Section 1 — Tech/AI Deals
Today's scan identified 29 unique deals. Standouts include Artemis's $70M Series A (AI cybersecurity), Ulysses's $46M Series A (autonomous underwater vehicles), and Resolve AI's $40M Series A (production environment AI).
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Artemis
$70M Series A
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Focus: Cybersecurity vs AI attacks
Lead: Felicis (lead)
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Ulysses
$46M Series A
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Focus: Autonomous underwater vehicles
Lead: a16z
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Resolve AI
$40M Series A
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Focus: AI for running/automating production environments
Lead: DST Global, Salesforce Ventures
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Parasail
$32M Series A
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Focus: AI Supercloud deployment network
Lead: Touring Capital, Kindred Ventures
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NanoTech Materials
$29.4M Series A
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Focus: Advanced materials for energy efficiency
Lead: HPI Real Estate
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Nas.com
$27M Series A
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Focus: AI platform for solopreneur economy
Lead: Khosla Ventures, 500 Global
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Solidroad
$25M Series A
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Focus: AI QA for customer support conversations
Lead: Hedosophia, First Round Capital, YC
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Pillar
$20M Seed
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Focus: Commodity hedging AI
Lead: a16z
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Auctor
$20M Series A
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Focus: AI-native enterprise SW implementation
Lead: Sequoia, M12
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spektr
$20M Series A
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Focus: AI compliance infrastructure for financial services
Lead: NEA, Northzone
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ONTO Health
$20M Series A
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Focus: AI fertility/longevity
Lead: ARTIS, Humania
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Joyful Health
$17M Series A
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Focus: AI healthcare revenue operations
Lead: CRV, XYZ Venture Capital, Designer Fund
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Phonely
$16M Series A
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Focus: AI voice agents for customer service
Lead: Base10 Partners, YC
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Eigen
$15M Seed
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Focus: AI friend for shared experiences
Lead: Benchmark
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Pillar Security
$9M Seed
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Focus: AI security for enterprises
Lead: Shield Capital, Golden Ventures
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Antioch
$8.5M Seed
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Focus: Simulation tools for robot developers
Lead: A*, Category Ventures, MaC VC
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Capsule Security
$7M Seed
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Focus: Trust layer for agentic AI
Lead: Lama Partners, Forgepoint Capital
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Caruso
$6.5M Series A
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Focus: AI fund administration for private markets
Lead: Icehouse Ventures, GD1
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Balerion AI
$6M Seed
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Focus: Agentic AI for mortgage origination
Lead: Kleiner Perkins, Formation
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Lua
$5.8M Seed
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Focus: OS for human-agent collaboration
Lead: Norrsken22, Flourish Ventures
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GetWhys
$5.2M Seed
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Focus: AI customer intelligence for B2B GTM
Lead: EPIC Ventures, CEAS Investments
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Proteins.1
$4.7M Pre-seed
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Focus: PCR-like amplification for omics
Lead: Lifeline Ventures
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Rowan
$3.3M Seed
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Focus: AI small business succession
Lead: DRW, Motivate Ventures
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23 Broadway
$3M Seed
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Focus: AI user acquisition financing
Lead: Betty, Will Ventures
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Sage Haven
$3M Pre-seed
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Focus: AI-moderated messaging for kids
Lead: Hustle Fund, How Women Invest
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Worki
$2.75M Pre-seed
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Focus: Healthcare workforce infrastructure
Lead: Redesign Health
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NOC Energy
$2.7M Seed
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Focus: Electric heating for industrial processes
Lead: 360 Capital, SOSV
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Traza
$2.1M Pre-seed
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Focus: AI procurement automation
Lead: Base10 Partners, K Fund
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Beeline Medicines
$300M Series A
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Focus: Autoimmune/inflammatory disease therapies
Lead: Bain Capital
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Individual Angels Identified
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Dara Khosrowshahi
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Role: CEO, Uber
Background: Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian and American business executive who currently serves as the CEO of Uber. He was previously the CEO of Expedia Group and has made notable angel investments, including a recent participation in Pillar's $20M seed round.
