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Whatnot, the livestream shopping marketplace, closed a $545M Series G at a $20B valuation on 8/10 — what the company calls the largest raise in live commerce. ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and avra co-led, joined by Kleiner Perkins, Robinhood, and Standard Capital, with returning backers Bond Capital, CapitalG, Durable Capital Partners, DST Global, and Greycroft. Live sales topped $8B in 2025, more than double the prior year, on 20M+ new accounts and 650K+ weekly signups. Its early product, engineering, and growth bench has largely scattered.

  1. Tyler Faux in US (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Product, Sellers & Marketplace @ Whatnot (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder & CEO @ Supergreat ($10M from Thrive, Benchmark, Shopify → acq by Whatnot), Product Lead @ Tictail (acq by Shopify), iOS Intern @ Tumblr, Harvard AB CS

    3. Description: Left Whatnot in '25 — headline reads "inferencing"

    4. Contact: Site, X

  2. Hamza Mostafa in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Whatnot (< 1yr)

    2. Other Experience: OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Verkada, UWaterloo CS

    3. Description: "If your company is figuring out what to measure, I'd love to chat" — no current role

    4. Contact: [email protected]

  3. Saarth Shah in SF (Co-Founder & CEO @ Sixtyfour)

    1. Role: SWE @ Whatnot (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Co-Founder @ Dart, UC Berkeley DS

    3. Description: "People Intelligence at Scale"

    4. Funding: Backed by Foundation Capital and YC.

    5. Contact: Site

  4. Matt F. in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Engineering Manager @ Whatnot (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Engineering Manager @ Meta

    3. Description: "Building: Tools to upgrade ourselves"

  5. Minji Lee in SF (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Director of DS @ Whatnot (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Director of DS @ Uber, Sr DS @ KeepTruckin, Stanford PhD

    3. Description: "On a career break and fully leaning into building mode"

  6. Sam Wyatt in Seattle (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Senior SWE @ Whatnot (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Senior SWE @ Stripe, SWE @ Blue Origin, CMU BS Electrical & Computer Engineering

    3. Description: Founder, self-employed since 8/24

  7. Jeff Avery in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: SWE, Seller Growth @ Whatnot (4.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Technical Lead, Growth @ Pinterest, SWE, Growth @ Pinterest, UWaterloo BS CS

    3. Description: Stealth since 5/26

  8. Cecilia Liu in NYC (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: SWE @ Whatnot (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Meta, SWE @ bit.io, Yale BS CS

    3. Description: Left Whatnot 2/26 with no updates

Cambridge Aerospace, the two-year-old UK air-defence company building low-cost drone and missile interceptors, raised a $300M Series C at a $3.4B valuation led by DFJ Growth, with Lux, Accel, Lakestar, Never Lift, Ora Global, and Elad Gil & Co. participating. The round lands four months after a $200M Series B at $1.3B — a 2.6x jump — bringing total funding past $630M since 2024. Two of its founding-era engineers left in the run-up.

  1. Meriem B. in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Principal Founding Engineer @ Cambridge Aerospace (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Doctoral Student @ UCL, UCL PhD Robotics of Perception & Autonomy

    3. Description: Stealth since 8/26

  2. Alexandre Azria in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Special Projects @ Cambridge Aerospace (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Chief of Staff @ Alan, MLE @ Dassault Systèmes, VC @ Entrepreneur First

    3. Description: Stealth since 7/26 — "Between manufacturing, AI, and missionary mindset"

    4. Contact: Site

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