Welcome back to Top Startups! Each week, I share who’s freshly funded by the best investors, and looking to hire.
Before we dive in, I read some great books over Thanksgiving 🦃 which turned into a new article on how to “think different” in tech.
Now let’s get into it:
Royal | DeFi Music | 💸 $55M Series A from A16Z, Benchmark | 15 employees 👤
What they do: Allow consumers to buy ownership in songs and earn royalties alongside artists
What I like: Let’s say that in the future, fans get upside for early support and artists keep more of what they make… will we want to return to the past? Of course not! Led by experienced founder (ex-OpenDoor) and artist 3lau; Side note: I would’ve made millions as an early fan of Lady Gaga! 🤑
Hiring: 5 roles incl. eng, design, people and community in Remote, Austin
Stytch | Enterprise SaaS | 💸 $90M Series B from Benchmark | 35 employees 👤
What they do: Building passwordless authentication to start, with an eye towards making the passport of the internet
What I like: Who doesn’t hate passwords? If we were redesigning the internet today, the password would be left in the dust; demand agrees — Stytch has grown developer count 10X in 4 months, and they’re officially the newest unicorn in town
Hiring: 30 roles incl. product, eng, design, sales, bizops in Remote, SF, NYC
Benchling | Biotech Software | 💸 $100M Series F from YC | 600 employees 👤
What they do: Building Office Suite for pharma, biotech, life sciences research
What I like: File this under high-likelihood to IPO; they have the who’s who of biotech customers with 99%+ retention, and have been funded by nearly all Tier 1 investors; great choice if you like biotech and want a stable startup job
Hiring: 250 roles incl. eng, product, sales, finance in Remote, SF, Boston, etc.
That’s my top 3! Check out all newly funded startups and jobs (ordered by recency).
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