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FounderPortal.ai
Angel Registry Update
March 5, 2026
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16 deals, $200M+ raised, and 20 individual angels identified, including the founders of Dropbox, Slack, Replit, and Vercel.
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Section 1 — Funding Briefing
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16 unique early-stage deals were identified, totaling over $200 million in disclosed capital. The day was marked by significant rounds in AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise software.
| COMPANY |
AMOUNT |
ROUND |
FOCUS |
LEAD INVESTOR |
| Cylake |
$45M |
Seed |
Sovereign AI Cybersecurity |
Greylock Partners |
| ZyG |
$58M |
Seed |
Agentic E-commerce OS |
Bessemer, Viola, Lightspeed |
| Lio |
$30M |
Series A |
Agentic AI for Procurement |
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) |
| Reclaim Security |
$20M |
Series A |
Preemptive Exposure Remediation |
Acrew Capital, QP Ventures |
| UnityAI |
$8.5M |
Series A |
Agentic AI for Healthcare Ops |
Third Prime |
| AgriPass |
$7.5M |
Seed |
AI-Powered Robotic Weeding |
Harbor Venture Consulting |
| Jest |
$7M |
Seed |
Marketplace for Messaging Games |
Innovation Endeavors |
| Cheer Games |
$4.5M |
Pre-Seed |
Mobile Puzzle Game Studio |
Makers Fund, Play Ventures |
| Denki |
$4.1M |
Seed |
AI for Financial Audits |
Base10 Partners, Shine Capital |
| Procode AI |
$4M |
Seed |
AI for Surgical RCM |
Story Ventures, CHAP Health |
| Vor Systems |
$3M |
Pre-Seed |
AI for Renewable Energy Deals |
Gigascale Capital, Virta |
| 14.ai |
$3M |
Seed |
AI-Native Customer Support |
YC, General Catalyst, SV Angel |
| Diligent AI |
$2.5M |
Seed |
AI for FinTech Compliance |
Speedinvest, Shapers |
| Worldscape.ai |
$6M |
Seed |
AI Geospatial Intelligence |
Scout Ventures, Radius |
| One Stop Wellness |
$300k |
Seed |
B2B Corporate Wellness |
North Texas Angel Network |
| Corganics |
$105k |
Seed |
Clinical Cannabinoid Brand |
North Texas Angel Network |
Section 2 — Individual Angels Identified
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20 individual angel investors were identified across 7 of the 16 deals. The following section provides detailed profiles for each individual.
14.ai — $3M Seed
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Drew Houston
Co-founder & CEO, Dropbox
Co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. MIT computer science graduate. Focus on early-stage AI companies reimagining work. Board member at Meta.
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Location: Austin, TX
Email: Not found
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Arash Ferdowsi
Co-founder, Dropbox
Co-founder and former CTO of Dropbox. Attended MIT (computer science). Active angel investor in business/productivity software, database software, and design tools.
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Location: New York, NY
Email: aferdowsi@dropbox.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Stewart Butterfield
Co-founder of Slack and Flickr
Canadian entrepreneur who co-founded Flickr (acquired by Yahoo!) and Slack (acquired by Salesforce). Self-taught coder. Stepped down as CEO of Slack in 2023.
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Location: New York, NY
Email: Not found
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Eric Costello
Co-founder, Slack
Co-founder and lead client developer at Slack. Also co-founded Ludicorp (Flickr) and Tiny Speck (Glitch). Frontend engineering pioneer. Retired from Slack in 2016 and now runs a farm.
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Location: New York, NY
Email: eric.costello@gmail.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Cal Henderson
Previously: Co-founder & CTO, Slack
British computer programmer and author. Co-founder and former CTO of Slack. Led engineering at Flickr. Stepped down from Slack in January 2024.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: cal@iamcal.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Serguei Mourachov
Co-founder and Principal Engineer, Slack
Co-founder and Principal Engineer at Slack with a background in highly scalable distributed software systems.
