Who got funded? 💎
From Seed to Series B
Welcome back to Top Startups! Despite the hiring freeze in Big Tech, there are many startups with lean teams that are still actively hiring.
Here are my favorites for this week. Any of these catch your eye, let me know and I can intro you 👋:
ModernLoop | SaaS | 💸 $9M Series A from Accel, YC | 20 employees
What they do: Help companies automate and streamline the most tedious parts of recruiting — scheduling, interview invites and training; used by customers like Ramp, Benchling, Chainalysis, Pave and more.
What I like: They’ve identified an overlooked workflow filled with repetitive and manual tasks; beloved by recruiters; strong founding team from Facebook, Slack, Brex
Pogo | Consumer Data | 💸 $15M Seed from 20VC, Founders of Honey & Carta | 20 employees
What they do: Helping everyday consumers earn and save by unlocking power of their data
What I like: Very fast growth — used by hundreds of thousands of families to save millions of dollars so far; engagement on par with Snapchat & Twitter; 4.9 stars across 30K(!) reviews; more details in TechCrunch feature
Sprig | SaaS | 💸 $30M Series B from A16Z, Accel | 100 employees
What they do: Makes it fast and effortless for product teams to learn from customers in real-time; used by customers like Square, Loom, Dropbox
What I like: Customer research is a high-ROI activity that few people know how to do well, and even when you do, it’s incredibly time-intensive to spin up; Sprig makes it easy for anyone to make customer-informed decisions through their out-of-the-box solution; sticky business model
Some more goodies: referrals to top startups 🤝, compensation data 💰 and a negotiation service that gets you higher comp ✅ — negotiated $2M+ so far!
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Thanks,
-Linda