Section 1 — Tech/AI Deals
Today's scan identified 28 unique deals. A massive Monday volume, led by Sierra's $950M Series A and Blitzy's $200M Series A.
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Sierra
$950M Series A
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Focus: AI agents for customer communication
Lead: Benchmark, Google Ventures, Greenoaks, Sequoia, Tiger Global
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Blitzy
$200M Series A
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Focus: Generative AI platform for software development
Lead: Battery Ventures, Flybridge, Jump Capital, NFX, PSG, Northzone, Picus Capital
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Corgi Insurance
$160M Series A
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Focus: Business insurance for startups/tech
Lead: TCV, Kindred Ventures, Alpha Square Group, Alumni Ventures
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Reserv
$125M Series A
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Focus: AI-powered insurance claims platform
Lead: Bain Capital Ventures, KKR, Flourish Ventures
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Deep Infra
$107M Series A
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Focus: ML models and deep learning infrastructure
Lead: Felicis, NVIDIA, Samsung NEXT, 500 Global
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Venus Aerospace
$63M Series A
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Focus: Hypersonic propulsion/transportation
Lead: Undisclosed
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Astrocade
$56M Series A
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Focus: AI-powered social gaming platform
Lead: Google AI Futures Fund, NVIDIA, Sequoia, Conviction Embed
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Frame Security
$50M Seed
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Focus: AI-powered security awareness training
Lead: Index Ventures, Team8, Assaf Rappaport, Elad Gil
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XBOW
$35M Series A
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Focus: Autonomous security testing software
Lead: Accenture Ventures, Samsung Ventures, NVentures
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Darkhive
$30M Series A
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Focus: Autonomous robotics/UAS for defense
Lead: Crosslink Capital, Draper Associates, RTX Ventures
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Lunar Outpost
$30M Series A
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Focus: Space robotics for lunar exploration
Lead: Eniac Ventures, Promus Ventures
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CopilotKit
$27M Seed
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Focus: Full-stack AI agents framework
Lead: NFX, SignalFire, Glilot Capital
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Anello Photonics
$25M Series A
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Focus: Silicon photonic optical gyroscopes
Lead: Catapult Ventures, Lockheed Martin, Washington Harbour Partners
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Ethos
$23M Series A
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Focus: AI expert/client matching platform
Lead: a16z, General Catalyst
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Vori
$22M Seed
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Focus: B2B OS for grocery retailers
Lead: Greylock, Cherryrock Capital, Factory
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Nace.AI
$21.5M Series A
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Focus: Enterprise AI for professional workflows
Lead: General Catalyst, Walden Catalyst
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Basata
$21M Series A
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Focus: AI agents for healthcare admin
Lead: Basis Set Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Victoria Treyger
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Enzo Health
$20M Series A
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Focus: AI platform for home health agencies
Lead: Gradient, Soma Capital
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Ciridae
$20M Seed
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Focus: AI for mid-market home services/construction
Lead: Accel, a16z, General Catalyst
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Scout Space
$18M Seed
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Focus: In-space sensing/autonomy software
Lead: Fusion Fund, Washington Harbour Partners
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Fazeshift
$17M Seed
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Focus: AI accounts receivable automation
Lead: F-Prime, Gradient, Y Combinator
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ReFiBuy
$15.3M Seed
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Focus: AI-driven retail/e-commerce automation
Lead: Commerce Ventures, G20 Ventures, Ridge Ventures
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Dandelion Health AI
$14M Seed
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Focus: Clinical data/AI platform for healthcare
Lead: Moxxie Ventures, Primary Venture Partners
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Mosh
$13M Seed
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Focus: Brain health protein bars
Lead: Tonic Ventures, Main Street Advisors
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Moritz
$9M Seed
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Focus: AI-powered legal services
Lead: Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
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Modicus Prime
$4.5M Seed
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Focus: AI for pharma manufacturers
Lead: Frist Cressey Ventures, Silverton Partners
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Lyrie.ai
$2M Pre-seed
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Focus: Autonomous cybersecurity for AI agents
Lead: OTT Cybersecurity LLC
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Driive
Undisclosed Pre-seed
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Focus: AI booking/scheduling for home service trades
Lead: Nebraska Angels, Nelnet, Luke Hansen
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Individual Angels Identified
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Assaf Rappaport
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Role: CEO, Wiz
Background: Assaf Rappaport is an Israeli entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive, best known as the co-founder and CEO of Wiz, a cloud security company that achieved unicorn status rapidly. He previously served as General Manager of Microsoft Israel R&D and co-founded Adallom.
