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Angel Registry Update

March 10, 2026

Section 1 — Funding Briefing

Nominal — $80M Series A

What it does: AI-powered platform for hardware engineering teams, enabling them to deliver resilient hardware in days rather than months.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Avenir, Haystack

Cylake — $45M Seed

What it does: AI-native, data-driven cybersecurity for regulated organizations requiring total data sovereignty.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Greylock

Lio — $30M Series A

What it does: AI-powered procurement platform that automates enterprise purchasing workflows at scale.

Traction: Already managing billions in enterprise spend.

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Harry Stebbings (20VC), SV Angel, Y Combinator

PactFi — $25M Series A

What it does: Secure, end-to-end operational platform for the private credit market.

Traction: Private credit market has grown to $1.7T in 2026.

Investors: 7RIDGE EIF, Vestigo Ventures, Actyus, Fin Capital, Neotribe Ventures, Operator Partners, DevColor, Watertower Ventures

Zeno — $20.5M Seed

What it does: Climate technology company focused on battery swap motorbikes.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Active Impact Investments, Congruent Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital

Solid — $20M Seed

What it does: Accelerates enterprise adoption of trustworthy AI by maintaining business meaning in data.

Traction: Works with Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery.

Investors: Team8, SignalFire

Rebar — $14M Series A

What it does: Vertical AI platform for HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing industries. Uses computer vision to analyze blueprints and generate quotes 60-70% faster.

Traction: Doubled ARR in first six weeks of 2026. 40 clients, 7 of whom are investors.

Investors: Prudence (lead), Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, Villain Capital, Optimist Ventures

Mega — $11.5M Series A

What it does: AI-powered growth team for SMBs, replacing agency overhead.

Traction: $0 to $10M revenue in 10 months.

Investors: Undisclosed institutional. Angels: Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, Nneka Ogwumike

Amigo AI — $11M Series A

What it does: Platform for building and training patient-facing clinical agents.

Traction: Growing momentum from CMS ACCESS model.

Investors: Madrona (lead), Optum Ventures, General Catalyst, GSV Ventures

Voomi Supply — $10M Series A

What it does: Supply chain technology for HVAC and industrial supply.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Asymmetric Capital Partners (lead), Highmount Capital, Operator Partners

Summer Health — $10M Series A

What it does: Digital health company.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: 7wireVentures

UnityAI — $8.5M Seed

What it does: Agentic AI for healthcare operations.

Traction: 300k+ patient interactions/month; 90% scheduling tasks autonomous.

Investors: Company Ventures, Max Ventures, Nashville Capital Network, Third Prime, Whistler Capital Partners

Captur — $6M Seed

What it does: AI infrastructure verifying user-submitted photos for quality and accuracy.

Traction: Tens of millions of images monthly. Disputed claims dropped 30% in first week.

Investors: Rally Ventures, SVV, MMC Ventures, Concept Ventures, Ascension Ventures

Artemis — $6M Seed

What it does: Operating system for distributed energy (fka Monalee).

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Coalition Operators, FJ Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Palm Tree Crew, Plug and Play, Scott Banister, Shrug Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners, WIND Ventures

Anchr — $5.8M Seed

What it does: AI-native operating system for food distributors.

Traction: Seven figures in revenue in 12 weeks. One customer reclaimed ~40% of daily working time.

Investors: a16z Speedrun, Anterra Capital, Offline Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, leaders from OpenAI

Crafting — $5.5M Seed

What it does: End-to-end infrastructure for AI-driven engineering. Flagship: Crafting for Agents.

Traction: Launched GA alongside funding.

Investors: Mischief (lead), WndrCo. Angels: Andy Manoske, Arash Ferdowsi, Lenny Rachitsky, Gokul Rajaram, Merrill Lutsky

DiligenceSquared — $5M Seed

What it does: AI-driven commercial due diligence for private equity.

Traction: Y Combinator alumni.

Investors: Relentless (lead), Y Combinator

Denki — $4.1M Seed

What it does: AI-powered platform for financial auditing.

Traction: Customers include pre-IPO and publicly traded companies.

Investors: Base10 Partners, Shine Capital, Y Combinator, 20VC

Override — $3.5M Seed

What it does: Virtual chronic pain care startup.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: 7wireVentures, Martin Ventures, SignalFire, Confluent Health

Talvy — $2M Seed

What it does: Video-first professional profiles replacing the traditional resume.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: Link Ventures

Imperium Technologies — $2M Seed/Angel

What it does: InteliTrap smart steam trap and SteamView monitoring platform for industrial decarbonization.

Traction: Not publicly disclosed.

Investors: E8 Angels

Nyad AI — $1.3M Pre-Seed

What it does: AI solution for wastewater operators.

Traction: Expanding across the US.

Investors: Boost VC (lead), Draper Associates, Halogen Ventures, Ollin Ventures, Apprentis, First Avenue Ventures, Troy Wallwork (angel)

Section 2 — Individual Angels Identified

Mega ($11.5M Series A)

Diana Taurasi

Professional Basketball Player, Phoenix Mercury

Background: Global basketball icon, recently retired after 20-year career. Angel investments include Function Health and TMRW Sports.

Breanna Stewart

Professional Basketball Player, New York Liberty

Background: Two-time WNBA MVP, multiple-time champion. Angel investor in Mega and Unrivaled.

Kelsey Plum

Professional Basketball Player, Los Angeles Sparks

Background: First overall pick 2017 WNBA draft, two-time champion, Olympic gold medalist. NCAA all-time leading scorer.

Nneka Ogwumike

Basketball Player, Seattle Storm & President, WNBPA

Background: #1 pick 2012 WNBA draft, 2016 MVP. Stanford graduate. Angel portfolio includes 4+ companies.

Crafting ($5.5M Seed)

Andy Manoske

Security Products Leader, CoreWeave

Background: First PM at HashiCorp. Led development of Vault, Boundary, and Radar. Focuses on devops, enterprise AI, and security.

Arash Ferdowsi

Co-founder, Dropbox

Background: Co-founded Dropbox after dropping out of MIT. Served as CTO until 2016, left in 2020.

Lenny Rachitsky

Author, Lenny's Newsletter

Background: Prominent angel investor. Previously at Airbnb. Actively invests in AI, B2B SaaS, and marketplaces.

Gokul Rajaram

Founding Partner, Marathon Management Partners

Background: Product leader at Google, Meta, Square, DoorDash, Coinbase. Angel portfolio includes Airtable, Figma, Deel.

Merrill Lutsky

Co-founder & CEO, Graphite

Background: Co-founded Graphite (acquired by Cursor). Harvard alumnus. Venture partner at Pioneer Fund.

Artemis ($6M Seed)

Scott Banister

Venture Partner, Long Journey

Background: Co-founder of IronPort, early advisor and board member at PayPal. 150+ angel investments.

Nyad AI ($1.3M Pre-Seed)

Troy Wallwork

President, DataPerk

Background: Founded DataPerk. 'Rising CEO of the Year' and 'Top 40 Under 40' by Birmingham Business Journal.

This report is compiled by Manus AI for FounderPortal.ai subscribers. All information is sourced from publicly available press releases, news articles, and filings. Contact information for individual angels is sourced from public records only. This is not investment advice.