tl;dr: frontrun flagged tenka, a liquidity engine for asset-based finance, 56 days before the company announced a $2M pre-seed led by Maven 11 Capital. frontrun flagged watney robotics 176 days before the company announced an $80M series a co-led by Valor Atreides AI Fund and Hummingbird Ventures. frontrun flagged Raindrop on may 12th 2026, 128 days before its $50M series a led by CRV was announced on september 17th. frontrun flagged Comp AI on august 2nd 2026, 46 days before its $34M series a co-led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures was announced on september 17th.
Tenka: $2M pre-seed, flagged 56 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 17, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @tenkafinance on July 23rd.
56 days later: $2M pre-seed led by @Maven11Capital, with @Gami_Capital. 🫡
frontrun flagged @tenkafinance on july 23rd 2026, 56 days before the $2M pre-seed was announced on september 17th. maven 11 capital led, with gami capital participating.
tenka is building a liquidity engine for asset-based finance, making illiquid asset classes move the way liquid ones do. the account had 50 followers on the day it was flagged, and 12 tracked accounts were following before the round went public.
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Watney: $80M series A, flagged 176 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 17, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @watneyrobotics on March 25th.
176 days later: $80M Series A co-led by Valor Atreides AI Fund and @HummingbirdVC 🫡
frontrun flagged @watneyrobotics on march 25th 2026, 176 days before the $80M series a was announced on september 17th. valor atreides ai fund and hummingbird ventures co-led.
watney works on robotics and physical ai, and puts its own goal plainly: expand ambition in the physical world. 10 tracked accounts were following before the round went public.
ryan gannon is co-founder and ceo. sean cheong is co-founder.
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Raindrop, flagged 128 days before the round
frontrun flagged @raindrop_ai on may 12th 2026, 128 days before the $50M series a was announced on september 17th. crv led, with lightspeed.
raindrop builds real-time issue detection for ai agents. 18 tracked accounts were following before the round went public.
zubin koticha is co-founder and ceo. alexis gauba and ben hylak are co-founders.
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Comp AI, flagged 46 days before the round
frontrun flagged @compai on august 2nd 2026, 46 days before the $34M series a was announced on september 17th. roo capital and grand ventures co-led.
comp ai is open source compliance, soc 2 handled for you, and its own line for it is compliance that helps you close. 5 tracked accounts were following before the news.
lewis carhart (@lewiscarhart) is co-founder and ceo. claudio fuentes (@claud_fuen) and mariano (@Marfuenn) are co-founders.
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