Investment: Frame Security ($50M Seed)
Location: New York, NY
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @assaf_rappaport
Email: assaf.rappaport@gmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Elad Gil
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Role: Investor, Gil Capital / Gil & Co
Background: Elad Gil is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and author of the best-selling 'High Growth Handbook.' He co-founded Mixerlabs (acquired by Twitter) and Color Health, and held leadership roles at Twitter and Google, while also being a prolific investor in numerous successful tech companies.
Investment: Frame Security ($50M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @eladgil
Email: elad.gil@gmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Victoria Treyger
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Role: Senior Venture Partner, Felicis Ventures
Background: Victoria Treyger is a Senior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures, focusing on financial services, infrastructure, security, enterprise, and health tech. She has a strong operational background, having served as Chief Revenue Officer at Kabbage and CMO at Ring Central, and has a track record of successful angel investments.
Investment: Basata ($21M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @victoriatr
Email: Not found
Portal Match: InvestorPortal.ai
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Fei-Fei Li
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Role: Cofounder/CEO, World Labs; Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI); Sequoia Professor, Stanford University
Background: Fei-Fei Li is a renowned computer scientist, widely recognized as the 'Godmother of AI' for her pioneering work in computer vision, including the ImageNet project. She is a leading advocate for human-centered AI.
Investment: Astrocade ($56M Series A)
Location: Palo Alto, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @drfeifei
Email: feifeili@cs.stanford.edu
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Georges Harik
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Role: Co-Founder & Member of Technical Staff, humans&
Background: Georges Harik is a Google early employee (7th employee) who co-created AdWords and AdSense. He is a serial entrepreneur, co-founding companies like imo.im and hslabs, and is an active angel investor.
Investment: Deep Infra ($107M Series B)
Location: Palo Alto, California
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @gharik
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Bret Taylor
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Role: Co-Founder, Sierra AI
Background: Bret Taylor is the co-founder of AI startup Sierra, chairman of OpenAI, and former co-CEO of Salesforce. He also founded Quip and was CTO of Facebook.
Investment: Sierra AI ($950M Series A)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @btaylor
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Clay Bavor
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Role: Co-Founder, Sierra
Background: Clay Bavor spent 18 years at Google, leading Google Labs and AR/VR efforts, and product management for key Google products. He is now the co-founder of Sierra, an AI startup.
Investment: Sierra AI ($950M Series A)
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @claybavor
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Maria Owings Shriver
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Role: Co-founder, MOSH; Special Anchor, NBC News
Background: Maria Shriver is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist, a New York Times best-selling author, and a former First Lady of California. She co-founded MOSH, a brain health nutrition brand.
Investment: MOSH ($13M Series A)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @mariashriver
Email: Not found
Portal Match: CitizenPortal.ai
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Patrick Schwarzenegger
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Role: Co-founder, MOSH
Background: Patrick Schwarzenegger is an American actor and entrepreneur, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. He has invested in several startups focused on healthier food and beverage alternatives.
Investment: Mosh ($13M Series A)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @PSchwarzenegger
Email: Not found
Portal Match: CitizenPortal.ai
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Scot Wingo
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Role: CEO & Co-Founder, ReFiBuy
Background: Scot Wingo is a serial entrepreneur who founded and successfully exited multiple companies, including ChannelAdvisor and Get Spiffy. He is currently focused on his new venture, ReFiBuy.
Investment: ReFiBuy ($13.6M Seed)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @scotwingo
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Oege de Moor
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Role: Founder and CEO, XBOW
Background: Oege de Moor is the founder of GitHub Copilot and GitHub Advanced Security (formerly Semmle). He was also a Professor of Computer Science at Oxford for 21 years and co-founded Semmle.
Investment: XBOW ($35M Series C)
Location: Sliema, Malta
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @oegerikus
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Luke Hansen
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Role: Founder and CEO, CompanyCam
Background: Luke Hansen is the founder and CEO of CompanyCam, a company that achieved a $2 billion valuation. He built CompanyCam to help contractors document their work, improve communication, and build trust.
Investment: Driive ($ Pre-Seed)
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Not found
Email: Not found
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Section 2 — EDGAR Form D Filings
78 total Form D filings on May 11, 2026. Extracted executives from notable operating companies below.
