tl;dr: frontrun flagged latitude on april 2 2026, 160 days before the company announced a $35M series A led by Oak HC/FT, bringing total funding to $43M. frontrun flagged Split Pay on may 19 2026, 112 days before the company announced $125M across a Series A and Series B, both led by Khosla Ventures with Thrive Capital and Max Levchin. founders Andrew Borovsky and Andrew Lin. frontrun flagged Fab2 on june 5 2026, 95 days before the company announced a $500M Series A led by Protagonist at a $3.7B valuation. founders Sam Zeloof and Jim Keller. a tracked account at a16z followed Lightfield on july 28 2026, 43 days before a16z led the company's $47M Series A with Maverick Capital, Coatue, Greylock, Lightspeed, Audacious and Alumni Ventures. founder and CEO Keith Peiris.
Latitude: $35M series A, flagged 160 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 9, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @rtp on April 2nd.
160 days later: $35M Series A led by @oakhcft, $43M raised to date. 🫡
latitude builds global payment infrastructure: fiat payouts and stablecoin on and off ramps with real-time settlement, running on the latitude liquidity network. the founding team came out of stripe, coinbase, uber and zero hash.
flagged april 2 2026, announced september 9 2026. 160 days.
20 tracked accounts were already following @rtp before the round surfaced.
oak hc/ft led the $35m series a. $43m raised to date.
Split Pay: $125M Series A and B, flagged 112 days early
frontrun flagged Split Pay on may 19 2026, at 749 followers. on september 8 2026, 112 days later, Axios reported that Split Pay had raised $125M across back to back Series A and Series B rounds, both led by Khosla Ventures, joined by Thrive Capital and Max Levchin. the company had raised a $15M seed in 2023 before that.
Split Pay (@splitpay), formerly Rent App, splits rent and mortgage payments into smaller instalments so renters and homeowners get financial breathing room. founded by Andrew Borovsky (CEO) and Andrew Lin, based in Miami. source: Split Pay raises $125 million for rent and mortgage lending.
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Fab2: $500M Series A, flagged 95 days early
frontrun flagged Fab2 on june 5 2026. on september 8 2026, 95 days later, Fab2 announced a $500M Series A led by Protagonist, at a $3.7B valuation per the company's own post. 17 tracked accounts were following it by announcement, and a tracked account at Protagonist followed @fab2 on august 19, 20 days before the firm led the round.
Fab2 (@fab2), formerly Atomic Semi, builds the hardware and software needed to make chips, fabs, tools and components, with the goal of printing chips and printing fabs. founded by Sam Zeloof (@szeloof) and chip architect Jim Keller, based in Austin. source: Protagonist on the $500M Series A.
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Lightfield: $47M Series A, a16z followed 43 days early
a tracked account at a16z followed Lightfield on july 28 2026. on september 9 2026, 43 days later, a16z led Lightfield's $47M Series A, with Maverick Capital, Coatue, Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Audacious and Alumni Ventures participating. the fund that followed first is the fund that led.
Lightfield (@lightfld), formerly Tome, is rebuilding the CRM for companies that run on agents: a world model of a business assembled from calls, emails and messages, rather than a database of manual notes. founder and CEO Keith Peiris (@keithpeiris). source: Lightfield raises $47 million Series A.
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