Angel Registry Update - May 15, 2026
Angel Registry Update — May 15, 2026
Here are the latest US pre-seed, seed, and Series A deals, plus EDGAR Form D filings for May 15, 2026.
SECTION 1 — TECH/AI DEALS
Star Catcher$65M
Series A
Power grid in space
Investors: B Capital, Shield Capital, Cerberus Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, Helena, Oceans Ventures, MVP Ventures
Cognichip$33M
Seed
Artificial Chip Intelligence for semiconductor design
Investors: Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV, Candou Ventures
Wirestock$23M
Series A
AI creative data marketplace
Investors: Nava Ventures, SBVP, Formula VC, I2BF Ventures
Novella$21M
Financing
AI-powered wholesale insurance broker
Investors: Brewer Lane Ventures, Box Group, Crystal Venture Partners, SV Angel, Avid Ventures, Verissimo Ventures, Blank Ventures, Arch
Arkeus$18M
Series A
AI sensing for autonomous defense platforms
Investors: QIC Ventures, R+VC, Folklore Ventures, DYNE Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, Salus Ventures, Beaten Zone
Outmarket AI$17M
Series A
AI for insurance
Investors: Permanent Capital Ventures, SignalFire, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, Dash Fund
Synthetic$10M
Seed
AI bookkeeping for startups
Investors: Khosla Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Tobi Lütke, Kaz Nejatian, Zach Abrams, Cosmin Nicolaescu, Michael Tannenbaum
Graphon AI$8.3M
Seed
Pre-model intelligence layer for enterprise AI
Investors: Novera Ventures, Perplexity Fund, Samsung Next, GS Futures, Hitachi Ventures, Gaia Ventures, B37 Ventures, Aurum Partners, Arvind Gupta
Origin Lab$8M
Seed
Licensed data marketplace for video game assets/AI world models
Investors: Lightspeed Ventures, SV Angel, Eniac, Seven Stars, FPV, Kevin Lin, Kyle Vogt
Altara$7M
Seed
Scientific intelligence platform for R&D
Investors: Greylock, Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, Jeff Dean
DesignVerse$5.5M
Seed
AI enterprise software builder
Investors: Begin Capital, Gapminder VC, Underline Ventures, Adobe, LSEG, Uipath
Furientis$5M
Pre-seed
Ship-based interceptor missiles
Investors: Silent Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, SV Angel, Vanderbilt University, Channel 39 Ventures
Chromie Health$2M
Pre-seed
AI scheduling for hospital operations
Investors: AIX Ventures
Named Individual Angels
Kevin Lin
Co-Founder & CEO at Metatheory / GP at Lifelike Capital
Kevin Lin is an entrepreneur and technology executive who co-founded the live-streaming service Twitch and served as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) for over a decade. After Amazon acquired Twitch and he eventually left the company, he founded Metatheory, an interactive entertainment company, and became a General Partner at Lifelike Capital. He is also a co-founder of Gold House, an organization supporting the Asian American community.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: Gaming/Streaming Angel - Consumer Tech
Kyle Vogt
Founder and CEO at The Bot Company
Kyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Twitch and Cruise Automation. He previously served as the CEO of Cruise before resigning. He is currently the Founder and CEO of The Bot Company, a robotics startup focused on building affordable household robots.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: AI/Robotics Angel - Deep Tech
Tobias Lütke
CEO and Co-founder at Shopify
Tobias Lütke is the co-founder and CEO of Shopify, a leading e-commerce platform. He started his career as a programmer and served on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework before launching Shopify in 2004. Under his leadership, Shopify has grown into a major global commerce company.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: E-commerce/SaaS Angel - B2B Tech
Kaz Nejatian
CEO at Opendoor
