tl;dr: frontrun flagged ando, a messaging platform built for agent-pilled teams, 157 days before its $20m seed co-led by index ventures and emergence capital with accel. frontrun flagged hifi, infrastructure for tokenized capital markets, 198 days before its $37m series a led by left lane capital. frontrun flagged functionspace, a protocol for markets that price numerical outcomes, 206 days before its $1.7m pre-seed co-led by maven11 and blockwall. frontrun flagged solcoa industries, building the largest rare earth metals plant outside china, 90 days before its $75m seed led by bain capital ventures.
Ando: $20M seed, flagged 157 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 24, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @andocorporation on April 20th.
157 days later: $20M seed co-led by @indexventures and @emergencecap, with @accel. 🫡
ando is a messaging platform built for teams that work alongside AI agents. at flag time it was in private alpha.
flagged april 20 2026, announced september 24 2026. 157 days.
7 tracked accounts were following before the round surfaced.
Index Ventures and Emergence Capital co-led the $20M seed, with Accel participating.
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HIFI: $37M Series A, flagged 198 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 24, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @hifiHQ on March 10th, back when they were @hifibridge.
198 days later: $37M Series A led by @leftlanecap. 🫡
hifi builds infrastructure for tokenized capital markets. when frontrun flagged it, the company was still on X as @hifibridge.
flagged march 10 2026, announced september 24 2026. 198 days.
9 tracked accounts were following before the round surfaced.
Left Lane Capital led the $37M Series A.
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functionSPACE: $1.7M pre-seed, flagged 206 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 24, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @functionspaceHQ on March 2nd.
206 days later: $1.7M pre-seed co-led by @Maven11Capital and @Blockwall, with Smape Capital. 🫡
functionSPACE lets anyone build markets on numbers, not just yes/no. price a range, a curve or a full distribution with one protocol and SDK.
flagged march 2 2026, announced september 24 2026. 206 days.
13 tracked accounts were following before the round surfaced.
Maven11 and Blockwall co-led the $1.7M pre-seed, with Smape Capital participating.
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Solcoa Industries: $75M seed, flagged 90 days early
@frontrunvc · Sep 24, 2026
FUNDRAISE 💰: @frontrunvc flagged @solcoatech on June 26th.
90 days later: $75M seed led by @baincapital, with @jpmorgan. 🫡
Solcoa Industries is building the largest rare earth metals plant outside China.
flagged june 26 2026, announced september 24 2026. 90 days.
2 tracked accounts were following before the round surfaced.
the $75M seed is $45M in equity led by Bain Capital Ventures, plus $30M in debt anchored by JPMorgan.
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