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Jan 23, 2026

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Tip-Offs | Edition #24

Tip-Offs | Edition #24

Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders. 

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🔥 Traffic on Fire

Startups with staggering organic traffic growth.

Meyka | 1980x growth in 3 months
AI-powered alternative data platform delivering real-time market news, analysis, and research insights for investors. Raised a $150K Angel round in Oct 2023.
Melbourne, Australia

RallyUp | 168x growth in 3 months
Fundraising platform offering tools to help nonprofits and organizations run and scale high-impact campaigns. Raised a $1.25M Series A in May 2017.
Tucson, US

Udhaar | 69x growth in 3 months
Business management app for SMBs in Pakistan, integrating sales, expense tracking, and inventory management. Raised a $6M Seed in Nov 2021 from Fatima Gobi Ventures.
Karachi, Pakistan

Chip Financial | 38x growth in 3 months
Wealth app using AI-driven automation to help users save and invest effortlessly for long-term goals. Raised $8M via equity crowdfunding in Sep 2025 from Channel 4 Ventures.
London, UK

XFlow | 32x growth in 3 months
Fintech platform providing a simplified collections stack and APIs for compliant cross-border payments into India. Raised a $10M Seed in May 2023 from Square Peg Capital.
Bengaluru, India

🚀 Rising Apps

Apps riding remarkable growth on App Store.

Plicker | 175% growth in 3 months
DeFi platform building a chain-agnostic stablecoin system for trading, staking, minting, and cross-ecosystem value flow. Raised a $2M Seed in May 2024 from RockTree Capital and CMS Holdings.
San Francisco, US

Medical Information Systems | 98% growth in 3 months
Fintech platform enabling users to split payments for group purchases and shared gifts directly at checkout. Raised a Pre-Seed round in Nov 2023.
Moscow, Russia

Woonoz | 94% growth in 3 months
Cross-chain decentralized exchange enabling efficient, trustless swaps across multiple blockchains. Raised a $5M Seed in May 2025 from DNA Fund.
Lyon, France

Volz | 68% growth in 3 months
DeFi brokerage layer providing unified access to top DeFi venues across networks. Raised a $3.5M Seed in Dec 2024 from Magnus Capital and Hack VC.
Blida, Algeria

Matiks | 55% growth in 3 months
Crypto-enabled neobank offering gasless, cross-chain settlement through its proprietary BestPath infrastructure. Raised a $12M Pre-Seed in Oct 2025.
Bengaluru, India

🏛️ Enterprise Edge

BigCo leaders building AI startups.

Michael Yamnitsky
Managing Director at Insight Partners (3 years). Led investments in Deno, Tailscale, Evinced & AtomicJar (acquired by Docker). Built cloud security products at Datadog (Director, 3+ years). Now building in stealth.
US

Semchs Zaidi
Regional Director at Sprinklr (5 years).
Led enterprise sales at Sprinklr, Finastra & SAP across financial services and luxury. Now CEO & Co-Founder of Humbrela (TechStars '25), building AI-powered insurance management.
Geneva, Switzerland

Ben Lavalley
Director of Product at Kaseya ($1B+ revenue). Led product at Kaseya (15 years), launched 6 products, built Technology Alliance Program (100+ integrations). Reverse-engineered 2021 REvil ransomware attack (FBI/DHS involved). Now Founder of Neuraforge, building AI Operating System for IT.
Miami, US

Leevi Kokko
Led online performance at DNA Oyj & audience insight at Finnish Broadcasting Company. Built analytics & digital products at DNA (2 years), Yle (6 years), Fonecta & Fruugo. Now Co-Founder of Authalla, building passwordless authentication.
Helsinki, Finland

Wael E.
Led product at Amazon Pay & Amazon Business. Built products at McKinsey (4 years), Amazon (7+ years), Qualtrics & Imprint (CTO/CPO). Now Co-Founder & CEO of MidLyr, a risk-aware execution platform for financial services.
Los Angeles, US

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