Tip-offs
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Jan 9, 2026
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
This week's highlights →
🚀 Up & Coming
2025 founded startups with exploding web traffic.
Design Arena | 6x growth in 3 months
Community-driven platform for ranking AI models using user voting on AI-generated outputs. Raised a $500K Pre-Seed in Sep 2025 from Y Combinator.
Warrington, UK
Zilo | 3x growth in 3 months
Online fashion marketplace offering apparel, footwear, and accessories across categories. Raised a $4.5M Seed in Jun 2025 from Chiratae Ventures and Info Edge Ventures.
Mumbai, India
Vaya | 2x growth in 3 months
Platform connecting users with Vedic astrologers for chat-based consultations. Raised a $1.5M Seed in May 2025 from Arkam Ventures and Accel.
New Delhi, India
Ryne AI | 2x growth in 3 months
AI-powered academic tools supporting studying and writing, focused on producing outputs that bypass AI and plagiarism detection. Raised a $13K Pre-Seed in Feb 2025.
Holborn, UK
Supermemory.ai | 1x growth in 3 months
Long-term memory API enabling AI applications to retain user context, preferences, and roles. Raised a $3M Pre-Seed in Oct 2025 from Susa Ventures, Browder Capital, and SF1.vc.
Warrington, UK
🔥 Traffic on Fire
Startups with staggering organic traffic growth.
Reebelo | 501x growth in 3 months
Sustainable e-commerce marketplace for refurbished and pre-owned electronics and goods. Raised a Convertible Note in May 2025.
San Mateo, US
Selflessly | 299x growth in 3 months
Corporate giving and volunteering platform helping companies run donation matching and employee volunteering programs. Raised a Seed round in Jul 2021 from Indiana Spine Ventures.
Indianapolis, US
Bricks.co | 239x growth in 3 months
Real estate crowdfunding platform enabling individuals to invest in property with low minimum capital. Raised a $12.5M Seed in Sep 2022.
Montpellier, France
Camb.ai | 225x growth in 3 months
AI-powered localization platform offering real-time translation and dubbing across 150+ languages while preserving tone and emotion. Raised a $15M Seed in Jan 2025.
San Francisco, US
Visily | 129x growth in 3 months
AI-powered design platform enabling non-designers to create mockups, prototypes, and diagrams quickly. Raised a $2M Seed in Jun 2024.
Atlanta, US
🏌️♂️ Second Innings
Repeat founders with exits building again.
Thomas Sehested | 4x founder, 3x exit
Founded DtecNet (acquired by Thomson Reuters, $400M), GAN Integrity (acquired by Apex Partners), and Krizo (acquired by Dataminr). Built Nordic Properties Logistics, sold to Blackstone. Now co-founder & CEO of Fortiv, an AI-native business continuity platform.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Vivek Vaidya | 3x founder, 2x exit
Founded Krux (acquired by Salesforce). Later co-founded super{set}, a startup studio building data-driven enterprise companies. Now co-founder and CTO of Kana, building enterprise AI infrastructure.
San Francisco, US
Andrew Davydchuk | 2x founder, 1x exit
Founded upSWOT (acquired by Uptiq). Previously led engineering at Banza & Creatio. Now CTO & founder of Graphio.ai, auto-generating SOPs from team behavior and surfacing execution drift before revenue slips.
Charlotte, US
Claudio Fuentes | 4x founder, 1x exit
Co-founded Noonshot (acquired), Leap AI (1M+ users) & AskNed (used by Lionsgate & NBC Universal). Now co-founder & COO of Comp AI, building AI-native compliance infra for SOC 2.
San Francisco, US
Gireesh Rajendran | 2x founder, 1x exit
Co-founded Steradian Semiconductors (acquired by Renesas). MIT TR35 awardee with 50+ patents across RF, radar & wireless systems. Now co-founder & CEO of Maieutic Semiconductors, building next-gen imaging radar technology.
Bengaluru, India