Kaz Nejatian is the CEO of Opendoor, having previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and VP of Product at Shopify. He is an active angel investor and advisor to leading technology companies, and has experience as a founder.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: Fintech/E-commerce Angel - Enterprise Tech
Zach Abrams
Co-founder & CEO at Bridge (acquired by Stripe)
Zach Abrams is a prominent fintech entrepreneur and product leader. He co-founded Evenly (acquired by Square) and Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure platform that was acquired by Stripe for $1.1 billion in 2024. He has also held leadership roles at Coinbase and Brex.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: Fintech/Crypto Angel - B2B SaaS
Cosmin Nicolaescu
CEO and Co-Founder at Accrual
Cosmin Nicolaescu is a distinguished software engineer and entrepreneur with a strong background in financial infrastructure. He previously served as an early engineer and manager at Stripe, and later as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Brex. He is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Accrual, an AI-native accounting infrastructure platform.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: Fintech/AI Angel - B2B SaaS
Michael Tannenbaum
Chief Executive Officer at Figure
Michael Tannenbaum is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Figure Technology Solutions, a role he assumed in April 2024. Prior to Figure, he spent seven years at Brex, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, helping scale the company from a three-person startup to a global entity. He also previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at SoFi.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: Fintech/B2B SaaS Angel - Enterprise Tech
Arvind Gupta
Founder and Managing Director at Novera Ventures
Arvind Gupta is the Founder and Managing Director of Novera Ventures, a venture capital firm he founded in 2025 to partner with cutting-edge founders. He is also a Partner at Mayfield Fund and the Founder and Venture Advisor at IndieBio, focusing on investments in human and planetary health. He is the author of 'Decoding the World' and has a background in science-based companies.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: AI/ML Angel - Deep Tech
Jeff Dean
Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind
Jeff Dean joined Google in 1999 and has been instrumental in developing many of the foundational technologies that power the company's systems. He currently serves as Google's Chief Scientist, focusing on AI advances for Google DeepMind and Google Research. He is widely recognized for his contributions to large-scale distributed systems and artificial intelligence.
🎯 Soar Portal Match: AI/ML Research Angel - Deep Tech
SECTION 2 — EDGAR FORM D FILINGS
Total filings processed: 67 (13 operating companies, 54 funds/SPVs).
Reno City Center Owner, LLC$51,422,000
Ryan Hanks —
FSB Financial Services, Inc.$30,000,000
Rodney Duroe —
Suzanne Duroe —
Albert Duroe —
Danielle Trumbauer —
Michael Kieszkowski —
Athos Therapeutics, Inc.$20,000,000
Dimitrios Iliopoulos —
Allan Pantuck —
Carl McKinzie —
Joel Cohen —
Anthony Zingale —
Laurence Stein —
Global Gardens LLC$7,500,000
Michael Bisnow —
MedZero, Inc.$4,500,000
CRAIG FROUDE —
HOWARD MICHALSKI —
Mel Fisher Expeditions 2026, LLC$3,500,000
Sean Browne —
Southernmost Expeditions, LLC Southernmost Expeditions, LLC —
Greenheart Gold Inc.(GHRTF)$3,449,800
DAVID FENNELL —
JUSTIN VAN DER TOORN —
JUSTIN KRUSHNISKY —
KARIM NASR —
ELAINE BENNETT —
JOSEPH BRADY —
RICHARD COHEN —
JULIE ANAIS DEBREIL —
ADRIAN FLEMING —
CAROLE PLANTE —
DOUGLAS FLEGG —
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE LIVING, LLC$2,200,000
STEVEN SPECK —
NATHANIEL SPITLER —
TFND Inc$1,500,000
John Irwin —
Tyler Siegel —
Graton Station$750,000
Matthew Jorgensen —
Immel Victoria —
Scope Anesthesia of North Carolina, PLLC$77,270
Thomas Wherry —
JB 18 LLCIndefinite
Jon Basha —
DoubleLine Total Return Bond PortfolioIndefinite
- Global Trust Company —
- DoubleLine Capital LP —
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