Today’s Talent Pools

Upvest, a German investment infrastructure firm, raised $90 million. Sapphire Ventures and Tencent led, joined by insiders BlackRock and Bessemer Venture Partners. It also secured $35 million in debt financing. axios.link/4lveMgw

  1. Jesper Noehr in Spain (Founder & CEO @ Mirador Labs)

    1. Role: CTO & Co-Founder @ Upvest (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CEO @ Bitbucket (acquired by Atlassian), CTO @ Arweave ($14M from a16z, USV, Coinbase Ventures), Director of Engineering @ Kraken

    3. Description: "Blockchain observability platform"

    4. Contact: Site

    5. Funding: Backed by Lightshift.

  2. Giuseppe Laddomada in Berlin (Stealth)

    1. Role: CPO @ Upvest (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Venture Developer @ Entrepreneur First, CPO @ Kianava, CPO @ Paymeabit, Stockholm School of Economics

    3. Description: "AI product in recruiting tech"

Tamarind Bio, an SF-based AI drug discovery company, raised $12 million in Series A funding. Dimension Capital led, joined by YC. axios.link/4aTicVk

  1. Hong Meng Yam in SF (Founder @ Pinetree Research)

    1. Role: Co-Founder @ Tamarind Bio (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Research Assistant @ Stanford SAIL, StartX F25, Stanford CS

    3. Description: "Pinetree is an AI research lab transforming general intelligence into reliable labor. We build Computer Use Agents that operate software and workflows with human-level reliability.”

    4. Funding: Backed by Cardinal Ventures, Pear VC, StartX

  2. Vladislav Cherdantsev in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding SWE @ Tamarind Bio (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Undergrad Researcher @ Broad Institute (MIT/Harvard), Researcher @ MIT, MIT BS Chemistry + CS

    3. Description: Left Tamarind Bio on 10/25

    4. Contact: Site

DiligenceSquared, a one-year-old San Francisco startup that uses AI voice agents to conduct customer interviews and produce due diligence research for private equity firms, raised a $5 million seed round led by Relentless. TechCrunch has more here.

  1. Harshil Rastogi in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ DiligenceSquared (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Google, Co-Founder @ Kitaablu, Carnegie Mellon MS

    3. Description: Stealth since 3/26

Gushwork, a business discovery engine for AI search engines, raised $9 million in seed funding. Susquehanna Asia VC led, joined by Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital, and 2.2 Capital. axios.link/3MH1Gjr

  1. Aditya Sharma in US (Founder @ Quazar)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Gushwork (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Samsung, IIT Bombay CSE, IOAA Silver Medal

    3. Description: "Reimagining how we teach and learn through interactivity, personalization and AI"

Quince, a DTC online fashion retailer, raised $500 million in Series E funding at a $10.1 billion post-money valuation. Iconiq led, joined by Baillie Gifford, Basis Set Ventures, DST Global, Marcy Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Wellington Management, and WndrCo. axios.link/4sbJfD4

  1. Gil Efrati in Tel Aviv (Stealth)

    1. Role: CRO @ Quince (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Underoutfit, Country Manager @ Google

    3. Description: Stealth since 10/25

  2. Lillian Cheng-Tu in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: General Manager @ Quince (2.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Director GTM & Head of Enterprise Revenue @ Poshmark, HBS

    3. Description: Left Quince on 12/25

Portkey, an SF-based platform for producing AI, raised $15 million in Series A funding. Elevation Capital led, joined by Lightspeed. axios.link/46Svqk4

  1. Donovan L. in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Sales Director @ Portkey (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Stealth (2020-2023), 8th FTE & Head of Sales @ Gitalytics (acquired by GitHub), Head of Sales @ Netlify, 16th FTE @ OpenDNS (acquired by Cisco)

    3. Description: “Building something useful”

Translucent, an NYC-based healthcare finance startup, raised $27 million in Series A funding. GV led, joined by NEA, FPV Ventures, and Virtue. axios.link/40l5ZUR

  1. Jo L. in Tennessee (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Translucent (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Founder @ Mozzi, Lead SWE @ UKG, Georgia Tech MS CS (ML)

    3. Description: Left Translucent on 1/26

    4. Contact: GitHub

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