Section 1 — Funding Briefing
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Today’s report covers 19 unique US seed and Series A deals announced in the last 24 hours. Highlights include Cylake ($45M Seed, Greylock-backed AI-native cybersecurity), ZyG ($58M Seed, agentic DTC e-commerce), Kontigo ($20M Seed, stablecoin neobank with $30M ARR), and IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed with 12 named individual angel investors).
| COMPANY |
AMOUNT |
ROUND |
FOCUS |
LEAD INVESTOR |
| City Detect |
$13M |
Series A |
AI urban blight detection |
Prudence Venture Capital |
| Kontigo |
$20M |
Seed |
Stablecoin neobank |
DST Global |
| Advocacy |
$3.5M |
Seed |
AI litigation workspace |
Relentless |
| DiligenceSquared |
$5M |
Seed |
AI due diligence |
RELENTLESS |
| Reclaim Security |
$20M |
Series A |
Exposure remediation |
Acrew Capital |
| Cylake |
$45M |
Seed |
AI-native cybersecurity |
Greylock Partners |
| Pinch AI |
$5M |
Seed |
Return fraud prevention |
Dynamo Ventures |
| Vectrix |
$1.2M |
Seed |
Logistics automation |
N/A |
| Vor Systems |
$3M |
Pre-Seed |
AI energy transactions |
Gigascale Capital |
| ZyG |
$58M |
Seed |
Agentic DTC e-commerce |
Bessemer Venture Partners |
| Levitate |
$16M |
Series A |
AI relationship marketing |
Harbert Growth Partners |
| NexCure |
$19M |
Series A |
CAR-T therapy |
RA Capital Management |
| MN Medical Tech |
$20.6M |
Series A |
Continence care |
HM Venture Partners |
| Prolium Bioscience |
$50M |
Series A |
Clinical biotech |
RTW Investments |
| Lio |
$30M |
Series A |
AI procurement |
Andreessen Horowitz |
| AgriPass |
$7.5M |
Seed |
AI weed control |
Harbor Venture Consulting |
| IntelliGRC |
$3.5M |
Seed |
Cybersecurity GRC |
Kyle Hanslovan + angels |
| Deepen AI |
Undisclosed |
Seed |
Sensor-fusion ground truth |
Majlis Advisory |
| Pluvo |
$5M |
Seed |
Financial analysis |
The Perseverance Fund |
Full deal profiles with traction data and complete investor lists are available in the attached Markdown report.
Section 2 — Individual Angels Identified
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29 individual angel investors were identified across 5 deals: IntelliGRC (12 angels), Kontigo (6 angels), Vor Systems (6 angels), Pluvo (4 angels), and Lio (1 angel). Below are the highest-signal profiles.
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Kyle Hanslovan
Co-Founder & CEO, Huntress
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Jacksonville, FL |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: kyle@huntress.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Former NSA cyber operator. Built Huntress to $1.5B+ valuation. Raised $300M+.
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Rashaad Bajwa
Founder & Executive Chairman, Integris
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Cranbury, NJ |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: rashaad@go-domain.com |
Phone: +1-732-742-3771 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Serial entrepreneur. EY Entrepreneur of the Year NJ. 3 tech companies founded.
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Steven Freidkin
Founder & CEO, Ntiva
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Founder Portal
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| Location: McLean, VA |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: steven.freidkin@ntiva.com |
Phone: +1-703-891-0131 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Founded Ntiva in 2004. WBJ 40 Under 40. Board member, EagleBank.
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Christopher Payne
Board Member, Faire & Robinhood
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Ex-President & COO, DoorDash. Former SVP at Amazon, eBay, Microsoft.
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Badrul Farooqi
Angel Investor (ex-Figma PM #1)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: hello@cursorcapital.vc |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
First PM at Figma. Former Product Lead at Square. Active angel in tools & AI.
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Paul Grana
Co-founder, Folsom Labs (acq. Aurora Solar)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Mill Valley, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: paul.grana@folsomlabs.com |
Phone: +1-773-425-1944 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built HelioScope solar design software. Active climate-tech angel.
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Titiaan Palazzi
Founder, Myst AI (acq. Snowflake)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Co-founded Myst AI (AI forecasting for energy), acquired by Snowflake. Ex-RMI.
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Harry Stebbings
Founder, 20VC & Stride.VC
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Founder Portal
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| Location: London, UK |
Deal: Lio ($30M Series A) |
| Email: harry@20vc.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
World’s most popular VC podcast. Early backer of Perplexity, Linear, Linktree.
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Matteo Franceschetti
CEO & Founder, Eight Sleep
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Founder Portal
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| Location: New York, NY |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: matteo@eightsleep.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built Eight Sleep into the leading sleep-tech company. YC alum.
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Evan Cheng
CEO & Founder, Mysten Labs (Sui)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Burlingame, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built Sui blockchain. 10 years at Apple. Led Meta’s Libra/Diem project. ACM Award winner.
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Tom Brown
Partner & GC, Nyca Partners
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Legal Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: tombrown@paulhastings.com |
Phone: +1-415-856-7033 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
25+ years as FinTech attorney. Defended Visa in antitrust. UChicago Law.
