United States

11 founders on our radar building from United States.

  1. Longshot SpaceUnited States · Space

    Nathan Saichk

    Raised $5M+ seed funding including Air Force and notable angel backing; building novel hypersonic launch infrastructure covered by TechCrunch, SFGate and Aerospace America.

    RisingNo. 14seed
  2. TrinzzUnited States · Healthcare AI

    Trina Das

    Building foundational data infrastructure for regulated medical AI, backed by Techstars, at an inflection point for healthcare AI adoption.

    RisingNo. 30pre-seed
  3. SmartTIVAUnited States · Medtech

    Juan Fernandez

    Two US patents granted, active clinical partnership pursuit, pursuing MBA at Johns Hopkins while scaling a novel medtech device with regulatory traction in Colombia.

    Watchlistseed
  4. ChipMangoUnited States · Semiconductors

    Ola Fadiran

    Raised $1.9M to build African engineering talent into global chip-design capability, and became a Cadence Certified Training Partner, addressing a strategically important niche.

    Watchlistseed
  5. Remyx AIUnited States · AI

    Salma Mayorquin

    Deep technical background (decade in ML/vision-language research); building developer tooling since 2023; small pre-seed team but active GitHub presence and conference speaking.

    Watchlistpre-seed
  6. Alta AIUnited States · Enterprise AI

    Vanessa Heppner

    Building a finance-focused AI/tech spend intelligence platform addressing a timely enterprise pain point, with early VC backing.

    Watchlistseed
  7. Reflekt LegalUnited States · Legal AI

    Jacobo Adberstein

    Raised $700K in prior funding round; grown to 4 employees; unusual founder background (NASA engineer to legal AI CEO) with active product rebrand in 2026.

    Watchlistseed
  8. MerooUnited States · HR tech

    David Restrepo

    Second-time founder (prior exit); building gamified skills-based hiring platform since 2024, recently launched V2 of app; small team (~4 people) still early-stage.

    Watchlistpre-seed
  9. AgentShelf.aiUnited States · AI infrastructure

    Eric Flores

    Very early-stage (founded 2026, 3 employees) enterprise AI agent startup; insufficient evidence of traction or momentum yet.

    Under verificationpre-seed
  10. SentrIQ LabsUnited States · Cybersecurity

    Eric Garcia

    Very early pre-seed stage (raising $1.3M target), tiny team, limited independent press coverage beyond directory/pitch listings.

    Under verificationpre-seed
  11. BoltaUnited States · AI / marketing

    Lucia Valdivia

    Early-stage AI social media automation tool with self-reported user base; role titles (CMO vs. founder) are inconsistent across sources and funding is unverified.

    Under verificationpre-seed