Investment: Pillar ($20M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @dkhos
Email: dara.khosrowshahi@uber.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Vinod Khosla
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Role: Founder and Managing Director, Khosla Ventures
Background: Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and technologist. He is best known as a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm.
Investment: Nas.com ($27M Series A)
Location: Palo Alto, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @vkhosla
Email: vk@khoslaventures.com
Portal Match: FinancePortal.ai
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Tim Ferriss
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Role: Author, Podcast Host, and Early-Stage Investor
Background: Tim Ferriss is a renowned author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, including "The 4-Hour Workweek", and a popular podcast host. He has been an active angel investor and advisor since 2008, with early investments in notable companies such as Uber, Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor.
Investment: Nas.com ($27M Series A)
Location: Austin, TX
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @tferriss
Email: tim.ferriss@gmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Stanley Tang
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Role: Co-Founder and Head of DoorDash Labs, DoorDash
Background: Stanley Tang is a co-founder of DoorDash, where he currently serves as Head of DoorDash Labs, focusing on robotics and autonomous systems. He is an active angel investor and owns a significant stake in DoorDash following its IPO.
Investment: Nas.com ($27M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @stanleytang
Email: stanley@doordash.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Scott Adelson
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Role: Chief Executive Officer, Houlihan Lokey
Background: Scott Adelson has been the CEO of Houlihan Lokey since June 2024, after previously serving as co-president and global co-head of corporate finance. He joined the firm in 1987 and was instrumental in its growth and international expansion. He recently participated as an angel investor in Nas.com's $27M Series A round.
Investment: Nas.com ($27M Series A)
Location: Montecito, California
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Not found
Email: sadelson@hl.com
Portal Match: FinancePortal.ai
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Aravind Srinivas
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Role: CEO and Co-founder, Perplexity AI
Background: Aravind Srinivas is the Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and previously studied at IIT Madras.
Investment: Joyful Health ($17M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @AravSrinivas
Email: aravind@perplexity.ai
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Guillermo Rauch
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Role: CEO, Vercel
Background: Guillermo Rauch is a software engineer who started coding at age 10 in Argentina. He is the founder and CEO of Vercel, creator of Next.js, and has authored numerous influential open-source projects like Socket.IO and Mongoose.
Investment: Joyful Health AI ($17M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @rauchg
Email: g@vercel.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Jeff Lawson
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Role: CEO and Co-founder, Inertia Enterprises
Background: Jeff Lawson is the co-founder and former CEO of Twilio, a cloud communications platform. He is an active angel investor and recently participated in Joyful Health's $17M Series A funding round.
Investment: Joyful Health ($17M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @jeffiel
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Ben Silbermann
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Role: Executive Chairman, Pinterest & Co-founder, How We Feel
Background: Ben Silbermann is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Pinterest, which he helped build into one of the world's largest visual discovery platforms. He is also the co-founder of the non-profit journaling app How We Feel and is an active angel investor.
Investment: Eigen ($15M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @8en
Email: ben@pinterest.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Gustav Söderström
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Role: Co-CEO, CPO & CTO, Spotify
Background: Gustav Söderström is a technology executive known for his role in shaping Spotify's product strategy and innovation. He currently serves as Co-CEO, CPO, and CTO at Spotify, driving the company's global product and technology direction.
Investment: Eigen AI ($15M Seed)
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @GustavS
Email: gsoderstrom@spotify.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Akshay Kothari
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Role: Co-Founder and COO, Notion
Background: Akshay Kothari is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Notion, a leading collaborative software company. Prior to Notion, he co-founded Pulse (acquired by LinkedIn) and served as a VP at LinkedIn. He is an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 60 companies, including a recent $15M Seed investment in Eigen AI.
Investment: Eigen AI ($15M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @akothari
Email: akshay@makenotion.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Shyam Sankar
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Role: Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Palantir Technologies
Background: Shyam Sankar is the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Palantir Technologies, having joined as employee #13. He has over two decades of experience building disruptive software and AI solutions for government and private sectors, and has made numerous angel investments in companies like Antioch and Valar Atomics.