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Oliver Jung
Angel Investor
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Switzerland |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: oliver@oliverjung.ch |
Phone: +41794056489 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Early investor in Nubank, Revolut, Airbnb. Co-founder Springstar. MP, LAO Ventures.
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Vicente Zavarce
CEO & Founder, Yummy SuperApp
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Los Angeles, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Forbes 30 Under 30. Built Yummy super app for LatAm. Ex-Postmates, Getaround.
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Charly Kevers
CFO, Carta
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Finance Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Pluvo ($5M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
CFO at Carta since 2017. Former VP Finance at Lending Club. Ex-Salesforce corp dev.
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Christopher Martin
COO, Bishop Fox
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Diego, CA |
Deal: Pluvo ($5M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Co-founded MightyHive (acq. S4 Capital). Wharton MBA. Active AI/SaaS angel.
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+ 14 additional angels identified (Kevin Blake, Ryan Bonner, Gary Greenberg, Nate Reynolds, Dustin Bolander, Jennifer VanderWeir, James VanderWeir, John Ferrell, Marcos Torres, Hank Couture, Joe Song, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ben Daniele, Ethan Low). Full profiles with contact details are in the attached Markdown report.
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Kyle Hanslovan
Co-Founder & CEO, Huntress
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Jacksonville, FL |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: kyle@huntress.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Former NSA cyber operator. Built Huntress to $1.5B+ valuation. Raised $300M+.
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Rashaad Bajwa
Founder & Executive Chairman, Integris
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Cranbury, NJ |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: rashaad@go-domain.com |
Phone: +1-732-742-3771 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Serial entrepreneur. EY Entrepreneur of the Year NJ. 3 tech companies founded.
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Steven Freidkin
Founder & CEO, Ntiva
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Founder Portal
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| Location: McLean, VA |
Deal: IntelliGRC ($3.5M Seed) |
| Email: steven.freidkin@ntiva.com |
Phone: +1-703-891-0131 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Founded Ntiva in 2004. WBJ 40 Under 40. Board member, EagleBank.
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Christopher Payne
Board Member, Faire & Robinhood
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Ex-President & COO, DoorDash. Former SVP at Amazon, eBay, Microsoft.
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Badrul Farooqi
Angel Investor (ex-Figma PM #1)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: hello@cursorcapital.vc |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
First PM at Figma. Former Product Lead at Square. Active angel in tools & AI.
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Paul Grana
Co-founder, Folsom Labs (acq. Aurora Solar)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Mill Valley, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: paul.grana@folsomlabs.com |
Phone: +1-773-425-1944 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built HelioScope solar design software. Active climate-tech angel.
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Titiaan Palazzi
Founder, Myst AI (acq. Snowflake)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Vor Systems ($3M Pre-Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Co-founded Myst AI (AI forecasting for energy), acquired by Snowflake. Ex-RMI.
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Harry Stebbings
Founder, 20VC & Stride.VC
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Founder Portal
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| Location: London, UK |
Deal: Lio ($30M Series A) |
| Email: harry@20vc.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
World’s most popular VC podcast. Early backer of Perplexity, Linear, Linktree.
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Matteo Franceschetti
CEO & Founder, Eight Sleep
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Founder Portal
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| Location: New York, NY |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: matteo@eightsleep.com |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built Eight Sleep into the leading sleep-tech company. YC alum.
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Evan Cheng
CEO & Founder, Mysten Labs (Sui)
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Burlingame, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Built Sui blockchain. 10 years at Apple. Led Meta’s Libra/Diem project. ACM Award winner.
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Tom Brown
Partner & GC, Nyca Partners
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Legal Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: tombrown@paulhastings.com |
Phone: +1-415-856-7033 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
25+ years as FinTech attorney. Defended Visa in antitrust. UChicago Law.
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Oliver Jung
Angel Investor
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Switzerland |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: oliver@oliverjung.ch |
Phone: +41794056489 |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Early investor in Nubank, Revolut, Airbnb. Co-founder Springstar. MP, LAO Ventures.
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Vicente Zavarce
CEO & Founder, Yummy SuperApp
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Founder Portal
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| Location: Los Angeles, CA |
Deal: Kontigo ($20M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
Forbes 30 Under 30. Built Yummy super app for LatAm. Ex-Postmates, Getaround.
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Charly Kevers
CFO, Carta
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Finance Portal
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| Location: San Francisco, CA |
Deal: Pluvo ($5M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: Profile |
CFO at Carta since 2017. Former VP Finance at Lending Club. Ex-Salesforce corp dev.
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Christopher Martin
COO, Bishop Fox
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Founder Portal
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| Location: San Diego, CA |
Deal: Pluvo ($5M Seed) |
| Email: — |
Phone: — |
| LinkedIn: Profile |
X/Twitter: — |
Co-founded MightyHive (acq. S4 Capital). Wharton MBA. Active AI/SaaS angel.
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+ 14 additional angels identified (Kevin Blake, Ryan Bonner, Gary Greenberg, Nate Reynolds, Dustin Bolander, Jennifer VanderWeir, James VanderWeir, John Ferrell, Marcos Torres, Hank Couture, Joe Song, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ben Daniele, Ethan Low). Full profiles with contact details are in the attached Markdown report.
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