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FounderPortal.ai
Angel Registry Update
March 23, 2026
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Today's update features 16 new US early-stage funding rounds totaling over $200M, with a remarkable roster of 10+ high-profile individual angel investors. Highlights include Gimlet Labs' massive $80M Series A with backing from the CEOs of Intel and VMware, and Littlebird's $11M Seed round with investments from the founders of Asana and DocSend, and the author of Lenny's Newsletter.
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Section 1 — Funding Briefing
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Today's update features 16 new US early-stage funding rounds totaling over $200M, with a remarkable roster of 10+ high-profile individual angel investors. Highlights include Gimlet Labs' massive $80M Series A with backing from the CEOs of Intel and VMware, and Littlebird's $11M Seed round with investments from the founders of Asana and DocSend, and the author of Lenny's Newsletter.
| COMPANY |
AMOUNT |
ROUND |
FOCUS |
LEAD INVESTOR |
| Gimlet Labs |
$80M |
Series A |
Multi-Silicon AI Inference Cloud |
Menlo Ventures |
| BlueFlag Security |
$28M |
Series A |
SDLC Security Platform |
Maverick & Ten Eleven Ventures |
| Oryon Cell Therapies |
$21M |
Series A |
Parkinson's Neuron Replacement |
Neuro.VC, Byers Capital |
| RyboDyn |
$21M |
Seed |
AI-driven Cancer Target Discovery |
Genedant, SeaX Ventures |
| Dimer Health |
$13.5M |
Series A |
AI Transitional Care Medicine |
Team8, Table Management |
| Littlebird |
$11M |
Seed |
AI Screen Context "Recall" Tool |
Lotus Studio |
| Onit Security |
$11M |
Seed |
Agentic Exposure Management |
Hetz Ventures, Brightmind |
| Novaworks.ai |
$8M |
Seed |
AI Workforce Management OS |
Stalwart Ventures |
| NurivaTech AI |
$7.5M+ |
Seed |
AI for Athletic Performance |
Self-funded + Angels |
| Navi AI |
$6.7M |
Seed |
AI for Commercial Pilot Training |
United Airlines Ventures |
| Flourish Care |
$5.7M |
Seed |
Maternal Health Doula Network |
Zeal Capital Partners |
| Virchow Medical |
$4M |
Seed |
Precision Oncology Biopsy System |
Cerberus Ventures |
| Ezra |
$3.2M |
Seed |
Voice AI Interviewing Platform |
Penny Jar, LMNT Ventures |
| BrainGrid |
$1M |
Pre-seed |
AI Product Planner for Builders |
Menlo Ventures |
| Careverse.ai |
$154K |
Reg CF |
AI Healthcare Execution Layer |
Wefunder Syndicate |
| CYBR International |
$140K |
Reg CF |
AI Cybersecurity Solutions |
Republic Crowdfund |
Section 2 — Individual Angels Identified
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We identified 10+ high-profile individual angel investors today. Here are their full profiles:
Bill Coughran
- Location: Menlo Park, CA
- Contact: wmc@sequoiacap.com, (650) 948-8722
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Partner at Sequoia Capital and former SVP of Engineering at Google. Specializes in large-scale computing and networking systems. Angel investor in Gimlet Labs.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Finance Portal
Nick McKeown
- Location: Stanford, CA
- Contact: nickm@stanford.edu, (650) 725-3641
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, co-founder of Nicira (acquired by VMware). Angel investor in Gimlet Labs.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Health Portal
Raghu Raghuram
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Contact: raghu.raghuram@gmail.com, (650) 427-5000
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Former CEO of VMware, now a Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Angel investor in Gimlet Labs.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Finance Portal
Lip-Bu Tan
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Contact: lbtan@waldenintl.com, (415) 518-7194
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: CEO of Intel Corporation and Chairman of Walden International. Angel investor in Gimlet Labs.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Finance Portal
Lenny Rachitsky
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Contact: lenny.rachitsky@gmail.com, (858) 382-4809
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Author of the popular "Lenny's Newsletter" and former product lead at Airbnb. Angel investor in Littlebird.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Workplace-ai.com
Justin Rosenstein
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Contact: justin@asana.com, (415) 525-3888
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Co-founder of Asana. Former engineer at Google and Facebook, where he co-created the "Like" button. Angel investor in Littlebird.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Workplace-ai.com
Shawn Wang (swyx)
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Contact: shawnthe1@gmail.com, (415) 802-6997
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Prominent AI/tech influencer, writer, and founder of Latent Space and smol.ai. Angel investor in Littlebird.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, CitizenPortal.ai
Russ Heddleston
- Location: Whistler, BC, Canada
- Contact: russelleric@gmail.com, (916) 412-4203
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Co-founder and former CEO of DocSend (acquired by Dropbox). Angel investor in Littlebird.
- Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal, Finance Portal
Jason Kipnis
- Location: Brunswick, OH
- Contact: jason.kipnis@gmail.com, Not found
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Former MLB All-Star second baseman. Angel investor in NurivaTech AI.
- Soar Portal Match: Health Portal, Friend Portal
Bill Ackman
- Location: New York, NY
- Contact: ackman@persq.com, (212) 813-3700
- Social: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
- Background: Billionaire hedge fund manager and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Investor in Dimer Health via Table Management.
- Soar Portal Match: Finance Portal
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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.
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