Investment: Antioch ($8.5M Seed)
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @ssankar
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Chris Krebs
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Role: MasterClass Instructor, MasterClass
Background: Chris Krebs is a prominent cybersecurity expert and the former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He was previously the Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer at SentinelOne and currently serves as an instructor at MasterClass.
Investment: Capsule Security ($7M Seed)
Location: United States
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @C_C_Krebs
Email: chris.krebs@sentinelone.com
Portal Match: CitizenPortal.ai
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Andrew Yang
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Role: Founder, Forward Party
Background: Former US Presidential Candidate and entrepreneur who founded the Forward Party and Venture for America. He advocates for universal basic income and recently launched a new venture called Noble Mobile.
Investment: Sage Haven ($3M Pre-Seed)
Location: New York, NY
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @AndrewYang
Email: andrewyang@gmail.com
Portal Match: CitizenPortal.ai
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Aidan Gomez
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Role: CEO and Co-founder, Cohere
Background: Aidan Gomez is the Co-founder and CEO of Cohere, a leading enterprise AI platform. He is a co-author of the seminal 'Attention Is All You Need' paper that introduced the Transformer architecture, and has invested in several startups including Worki.
Investment: Worki ($2.75M Pre-Seed)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @aidangomez
Email: aidan.n.gomez@gmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Section 2 — EDGAR Form D Filings
303 total Form D filings on April 16, 2026. Extracted executives from notable operating companies below.
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SIERRA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK INC (CIK 0002011617)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $145,000,000
EMIL HAKIM (Related Person)
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Acretrader 274 LLC (CIK 0002091455)
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State: AR | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,899,000
ROBERT MOORE (Related Person)
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Expedition Income II LLC (CIK 0002130126)
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State: GA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Anthony Reach (Related Person)
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EnCap Parliament Co-Invest B, L.P. (CIK 0002128238)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
(General Partner) EnCap Energy Transition Fund II GP, L.P. (Related Person)N/A EnCap ETF Management, LLC (Related Person)
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Ambulatory Surgery Center Acquisition HoldCo, LLC (CIK 0002124458)
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State: AZ | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Jason Mangus (Related Person)Riyaz Sumar (Related Person)
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RANCHLANDMTX1 LLC (CIK 0002127662)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Ravi Katta (Related Person)
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AQR Flex 1 Series LLC - Series C10 (CIK 0002079630)
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State: CT | Industry: N/A
Amount: $29,058,094
N/A AQR Capital Management II, LLC (Related Person)N/A AQR Capital Management, LLC (Related Person)
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MSVEF RT Feeder II LP (CIK 0002060597)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $205,594,237
General Partner MSVEF II GP LLC (Related Person)
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PreSwing Golf, LLC (CIK 0002130062)
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State: AZ | Industry: N/A
Amount: $150,000
Benjamin Alon (Related Person)Scott Blanford (Related Person)
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AQR Flex 1 Series LLC - Series C5 (CIK 0002079635)
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State: CT | Industry: N/A
Amount: $34,776,679
N/A AQR Capital Management II, LLC (Related Person)N/A AQR Capital Management, LLC (Related Person)
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809 Avenue K Galveston LLC (CIK 0002129396)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $325,000
John Tohme (Related Person)
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AQR Flex 1 Series LLC - Series A37 (CIK 0002122331)
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State: CT | Industry: N/A
Amount: $25,000,000
N/A AQR Capital Management, LLC (Related Person)N/A AQR Capital Management II, LLC (Related Person)
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GS Finance Corp. (CIK 0001419828)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $784,000
Matthew Bieber (Related Person)Laurence Kleinman (Related Person)Nnaemeka Eke (Related Person)Adam Siegler (Related Person)Terence Donnelly (Related Person)Pankauz Shrestha (Related Person)
