Section 1 — Tech/AI Deals
Today's scan identified 16 unique deals. Standouts include Latus Bio's $97M Series A (gene therapies) and Cytospire Therapeutics' $83M Series A (multispecific immune cell engagers).
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Latus Bio
$97M Series A
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Focus: Gene therapies for rare and common diseases
Lead: 8VC, DCVC Bio, BioAdvance
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Cytospire Therapeutics
$83M Series A
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Focus: Multispecific immune cell engager antibodies
Lead: 4BIO Capital, Servier Ventures
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Fun
$72M Series A
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Focus: Enterprise infrastructure for internet capital markets
Lead: SignalFire, Multicoin Capital
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Featherless.ai
$20M Series A
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Focus: Serverless inference for open-source AI
Lead: AMD Ventures, Airbus Ventures, BMW i Ventures
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Dandelion Health
$14M Series A
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Focus: Clinical intelligence platform for life sciences
Lead: Healthier Capital, Colle Capital
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ReFiBuy
$13.6M Seed
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Focus: Agentic Commerce Optimization platform
Lead: NewRoad Capital, Ridge Ventures, Silicon Road Ventures
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Kibu
$10.5M Seed
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Focus: Security protocol for group collaboration
Lead: Construct Capital, Cubit Capital, Ari Andersen
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Cara
$8M Seed
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Focus: AI platform for insurance brokerage automation
Lead: Kearny Jackson, Claire Hughes Johnson, Kevin Mahaffey, Sam Hodges, Colin Evans
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RIIG Technology (HOOTL)
$6M Series A
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Focus: AI automation
Lead: Family offices, HNW individuals
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Cloneable
$4.6M Seed
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Focus: Turn retiring workers' expertise into AI agents
Lead: Unknown
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Corvera
$4.2M Seed
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Focus: AI agents for CPG operations
Lead: 6 Degrees Capital, 20VC, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator
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Astrada
$3.8M Seed
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Focus: Data layer for autonomous finance
Lead: Bain Capital Ventures, QED Investors, Nyca Partners, Mastercard, Visa
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Rosella
$3.7M Pre-seed
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Focus: AI-native commercial insurance brokerage
Lead: Peak XV Partners, Intact Private Capital
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Felix
$1.7M Pre-seed
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Focus: AI workflow platform for legal/finance/insurance
Lead: XYZ Venture Capital
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Banza
$1M Pre-seed
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Focus: Personal AI Twin
Lead: Campus Fund, Avalanche
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Zapdos Labs
$500K Pre-seed
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Focus: AI Video Agent for factory floors
Lead: Ganesh Ramalingam
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Individual Angels Identified
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Claire Hughes Johnson
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Role: Corporate Officer and Advisor, Stripe
Background: Claire Hughes Johnson is the former Chief Operating Officer of Stripe and a former VP at Google. She is also the author of the book 'Scaling People' and serves on the board of HubSpot.
Investment: Cara ($8M Seed)
Location: Boston, MA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @chughesjohnson
Email: clairejohnson@gmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Kevin Mahaffey
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Role: Founder, SNR.vc
Background: Kevin Mahaffey is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor who co-founded and served as CTO of the mobile security company Lookout. He began programming at age eight and is known for being hands-on with his seed investments.
Investment: Cara ($8M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @dropalltables
Email: kmahaff55@hotmail.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Sam Hodges
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Role: Co-founder and CEO, Vouch Insurance
Background: Sam Hodges is the Co-founder and CEO of Vouch Insurance, a venture-backed digital commercial insurance platform tailored to high-growth startups. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Investment: Cara ($8M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @HodgesSam
Email: sam.hodges@vouch.us
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Colin Evans
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Role: Startups and VC Partnerships, OpenAI
Background: Colin Evans is a seasoned executive and angel investor with a rich background in founding, scaling, and leading sales teams in category-defining marketplaces, having served as Co-Founder of StubHub and CRO of Gametime.
Investment: Cara ($8M Seed)
Location: San Francisco, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @colinevans
Email: Not found
Portal Match: InvestorPortal.ai
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Ari Andersen
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Role: Founder and CEO, Kibu
Background: Ari Andersen is the co-founder and CEO of Kibu, a platform focused on restoring real-world trust to digital interactions. He previously scaled Vistity drone SaaS to 13 cities and worked as a foreign policy advisor.
Investment: Cara ($8M Seed)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: @ariandersen
Email: ari@kibu.io
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Ganesh Ramalingam
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Role: CEO, Zapdos Labs
Background: Served in an elite signals intelligence unit before turning to industrial AI, and started Zapdos Labs after losing his uncle to a workplace accident.
