely instead of pretending it is Verified. The first human reply upgrades it to Verified.
Old news does not count as a signal
A funding round from 2021 says little about today. Every signal carries the date it was seen, and the score weighs recent evidence far more than old evidence.
Every lead also shows when it was last checked, and you can check it again at any time.