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BETA Technologies, Inc. (BETA) (CIK 0001784570)
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State: VT | Industry: N/A
Amount: $7,051,692
Kyle Clark (Related Person)Herman Cueto (Related Person)David Churchill (Related Person)Brian Dunkiel (Related Person)Sean Donovan (Related Person)Martine Rothblatt (Related Person)Charles Davis (Related Person)Mike Stone (Related Person)James McConville (Related Person)Amy Gowder (Related Person)John Slattery (Related Person)John Abele (Related Person)
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PPDSS PSD IV USD Feeder (Delaware) LP (CIK 0002129479)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
N/A Pantheon Private Debt Secondary Solutions (Delaware) GP LLC (Related Person)N/A Pantheon Ventures (US) LP (Related Person)N/A Pantheon Ventures Inc. (Related Person)Kara Zanger (Related Person)
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CarbonSix, Inc. (CIK 0002126394)
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State: N/A | Industry: N/A
Amount: $28,049,561
Jehyeok Kim (Related Person)Taeyeon Moon (Related Person)Seongmin Kang (Related Person)
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Nationwide Private Placement Variable Account - E (CIK 0001601405)
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State: OH | Industry: N/A
Amount: $133,364,197
Jessica Dowdy (Related Person)
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Reel-Breakthrough Fund, LLC (CIK 0002074295)
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State: WY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Brandon Prevatt (Related Person)Adamo El Farhan (Related Person)Lindle Mathis (Related Person)Mitchell Cole (Related Person)Thomas Rondinella (Related Person)
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Abundera, Inc. (CIK 0002115921)
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State: NV | Industry: N/A
Amount: $375,000
Francis Lacson (Related Person)
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Source Donor Inc. (CIK 0001887183)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $38,146,710
Joshua Grosbard (Related Person)Lou Silverman (Related Person)Nicoletti DePaul (Related Person)Randy Simpson (Related Person)Andrew Last (Related Person)
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SP MOUNT VICTORIA II, LLC (CIK 0002129732)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $5,230,000
Apurva Mehta (Related Person)Patrick O'Connor (Related Person)N/A Summit Peak Ventures Coinvest GP I, LLC (Related Person)
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FIREFLY NEUROSCIENCE, INC. (AIFF) (CIK 0000803578)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $2,250,000
Paul Krzywicki (Related Person)Arun Menawat (Related Person)Greg Lipshitz (Related Person)Gil Issachar (Related Person)David DeCaprio (Related Person)Brian Posner (Related Person)Stella Vnook (Related Person)
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LL Mezzanine ABS (USTE) Fund, L.P. (CIK 0002064539)
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State: PA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $8,435,832
Pranav Desai (Related Person)Roberto Sella (Related Person)Putnam Coes (Related Person)Marek Skawinski (Related Person)Doyle Flaherty (Related Person)- LL MEZZ ABS GP, LLC (Related Person)- LL Funds, LLC (Related Person)
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OVP-Axiado LLC (CIK 0001792757)
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State: CT | Industry: N/A
Amount: $8,819,244
Orbit Partners (Related Person)Robert Connors (Related Person)
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One Place Property Group, LLC (CIK 0002070855)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $2,467,000
Walter August Jr. (Related Person)Sabrina Noble (Related Person)Terrance Bailey (Related Person)
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Social Media Post Pack
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Early-stage funding roundup for April 16, 2026:
29 new deals. 31 named angels. 303 Form D filings.
Top deals: Artemis $70M (AI cybersecurity), Ulysses $46M (autonomous underwater vehicles), Resolve AI $40M (production environment AI).
Notable Angels: Vinod Khosla backed Nas.com. Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity CEO) & Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO) backed Joyful Health. Ben Silbermann (Pinterest Co-founder) backed Eigen.
#venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #AI #founders
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| X/Twitter Thread |
1/ Angel Registry Update — April 16, 2026: 29 deals, 31 named angels, 303 EDGAR filings. 🧵
2/ BIGGEST: Artemis $70M Series A to fight AI-powered cyber attacks with AI. Led by Felicis.
3/ A-List Angels: @vkhosla backed Nas.com's $27M Series A. @AravSrinivas & @rauchg backed Joyful Health's $17M Series A.
4/ Hardware is back: Ulysses raised $46M for autonomous underwater vehicles. Antioch raised $8.5M for robot simulation.
5/ Full report: buttondown.com/AngelRegistry
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