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Who’s raising · newest SEC Form D filings
- Legora, Inc.Dover, DE · $220.8M · raising
- Endogenex, Inc.Plymouth, MN · $132.4M · raising
- Collective Hub, Inc.San Francisco, CA · $98.1M · raising
- Multiply Labs, Inc.San Francisco, CA · $52.3M
- NEXROC Group, Inc.Lewes, DE · $50.0M
IRIS Market · biggest moves · 4 weeks
- Vercel▲ 70% · 17 stories
- Cursor▲ 60% · 32 stories
- Supabase▼ 50% · 7 stories
- OpenAI▼ 45% · 252 stories
- Perplexity▲ 44% · 13 stories
The Wire · last 24 hours
- Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying ItAI · Hacker News
- Goldman Sachs Is Pulling Claude Code from Its Bankers and TradersRegulation · Hacker News
- SNL has a new impression of Elon Musk, ‘the worst thing South Africa has ever done’Tech · TechCrunch
- Ads in Popular Apps Give Police a Powerful Tool to Spy on UsersEnergy · Hacker News
- He arrested a hacker, then spent 18 months clearing his own name. Now he’s a cybersecurity VC.Tech · TechCrunch
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#01 · Live
Startup Radar
What in this week’s news affects your company? Type it. See it.
Open →#02 · LiveAgent Readiness Score
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Check your site →#04 · Live · SEC dataWho’s Raising
Every US startup round filed this week, by city. Who’s still raising, how much, how many investors.
See the rounds →#05 · LiveFounder Calculators
Runway, default alive, churn, LTV:CAC and dilution. The numbers investors ask about.
Run the numbers →#08 · LiveLaunch Radar
What shipped today on Product Hunt and Show HN, cross-checked against SEC filings.
See today’s launches →#06 · LiveIRIS Market
A stock board for private startups. Attention, momentum and developer adoption, week by week. Compare any two.
Open the board →#07 · RankingAgent Readiness 100
Which top startups are ready for AI agents? The ranking everyone checks their name on.
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