Welcome back to Top Startups! Each week, I share who’s freshly funded by the best investors, and looking to hire.
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AcuityMD | Enterprise Software | 💸 $7M Seed from Benchmark | 20 employees 👤
What they do: Building first SaaS platform for medical device companies to get into the hands of more patients
What I like: CRMs are fantastic businesses — recurring revenue, high retention, clear ROI around tracking and reaching out to customers (see Salesforce, Hubspot); AcuityMD is building the first one for medical device companies; strong founding team from Harvard, Princeton with MedTech backgrounds
Island | Enterprise Software | 💸 $115M Series B from Sequoia at $1.3B valuation | 100 employees 👤
What they do: Building a secure web browser for the enterprise
What I like: Compelling vision of making the #1 application every company uses, the browser, more secure from the ground up; just came out of stealth a month ago to strong customer demand; tackling huge market worth hundreds of billions with a design-forward product
Flock Homes | Real Estate | 💸 $26M Series A from A16Z | 15 employees 👤
What they do: Allow individuals to own rental homes through portfolio shares
What I like: Helping people retire from the headache of being a landlord by giving them shares in a managed portfolio of homes — no-brainer solution in the form of passive income + upside; strong early team from Harvard, Stripe, Opendoor
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-Linda