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This week’s companies:
Ellipsis Labs - Blockchain company building products and infrastructure in decentralized finance.
💰 Closed a $20M Series A round in April 2024.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 12 open positions (NYC) in Engineering, Product & Design, and Growth.
Prolific - A platform for research and human data collection.
💰 Closed a $32.3M Series A round in April 2023.
👥 151-200 employees today.
Job Board Link - 100 open positions (NYC & remote) in all departments.
ScaleOps - A workload optimization platform that streamlines Kubernetes for engineering teams.
💰 Closed a $15M Series A round in December 2023.
👥 51-100 employees today.
Job Board Link - 20+ open positions (remote) in all departments.
Sydecar - A platform that automates banking, compliance, and reporting for SPV and fund formation.
💰 Closed a $11M Series A round in January 2025.
👥 51-100 employees today.
Job Board Link - 14 open positions (NYC & San Francisco) in Operations, Engineering, and Legal.
Crosby - An AI-native law firm using legal AI agents to execute high-volume commercial contracts at fixed pricing.
💰 Closed a $20M Series A round in October 2025.
Job Board Link - 22 open positions (NYC) in Engineering, Operations, and Legal.
GPTZero - An AI detection platform.
💰 Closed a $10M Series A round in June 2024.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 9 open positions (NYC, Toronto & remote) in Engineering, Growth, and Machine Learning.
Model ML - AI-based agentic systems built for finance.
💰 Closed a $75M Series A round in November 2025.
👥 51-100 employees today.
Job Board Link - 5 open positions in New York in engineering and marketing.
Draftwise - An AI-powered platform that helps law firms draft and negotiate quality contracts.
💰 Closed a $20M Series A round in March 2024.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 8 open positions (NYC & remote) in Sales, Engineering, and Talent Acquisition.
GovDash - An AI platform built for government contractors.
💰 Closed a $10M Series A round in April 2024.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 8 open positions (NYC, Washington D.C., & remote) in Engineering, Sales, and Growth.
Starbridge - A GTM intelligence platform built for the government and education sectors.
💰 Closed a $42M Series A round in October 2025.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 11 open positions (NYC & US remote) in Engineering, Revenue, and Marketing.
Slingshot AI - An AI platform built to make mental healthcare more accessible.
💰 Closed a $40M Series A round in January 2024.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 5 open positions (NYC & London) in Marketing, Engineering, and Clinical.
Basic Capital - A fintech company innovating in the retirement space.
💰 Closed a $25M Series A round in August 2025.
👥 A growing team of under 50 today.
Job Board Link - 16 open positions (NYC) in Engineering, Growth, and Operations.
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