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the receipts · updated Jul 27, 2026

startups we flagged before they raised

tl;dr: frontrun flagged 46 of these companies before their funding round was announced, an average of 83 days early and up to 213 days. every flag date below is the date tracked venture investors started following that company on X, recorded at the time, not backfilled after the news.

rounds called early
46
average lead time
83 days
longest lead
213 days
capital raised after
$2.4B

how this list is built

frontrun watches the follow graphs of 1,000+ tracked venture investors on X. when several of them start following the same small company, that convergence is logged with a date. months later, some of those companies announce a round. this page is every case where the flag came first.

three rules keep it honest. rounds flagged less than 7 days ahead are excluded, because at that point the raise was probably already circulating. companies added during a catalog backfill are excluded entirely, because a backfill date is not a detection. and every round here links to the source that announced it, so nothing on this page has to be taken on trust.

month by month: july 2026 (36) · june 2026 (5)

every round, most recently raised first

every round amount links to the announcement it came from. click any of them.

companyxwebsiteraisedannouncedflaggeddays early
Orthogonal (YC W26)@orthogonal_shorthogonal.com$4.3MJul 24, 2026Dec 23, 2025213
kash@kash_botapp.kash.bot$2MJul 24, 2026Feb 25, 2026149
Arcturus@arcturustechinc—$8MJul 24, 2026Jun 30, 202624
Augmental@augmentaltechaugmental.tech$4MJul 24, 2026Jun 30, 202624
sazabi@sazabisazabi.com$8MJul 22, 2026Feb 6, 2026166
pumpcade@pumpcadecade.market$5MJul 22, 2026Feb 16, 2026156
MNX@mnx_fimnx.fi$6.4MJul 22, 2026Feb 19, 2026153
Furientis@furientisfurientis.com$5MJul 22, 2026Jun 12, 202640
flyaerodome@flyaerodomeaerodome.com$21.5MJul 22, 2026Jun 14, 202638
modemdev@modemdev—$4.4MJul 22, 2026Jun 18, 202634
KOR@korprotocolkorprotocol.io$7.5MJul 22, 2026Jun 26, 202626
Humanoid@thehumanoidaithehumanoid.ai$152MJul 21, 2026Feb 16, 2026155
PRED@predofficialpred.app$2.5MJul 21, 2026Feb 18, 2026153
Gumroad@gumroadgumroad.com$1.2MJul 21, 2026Mar 3, 2026140
Elorian AI@elorianaielorian.ai$55MJul 21, 2026Apr 9, 2026103
noetik_ai@noetik_ainoetik.ai$50MJul 21, 2026Apr 28, 202684
Augustus@augustus_bankaugustus.com$180MJul 21, 2026May 11, 202671
Avici@aviciavici.money$3MJul 21, 2026Jul 9, 202612
Adapter@adapteradapter.com$11MJul 21, 2026Jul 14, 20267
naturalpay@naturalpaynatural.com$30MJul 20, 2026Feb 11, 2026159
Glint@glintintelglint.trade$580KJul 19, 2026Jan 28, 2026172
Vorflux@vorfluxaivorflux.com$15MJul 17, 2026Jun 11, 202636
Monumental@buildmonumentalmonumental.co$32MJul 17, 2026Jun 12, 202635
Ornn@ornnexchangeornn.com$33MJul 16, 2026Feb 4, 2026162
pascal@pascaldottradepascal.trade$9MJul 16, 2026Jun 16, 202630
Askari Defense@askaridefenseaskaridefense.com$9MJul 15, 2026Apr 3, 2026103
Anvil Robotics@anvil_roboticsanvil.bot$6.5MJul 15, 2026Jun 30, 202615
TerraFirma@terrafirma_incterrafirma.inc$100MJul 14, 2026Apr 10, 202695
Andon Labs@andonlabsandonlabs.com$500KJul 11, 2026Feb 14, 2026147
Traysar Industries@traysartechtraysar.com$25MJul 11, 2026Apr 20, 202682
Deeptune@deeptuneaideeptune.com$43MJul 9, 2026Mar 19, 2026112
CRSHMARKET@crshmarketcrshmarket.com$1MJul 9, 2026Apr 30, 202670
Project Eleven@projectelevenprojecteleven.com$300MJul 7, 2026Feb 25, 2026132
Tomo@tomotomo.ai$5MJul 7, 2026Jun 4, 202633
Polsia@polsiapolsia.com$30MJul 2, 2026Mar 4, 2026120
1001 AI@1001ai_1001.ai$30MJul 1, 2026Jun 19, 202612
Nebex@nebraexchange—$30MJun 29, 2026Apr 23, 202667
Macrodata Labs@macrodata_labsmacrodata.co$4MJun 29, 2026Jun 12, 202617
Sail Research@sailresearchcosailresearch.com$80MJun 24, 2026Apr 23, 202662
Pramaana Labs@pramaanalabspramaanalabs.ai$27MJun 17, 2026May 27, 202621
Generalist@generalistaigeneralistai.com$400MJun 4, 2026Apr 3, 202662
reactor@reactorworldreactor.inc$59MMay 28, 2026Mar 13, 202676
KAST@kastxyzkast.xyz$80MMay 1, 2026Feb 13, 202677
Factory@factoryaifactory.com$150MApr 16, 2026Jan 3, 2026103
Mirage@trymiragemirage.app$75MMar 24, 2026Feb 3, 202649
Rain@raincardsrain.xyz$250MJan 9, 2026Dec 31, 20259

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