This Week’s Talent Pools

Posh, an events platform, raised $37 million in Series B funding. FirstMark led, joined by Causeway Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Companyon Ventures, and Epic Ventures. More here.

  1. Eli Taylor-Lemire in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CPO @ Posh (6 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Z Fellows, NYU

    3. Description: Left Posh on 1/26

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

Travis Kalanick has launched Atoms, a robotics company that will absorb his ghost kitchen business CloudKitchens and build specialized industrial robots for sectors including food, mining, and transportation, with plans to acquire autonomous mining vehicle startup Pronto. TechCrunch has more here.

  1. Eyal Cohen in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: VP Engineering @ Pronto AI (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Founder & CTO @ SparkAI ($7M from Primary Venture Partners → acquired by John Deere), Director Engineering @ Uber ATG, Engineer @ Otto, Head of HW Engineering & Operations @ Waabi, Sr. Manager Engineering @ Apple SPG

    3. Description: Stealth since 6/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Rox AI, an SF-based sales automation startup, raised funding at a $1.2 billion valuation led by insider General Catalyst, per TechCrunch. axios.link/4s4ABWF

  1. Hari Nayak in Seattle (Potential Founder)

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

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Groundswell, Early Engineer & Director of Engineering @ StreamSets ($70M raised —> acquired for $500M), Principal Engineer @ Informatica

    3. Description: Left Rox on 9/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  2. Lawrence Li in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Rox (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Ramp, MIT

    3. Description: Left Rox on 9/25

Sunday, a developer of humanoid robots for household tasks, raised a $165 million Series B round led by Coatue, with Bain Capital Ventures, Fidelity, Tiger Global, Benchmark, Conviction, and Xtal Ventures also participating. axios.link/40xyLSa

  1. Ganymed Stanek in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding EE & Head of EE @ Sunday (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Staff EE @ Waymo, MTS @ Embark Trucks, Manager Embedded Systems @ Zoox, 1st FTE & HW/FW Manager @ Peloton, Lead Engineer @ Panasonic, Systems Engineer @ Stanford, MS EE @ ETH Zurich

    3. Description: Left Sunday on 1/26

  2. Litian Liang in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Sunday (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Research Assistant @ Stanford, Graduate Researcher @ UC San Diego, MS CS @ UC San Diego

    3. Description: Left Sunday on 10/25

    4. Contact: [email protected]

Chowbus, a 10-year-old Chicago company that builds POS systems, integrated marketing tools, and AI-driven software that help independent restaurants manage operations and grow their businesses, raised an $81 million Series E round co-led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital, with Dutchess and Fika also contributing. More here.

  1. Kenny Tsai in Chicago (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: COO @ Chowbus (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & COO @ UNICORN ($5M Seed), COO @ JUMP Bikes (acquired by Uber for ~$200M), ~50th FTE & Director & GM @ Uber

    3. Description: Left UNICORN in 2025

    4. Contact: Twitter

Factorial, a 10-year-old Barcelona company that helps businesses manage employee leave, payroll, recruitment, and training through a single HR software platform, is reportedly raising a $200 million round at a $2 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. Tech Funding News has more here.

  1. Pau Ramon Revilla in Barcelona (CEO @ Ramensoft)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Factorial (7 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: CTO @ Redbooth ($20M raised)

    3. Description: "Human-first blogging and newsletter platform"

    4. Contact: GitHub, Twitter

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