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Location: Vancouver, BC
Email: serguei@slack-corp.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Amjad Masad
Founder & CEO, Replit
Founder and CEO of Replit. Former tech lead at Facebook (co-founded JS infra team) and first employee at Codecademy. Palestinian-Jordanian-American entrepreneur focused on developer tools and AI.
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Email: amjad@repl.it
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Guillermo Rauch
Founder and CEO, Vercel
Founder and CEO of Vercel. Previously founded LearnBoost and Cloudup. Prolific open-source developer. Advisor at Rebill and Auth0. Invests in developer tools, AI, and cloud infrastructure.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: rauchg@gmail.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Vor Systems — $3M Pre-Seed
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Christopher Payne
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner, Hawthorn Equity Partners
Founder of a private equity firm. Previously at Merrill Lynch and Blackstone. Board member at NGRAIN. Northwestern University alumnus.
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Email: investors@hawthornep.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Finance Portal
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Hank Couture
Founder & Partner, LeapYear
Founder of LeapYear (invests in student builders) and Partner at Lightbank. Former COO of Fanatics Betting & Gaming and VP at DoorDash. William & Mary alumnus.
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Location: Chicago, IL
Email: build@takeleapyear.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Badrul Farooqi
Angel Investor, Self Employed
Early-stage investor and product builder. First PM at Figma. Led teams at Square. Engineer at Expedia and Hook Studios. Invests in foundational tools, platforms, and AI.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: hello@cursorcapital.vc
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Paul Grana
General Manager, HelioScope at Aurora Solar
Co-founder of Folsom Labs (Helioscope), acquired by Aurora Solar. Background in management consulting and product management.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: paul.grana@folsomlabs.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Titiaan Palazzi
Industry Principal, Snowflake
Co-founder of Myst AI (acquired by Snowflake). Former Head of Power & Utilities GTM at Snowflake. Worked at Rocky Mountain Institute. MIT and Delft alumnus.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: titiaan.palazzi@snowflake.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Diligent AI — $2.5M Seed
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Valentin Stalf
Co-Founder & Supervisory Board Member, N26
Co-founder of N26, a leading European digital bank. Active investor in European startups. Former Entrepreneur in Residence at Rocket Internet. University of St. Gallen alumnus.
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Location: Berlin, Germany
Email: valentin.stalf@number26.de
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Finance Portal
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Richard Davies
CEO, Allica Bank
CEO of Allica Bank. Held leadership roles at Revolut and OakNorth. Focus on transforming SME banking.
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Location: London, England
Email: richard.davies@allica.bank
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Finance Portal
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Andreas Bodczek
CEO, IDnow
CEO of IDnow and board partner at Point Nine Capital. Co-founded and scaled Fyber. Invests in early-stage tech companies.
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Location: Munich, Germany
Email: Not found
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Lio — $30M Series A
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Harry Stebbings
Founder, 20VC
Founder of 20VC (media company and venture fund). Host of 'The Twenty Minute VC' podcast. Active angel investor in early-stage tech.
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Location: London, England
Email: harry@20vc.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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Procode AI — $4M Seed
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Dmitry Shevelenko
Chief Business Officer, Perplexity
CBO at Perplexity. Board member at Lazard. Co-founder of Tortoise. Former business development and product leader at Uber, LinkedIn, and Meta. Columbia University alumnus.
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Location: San Francisco, CA
Email: dshevel@gmail.com
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: Founder Portal
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One Stop Wellness — $300k Seed
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Marvin Bobo
Member, North Texas Angel Network
Real estate investor and member of the North Texas Angel Network (NTAN). Served as due diligence lead for the One Stop Wellness investment. Board of Trustees for Lovejoy ISD.
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Location: Allen, TX
Email: Not found
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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Soar Portal Match: CitizenPortal.ai
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Corganics — $105k Seed
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Tim Shroyer
Board Member, North Texas Angel Network
30+ years in financial markets. Advised corporations on foreign exchange strategy. Former Managing Director at PNC and BMO Capital Markets.
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Location: Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Email: Not found
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LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Profile
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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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