Investment: Zapdos Labs ($500K Pre-Seed)
Location: Austin, Texas
LinkedIn: Profile
X/Twitter: Not found
Email: ganesh@zapdoslabs.com
Portal Match: FounderPortal.ai
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Section 2 — EDGAR Form D Filings
50 total Form D filings on May 5, 2026. Extracted executives from notable operating companies below.
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INTER ALIA BROADWAY Ltd LIABILITY Co (CIK 0002133084)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $425,000
JOHN JOHNSON (Related Person)MEGAN O'KEEFE (Related Person)BEN HOLTZMAN (Related Person)
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SB College Park Investors LLC (CIK 0002132331)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $221,808
Farhan Mahmood (Related Person)Joshua Bloch (Related Person)
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GS Finance Corp. (CIK 0001419828)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $184,443
Matthew Bieber (Related Person)Laurence Kleinman (Related Person)Nnaemeka Eke (Related Person)Adam Siegler (Related Person)Terence Donnelly (Related Person)Pankauz Shrestha (Related Person)
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Newport LandVest5, LLC (CIK 0002132483)
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State: VA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $11,000,000
David Chang (Related Person)
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Artificial Intelligence Progress Research, LP (CIK 0002133240)
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State: N/A | Industry: N/A
Amount: $0
Luc Feron (Related Person)N/A AIPR Capital Partners, LLC (Related Person)N/A AIPR Capital Management, LLC (Related Person)
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Metalayer Digital Opportunity I, LLC (CIK 0002129462)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,700,000
Michael Graham (Related Person)
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Bella SV Holding LLC (CIK 0002115298)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,200,000
Veteran Acha (Related Person)Sanjay Aggarwal (Related Person)
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Calgary Institute of Counselling Inc. (CIK 0002125867)
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State: N/A | Industry: N/A
Amount: $100,000
Brenton Betts (Related Person)
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JTC Development, LLC (CIK 0001681450)
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State: MD | Industry: N/A
Amount: $8,250,000
JACOB VAN WINGERDEN (Related Person)
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Avlok Capital, LP - F3 (CIK 0002103276)
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State: WA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,529,377
N/A Fund GP, LLC (Related Person)N/A Belltower Fund Group, Ltd. (Related Person)
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BrandCapsule, Inc. (CIK 0002133259)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $56,250
Linda Keala (Related Person)Tobin Corey (Related Person)
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CGP Net Lease Mezz Equity VIII, LLC (CIK 0002132921)
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State: AL | Industry: N/A
Amount: $4,600,000
Jerry Phillips (Related Person)
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Zenprexi, Inc. (CIK 0002129607)
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State: NC | Industry: N/A
Amount: $50,000
Michael Peck (Related Person)
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HCV 029 LLC (CIK 0002133266)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $12,900,000
Hemanth Golla (Related Person)
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Greenview Labs, Inc. (CIK 0002133316)
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State: CA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $30,000
Thomas Fitz (Related Person)
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Bridgespan Select LLC - Series AA (CIK 0002133355)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,375,000
Adrien Gautier (Related Person)
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Chad & Barney's HPF, Inc. (CIK 0002024970)
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State: WA | Industry: N/A
Amount: $1,540,000
Rhett Barney (Related Person)Chad Robinson (Related Person)
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GS Finance Corp. (CIK 0001419828)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $322,781
Matthew Bieber (Related Person)Laurence Kleinman (Related Person)Nnaemeka Eke (Related Person)Adam Siegler (Related Person)Terence Donnelly (Related Person)Pankauz Shrestha (Related Person)
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Blu Clarity PBC (CIK 0002058608)
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State: TX | Industry: N/A
Amount: $582,000
Pascal Ray (Related Person)Jan Rippingale (Related Person)
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GS Finance Corp. (CIK 0001419828)
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State: NY | Industry: N/A
Amount: $184,454
Matthew Bieber (Related Person)Laurence Kleinman (Related Person)Nnaemeka Eke (Related Person)Adam Siegler (Related Person)Terence Donnelly (Related Person)Pankauz Shrestha (Related Person)
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Social Media Post Pack
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Early-stage funding roundup for May 5, 2026:
16 new deals. 6 named angels. 50 Form D filings.
Top deals: Latus Bio $97M (gene therapies), Cytospire Therapeutics $83M (immune cell engagers), Fun $72M.
Notable Angels: Claire Hughes Johnson, Kevin Mahaffey, Sam Hodges, Ari Andersen.
#venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #AI #founders
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| X/Twitter Thread |
1/ Angel Registry Update — May 5, 2026: 16 deals, 6 named angels, 50 EDGAR filings. 🧵
2/ BIGGEST: Latus Bio $97M Series A for gene therapies. Cytospire Therapeutics $83M Series A for immune cell engagers.
3/ Notable Angels: Claire Hughes Johnson, Kevin Mahaffey, Sam Hodges, Ari Andersen.
4/ Full report: buttondown.com/AngelRegistry
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