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This week's Data-Driven VC Picks feature some impressive stealth founders! 🧪 Dave Johnson – Former Chief Data & AI Officer at Moderna, is turning his expertise into an exciting new venture. 🤖 Tuomas Haarnoja – After 5+ years at Google DeepMind, Tuomas is building something big in the world of robotics. 🔐 John Daley – University of Oxford and Stanford Law School alum with 8 years of experience from Palantir Technologies, just announced his work on an AI-native cybersecurity startup. Want to see more amazing founders and fast-growing startups? Check out Dr. Andre Retterath and Jérôme Jaggi's picks, sourced on Harmonic, by clicking the link in the comments.

The brilliant Aya Spencer, from Kapor Capital provides counterintuitive opinions and bold predictions in our latest investor case study. Here are two examples: 1) Foundations and impact funds will team up to provide more risk-tolerant capital as traditional early-stage investors become more cautious. 2) Venture capital will shift towards founders who aren’t simply refining existing solutions but are digging into deep human challenges that were once thought impossible to solve. Click the link for the full case study — Aya even shares some of her secret sauce for creative sourcing with Harmonic 👀

These 35 fast-growing startups each raised $10-50M from top-tier funds in recent weeks and are now HIRING: 1) Thatch - health benefits platform (US remote) 2) You.com - AI workplace productivity (US remote) 3) Martian - AI model router (Bay Area) 4) 11x - digital AI workers (London / Bay Area) 5) Félix - LATAM money transfers (LATAM remote) 6) Hydra Host - marketplace for GPU purchases (US remote) 7) Mintlify - modern documentation (Bay Area) 8) Chai Discovery - AI drug discovery (Bay Area) 9) OpusClip - AI video tool (Bay Area / Canada) 10) DEFCON AI - MS&A for logistics (Remote) 11) Photon Health - modern prescribing tools (NYC) 12) Vana - personalized digital selves (US / Canada remote) 13) smalt - talent-supply and labor productivity engine (Germany) 14) Optiwatt - EV scheduler (Bay Area / remote) 15) Helius - infrastructure for Solana (US remote) 16) Hypernative - proactive security for Web3 (Tel Aviv) 17) Operant AI - shield modern applications (US / Canada remote) 18) Arcade - AI product creation (Bay Area) 19) Bland AI - AI phone calls (Bay Area) 20) Momos - unified customer engagement platform (Malaysia / Philippines / Vietnam / Singapore / San Diego) 21) Revefi - data operations cloud (Seattle / Bangalore) 22) Wealth.com - technology-driven estate planning (US remote / Dublin) 23) Comun - banking solution for Latinos in the US (NYC) 24) Even - managed care plan (Bangalore) 25) Orb - modern pricing platform (US remote / Bay Area) 26) Fathom - AI Meeting Assistant - AI notetaker (US / Canada remote) 27) fal - generative media platform for developers (Remote) 28) Viggle - AI animation (Toronto) 29) Moxie - manage medspas (Remote) 30) David Energy - smart electricity (Remote US / NYC) 31) Letta - manage agents at scale (Bay Area) 32) Dandelion Energy - geothermal systems (Virginia / Massachusetts) 33) Wrapbook - digital production payroll (Remote) 34) Outgo - invoicing for trucking and freight (Seattle) 35) TeamBridge - organized processes for companies (US remote) Adding direct links to their career pages in the comments. 👋 follow me for more lists like this every week: Ben Lang ✨ thank you to Harmonic (startup database) for helping me collect the list

“𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰, 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” Harmonic helps Flybridge run an incredibly efficient firm. A 10-person team, with six investment team members, managing $1B+ across 300+ companies. Pretty impressive math. Highlights from the case study: 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴—𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦.” 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲  “𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐/𝘔𝘓 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴.” 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗥𝗠 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 “𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴.” Click the link for the full story and learn how Harmonic augmented a strong network, leading to Flybridge's investment in Acree. Huge thanks to Daniel Porras Reyes, Julia Maltby, and the rest of the Flybridge team.

This week's Picks by Data-Driven VC featured impressive stealth founders and growing startups! Piyush Prahladka is embarking on his next adventure after co-founding Glean, one of the standout startups of 2024. He was previously at Uber and Google. Fellow Uber alum and seasoned product leader at Robinhood, Facebook, and Adobe, Snigdha Goyal, has been working in stealth since early this summer. Cogna creates precision software for industry. Backed by Octopus Ventures, Notion Capital, and Hoxton Ventures — the startup added 9 people in the last month and is looking increasingly ready for its Series-A. Every week, Dr. Andre Retterath and Jérôme Jaggi from DDVC build a list of noteworthy startups and founders using Harmonic. Click the link in the comments to see the full list and sign up for the newsletter.

With Harmonic, investors go granular and focus on highly relevant startups for more efficient sourcing. We’re excited to share our collaboration with Context VC to identify the most promising startups founded by military veterans. Click the link to check out the full list. Congratulations on the journey so far: OneRange - automating employee upskilling Readyly - AI agents for inbound sales and support Proteus Space - revolutionizing satellite design and production Parlay (Techstars '23) - AI-powered Loan Intelligence Systems The Military Veteran - connecting businesses to veteran business leaders Tennis Finance - AI platform for financial institutions VetraFi - modern, military-focused banking Rehydrate - innovative water technology

In our latest case study, Simon Tiu from Vertex Ventures advises new investors, covers AI investment workflows, and much more. Here are three predictions from Simon: 1️⃣ VCs are turning their attention to vertical applications of AI 2️⃣ A VC's deep industry experience and expertise will become less important to founders 3️⃣ Firms' thematic focus will broaden going forward

Picks of the Week!!! Data-Driven VC promotes exciting founders and startups sourced in Harmonic every week. This week features two heavy hitters now working in stealth 🥷 and startups ready for takeoff. 🚀 After almost 10 years at SpaceX, Scott Morton is now building in stealth. 🎬 13 years at Netflix and 6 years at Yahoo! Mohit Vora brings a wealth of experience as Co-founder and CTO of a newly formed startup. Check out the full issue by Dr. Andre Retterath and Jérôme Jaggi in the comments.

"A data-driven platform ensures we see all the companies that aren’t in our immediate network." In our latest case study, Katie Li explains how Pear VC leverages Harmonic for smarter sourcing and streamlined pipeline management. Discover how they’re staying ahead with cutting-edge data insights.

Check out this list of fast-growing startups, all backed by great investors! Curated by Ben Lang. Created on Harmonic.