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Beluga Corp (CIK 0002134448)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $30,000
Youngjun Oh (Related Person)
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137 Holdings ABI, LLC (CIK 0002133257)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
n/a 137 Holdings Alpha, LLC (Related Person)n/a 137 Ventures Management LLC (Related Person)Andrew Hansen (Related Person)
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Rushmont Pure Alpha Fund, Ltd. (CIK 0002055122)
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State: E9 | Industry: N/A
Amount: $44,394,757
Campbell Chambers (Related Person)Jarladth Travers (Related Person)
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Cadense, Inc. (CIK 0001972869)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $775,000
Johannes Sauer (Related Person)Tyler Susko (Related Person)John Greathouse (Related Person)Zohar Ziv (Related Person)
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Ascension Alpha Fund, LLC (CIK 0001547008)
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State: MO | Industry: N/A
Amount: $3,294,369,000
N/A Ascension Investment Management, LLC (Related Person)David Erickson (Related Person)
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Why We, Inc. (CIK 0002067039)
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State: ID | Industry: N/A
Amount: $525,000
James Walker (Related Person)Charles Hewitt (Related Person)
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Zum Services, Inc. (CIK 0002018511)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $99,999,994
Ritu Narayan (Related Person)Vivek Garg (Related Person)Mitesh Dhruv (Related Person)Bryan Schreier (Related Person)Nabeel Hyatt (Related Person)Mike Guo (Related Person)Arif Lakhani (Related Person)Stephen Ellis (Related Person)Abhishek Garg (Related Person)Daniel Berenbaum (Related Person)
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CRA Funding VIII, LLC (CIK 0001976864)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $272,765,000
Michael Petronio (Related Person)
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Hadron Energy, Inc. (CIK 0002091991)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $9,935,500
Samuel Gibson (Related Person)Rahul Shukla (Related Person)Ken Canavan (Related Person)Ross Ridenoure (Related Person)Andrew Ward (Related Person)Ryan Mott (Related Person)
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Task Force VA, Inc. (CIK 0002132072)
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State: FL | Industry: N/A
Amount: $15,000
John Tate (Related Person)
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Inferal Inc. (CIK 0001991716)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $250,000
Iurii Rashkovskyi (Related Person)
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Rohati Private Strategies I, L.P. (CIK 0002066044)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $38,014,000
N/A Rohati Private Strategies I GP, L.L.C. (Related Person)N/A Allocate Management Company, LLC (Related Person)Owen Niland (Related Person)
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Apex ER I, LLC (CIK 0002133971)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,600,000
Gregory Yu (Related Person)Dillon Paul (Related Person)
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Bespoke Studios Inc. (CIK 0002067717)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $150,000
Eric Chung (Related Person)
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MPS Platform Services Inc. (CIK 0002048140)
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State: FL | Industry: N/A
Amount: $650,000
John Antolik (Related Person)
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MatchED HMSS Inc. (CIK 0002132484)
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State: CO | Industry: N/A
Amount: $50,000
Andrew Neumann (Related Person)Carlee Neumann (Related Person)
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CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) (CIK 0001175680)
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State: WA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $18,600,392
Jacob Lalezari (Related Person)Robert Hoffman (Related Person)Tyler Blok (Related Person)Lishomwa Ndhlovu, M.D., Ph.D. (Related Person)Karen Brunke, Ph.D. (Related Person)Ryan Dunlap (Related Person)Tanya Urbach (Related Person)Stephen Simes (Related Person)
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Massive Artemis, LLC (CIK 0002134340)
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State: CO | Industry: N/A
Amount: $252,700
Ari Newman (Related Person)David Mandell (Related Person)
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OMNIQUEST I LLC (CIK 0001254309)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $141,458,367
N/A OmniQuest Capital, LLC (Related Person)Eloise Yellen (Related Person)
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AMOR FELINE Inc (CIK 0002133653)
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State: OH | Industry: N/A
Amount: $70,000
James Wasas (Related Person)
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ExchangeRight Net-Leased All-Cash 20 DST (CIK 0002134042)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Joshua Ungerecht (Related Person)David Fisher (Related Person)Warren Thomas (Related Person)
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Social Media Post Pack
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Massive early-stage funding roundup for May 11, 2026:
28 new deals. 51 named angels (12 profiled). 78 Form D filings.
Top deals: Sierra $950M Series A, Blitzy $200M Series A, Corgi Insurance $160M Series A, Reserv $125M Series A, Deep Infra $107M Series A.
Notable Angels: Assaf Rappaport, Elad Gil, Fei-Fei Li, Bret Taylor, Maria Shriver.
#venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #AI #founders
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1/ Angel Registry Update — May 11, 2026: 28 deals, 51 named angels, 78 EDGAR filings. 🧵
2/ BIGGEST: Sierra $950M Series A. Blitzy $200M Series A. Corgi Insurance $160M Series A. Massive day for AI.
3/ Notable Angels: Assaf Rappaport, Elad Gil, Fei-Fei Li, Bret Taylor, Maria Shriver.
4/ Full report: buttondown.com/AngelRegistry
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