Tip-offs
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Dec 12, 2025
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
This week's highlights →
🔥 Traffic on Fire
Startups with staggering organic traffic growth.
Brighterly | 2735x growth in 3 months
EdTech platform offering online math and reading tutoring for K–12 through personalized one-on-one sessions. Raised a Seed round in Sep 2023.
Las Vegas, US
Iroko | 1300x growth in 3 months
Real estate investment platform offering a SCPI focused on European tertiary real estate for long-term savings and capital appreciation. Raised a $3.5M Seed in Feb 2021 from Idinvest Partners.
Paris, France
AnFin | 1040x growth in 3 months
Mobile-first investing app simplifying saving and investing for beginners via fractional investing and community features. Raised a $5M Seed in Jun 2022 from Y Combinator and Clement Benoit.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Coursalytics | 745x growth in 3 months
Executive education marketplace connecting professionals with programs from top global institutions. Raised a Seed round in Jun 2019.
McLean, US
Trioteca | 540x growth in 3 months
Mortgage brokerage platform helping users compare and secure optimal mortgage conditions. Raised a $1M Seed in Sep 2019 from FinRebel.
Barcelona, Spain
🧑💼 Hiring Frenzy
Startups seeing a surge in job openings.
Zoe Immersive | 10x growth in 3 months
Personalized nutrition and gut-health platform delivering insights based on scientific research and individual data. Raised a Seed round in Apr 2020 from DART Ventures.
Claymont, US
Aerovect | 3x growth in 3 months
AI-powered autonomous solutions for airport ground support equipment, improving efficiency and safety in ground handling operations. Raised an $18M Series A in Sep 2024 from Nava Ventures.
San Francisco, US
Greeneye Tech | 2x growth in 3 months
AI-powered precision spraying system enabling selective pesticide application to reduce chemical use and increase yields. Raised a $20M Venture round in Apr 2024 from Deep Insight.
Tel Aviv, Israel
KiteRa | 2× growth in 3 months
DX platform providing SaaS tools to streamline internal rule-making, labor contracts, and compliance operations for businesses. Raised $6.5M in Debt Financing in Apr 2024.
Tokyo, Japan
Clockwork Systems | 2× growth in 3 months
Software-defined fabric optimizing GPU cluster utilization and ensuring resilient 24/7 operations for large-scale AI workloads. Raised a $20.5M Series A in Sep 2025 from NEA.
Palo Alto, US
🧙🏻♂️ Veteran Founders
Industry veterans building AI startups in 2025
Emma Burrows
Cambridge alum. 2x founder.
Ex-CTO of Stripe UK. Ex-Google. Now co-Founder of Portia AI, the open source framework for controllable AI agents. Also, founder of Rezonant, converting PRDs into actionable tickets for agentic dev teams.
London, UK
Danny S. Dang
University of Michigan alum.
Ex-Snowflake. Now co-Founder & Head of Engineering at AnySoft, building AI-powered tooling for apps and data workflows.
San Francisco, US
Eduard Piliposyan, PhD
PhD (Mathematics).
Ex-CodeSignal engineering leader. Ex-ICPC coach at Russian-Armenian University. Now building Modelence (YC S25), a TypeScript platform for startups.
Yerevan, Armenia
Max Sapo
Stanford GSB alum.
Ex-Google (ML infra & GenAI). Ex-Etched (ML inference chips). Now co-Founder & CEO of Happyverse, building multimodal AI avatars for personal growth.
San Francisco, US
João de Paula
2x founder.
Previously co-founded Origin, a leading wealth management platform & Glio (YC S13), the first LatAm startup backed by YC. Now building Mesmer (YC X25), the AI operating system for engineering teams.
San Francisco, US
