Tip-offs
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Oct 24, 2025
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
This week's highlights →
🛠️ Developer Darlings
Startups with sensational GitHub traction.
Cactuscompute | 150% growth in stars
Crowd-sourced AI compute platform that uses idle mobile devices to run AI workloads. Raised a $500K Pre-Seed in Sep 2025 from Y Combinator.
San Francisco, US
Prime Intellect | 88% growth in stars
On-demand GPU compute platform for AI developers and researchers, building open, community-driven large language models. Raised a $15M Seed in Feb 2025 from Founders Fund.
San Francisco, US
Ubicloud | 58% growth in stars
Open-source cloud platform offering compute, networking, and databases as affordable AWS alternatives. Raised a $16M Seed in Mar 2024.
San Francisco, US
Stagewise | 43% growth in stars
AI coding assistant that helps developers modify and improve frontend codebases. Raised a $500K Pre-Seed in Sep 2025 from Y Combinator.
Bielefeld, Germany
Pathway | 42% growth in stars
AI research company developing tools to make models process and reason more intelligently. Raised a $10M Seed in Oct 2024 from TQ Ventures.
Palo Alto, US
🌱 GTM Climbers
Startups with the fastest-growing GTM teams.
InpharmD | GTM hiring up by 100%
AI-powered medical information platform that helps healthcare professionals get rapid, evidence-based answers to clinical questions. Raised a $6.05M Seed in Dec 2023 from 645 Ventures.
Atlanta, US
Zelim | GTM hiring up by 60%
AI technology company developing intelligent systems for maritime safety - detecting, tracking, and recovering people and assets in waterways. Raised a Seed round in Oct 2023.
Edinburgh, UK
Degura | GTM hiring up by 54%
Cloud-based platform for managing employee benefits like pensions, health, and insurance plans. Raised a $2.36M Seed in Feb 2023 from b2venture.
Berlin, Germany
Notch | GTM hiring up by 50%
AI-driven hiring platform connecting tech companies with vetted global talent through flexible hiring models. Raised a Seed round in Jul 2019.
San Francisco, US
CashWay | GTM hiring up by 50%
Fintech platform offering core banking, compliance, and accounting solutions for financial institutions. Raised a $527K Seed in Dec 2021 from Invisto.
Florianópolis, Brazil
🏌️♂️ Second Innings
Serial founders with exits building again.
Harish Abbott | 3x Exit
4x Founder. Commerce & logistics builder.
Founded Deliverr (acquired by Shopify for $2.5B), Symphony Commerce (acquired by Quantum Retail) & Ugenie (acquired by Lulu). Now founder & CEO of Augment, building autonomous AI assistants for logistics.
San Francisco, US
Dan Preston | 2x Exit
Stanford alum. Serial insurtech & fintech founder.
Built Metromile (NASDAQ: MILE, acquired by Lemonade) & AisleBuyer (acquired by Intuit). Now founder & CEO of Stand, building trust infrastructure for financial systems.
San Francisco, US
Nick Armstrong | 2x Exit
University of Sydney alum. 4x founder.
Founded Identitii (ASX: ID8) & Greentricity (acquired by AGL). Now co-founder of Chirp, building AI agents for client-facing teams in B2B SaaS.
Sydney, Australia
Yaron Ismah-Moshe | 1x Exit
2x Founder. AI & cybersecurity leader.
Founded Exceed.ai (acquired by Genesys). Now founder & CEO of Truly, building deepfake detection to protect businesses from AI-generated fraud.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Nir Zicherman | 1x Exit
2x Founder. Product & audio tech leader.
Co-founded Anchor (acquired by Spotify). Now founder & CEO of Oboe, reimagining how people learn through personalized AI courses.
New York, US
