Tip-offs
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Aug 14, 2025
Each week, we surface high-potential startups & promising founders.
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📢 Follow the buzz
AI startups seeing an insane surge in website traffic.
Acta.ai | Website traffic up 12,000%
Acta.ai offers freemium SaaS tools for business process automation. They’re seed-funded by Amrita TBI and have hit this growth without disclosing a big raise.
Bangalore, India
Weavy | Website traffic up 3,200%
Weavy is building AI-powered collaboration tools that plug into existing apps. Backed by Designer Fund, Entrée Capital, and Founder Collective, they’ve raised $4M so far, with Micha Kaufman (Fiverr) among angel investors.
Dover, US
Higgsfield | Website traffic up 700%
Higgsfield is making waves in AI-powered video editing. The company has $8M from Menlo Ventures, BITKRAFT, and Alpha Intelligence Capital, plus a roster of notable angels from AI and gaming.
San Francisco, US
Fibr | Website traffic up 718%
Fibr blends B2B and B2C AI solutions for business workflows. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Ankur Goyal and Pritam Roy, and backed by Accel, 2am VC, and Sprint VC, they’ve raised $3.8M so far.
Dover, US
Artificial Nerds | Website traffic up 410%
Nerds.ai delivers AI-driven marketing analytics from Mexico. Despite raising just $100K, they’re competing with well-funded rivals, a lean growth story worth watching.
Mexico City, Mexico
📈 Ready to raise
Startups that haven't raised in the last 18 months and are showing notable employee growth.
Aidaly | 116% headcount growth
Founder Margaret Norris has already raised $10M+ in her career, and now has Lightspeed, Precursor, and Seven Seven Six on board.
Last raise: $8.5M (June 2022)
San Francisco, US
Jobgether | 101% headcount growth
Led by three serial founders with prior exits. Backed by 4Ventures.
Last raise: $2.55M (March 2023)
Uccle, Belgium
Vyzer | 83% headcount growth
Serving high-net-worth clients with investment-tracking SaaS.
Backed by Moneta VC and iAngels.
Last raise: $6.3M (October 2023)
New York, US
Workmagic | 58% headcount growth
Founders Lidong Yang and Shuting Zhao have prior exits.
Backed by Sinovation Ventures and Broadway Venture Partners.
Last raise: $2M (October 2023)
Newark, US
Maximal Learning | 56% headcount growth
Founders Eran Megiddo and Liviu Asnash bring both enterprise and startup exit experience.
Backed by Coursera and Owl Ventures.
Last raise: $5.7M (May 2023)
Bellevue, US
🕴People in play
Great founders building in stealth.
Kristofer Sommestad
6x founder. Building products for the last 25+ years.
Past startups: Springworks AB, Vendi, SpotON Radio
Now building in stealth again.
Stockholm, Sweden
Brendan Falk
Harvard alum.YC-backed founder.
Built Fig - 100k+ users before getting acquired by AWS in 2023.
Now building developer tools in stealth.
San Francisco, US
Omar Omran
MIT alum.
Currently building in the AI B2C space in stealth.
Florida, US
Prasan Kale
Serial founder who built Rise Buildings - a leading tenant experience platform.
Got acquired by VTS in 2021. Now building in stealth.
Chicago, US
Faris Sweis
Purdue alum. Serial founder.Co-led Sentur - an AI-driven trauma care platform.
Now building an AI-powered behavioral health platform in stealth.
Boston, US
