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Pre-seed & seed · B2B SaaS and applied AI
A hands-on angel syndicate backing pre-seed & seed B2B software and applied-AI founders across North America and the EU.
The Scout
Your group's AI analystTwo things need your attention. Cortex is the loudest divergence on the board — the group is backing it at 83% while the AI scores it 35, almost entirely on waitlist hype with no retention to back it up. And Pebble has stalled at 25% with only 4 of 7 members voted. Meanwhile Nimbus (131% NRR) is your cleanest deal and already in DD.
- Cortex: Group 48 pts more bullish than the AI — get a cohort-retention curve on paper before this vote closes.
- Pebble: Stalled at 25% with 3 members yet to vote — nudge the group or let it lapse.
- Nimbus: Strongest deal in the pipeline; in DD — assign the savings-durability question.
Group Pipeline
Member Submitted
Cortex
Autonomous AI social-networking agents
Cortex has a viral 60K waitlist and a compelling AI-agent narrative, but the fundamentals are thin: ~$4K MRR, heavy week-2 churn, no proprietary data, and a category several well-funded incumbents are already entering. Buzz is outrunning the business.
Your group is more bullish than the AI (83 vs 38). Make sure the optimism is backed by something the model can't see — get it on paper before the vote closes.
Why members voted
devin
Lattice Pay
Payments infrastructure for emerging-market marketplaces
Lattice Pay is building payments rails for emerging-market B2B marketplaces — $3.1M monthly GMV, a 1.4% take rate, and regulatory licenses that take 12–18 months to replicate. Infrastructure with a real regulatory moat, early but credible.
Why members voted
priya
Pebble
Shared finance app for couples
Pebble is a well-designed shared-finance app for couples, but it sits in a crowded consumer-fintech category with 2.3% paid conversion and 38% D30 retention. Lovely product, unproven economics and limited defensibility.
Your group is more cautious than the AI (25 vs 52). The AI sees strengths the group may be discounting — worth a second look.
Why members voted
maya
Quanta
Energy procurement OS for manufacturers
Quanta is the system of record for industrial energy procurement — 11 enterprise logos, $1.5M ARR, 6-figure ACVs and zero churn. Embedded in procurement workflows with utility-data partnerships; a high-quality Series A profile.
No votes yet — be the first to weigh in.
Submitted by you
Due Diligence
Nimbus
Autonomous cloud-warehouse cost optimization
Nimbus is a rare seed deal with real revenue quality: $95K MRR growing 22% MoM and 131% net revenue retention in a category (cloud cost) every buyer already feels. The query-rewrite moat is plausible and the Snowflake partnership is a genuine distribution edge.
Why members voted
lena
Orbital
AI compliance & audit-evidence automation
Orbital automates SOC 2 evidence collection across 90+ integrations with $210K MRR and a 6-month payback. The evidence graph creates compounding switching cost as audit history accrues — a credible Series A in a proven category.
Why members voted
marcus
Invested
Verdant
Audit-grade Scope 3 carbon accounting
No votes yet — be the first to weigh in.
sam
Helix
AI patient recruiting for clinical trials
No votes yet — be the first to weigh in.
priya