fundraise receipt · ai
frontrun flagged Madrone 90 days before its $500K pre-seed round
tl;dr: Madrone announced $500K pre-seed on Aug 11, 2026. frontrun flagged the company on May 13, 2026, when it had 43 followers, 90 days before the announcement.
what Madrone raised
Madrone (@madronelabs · madrone.cool) announced $500K pre-seed on Aug 11, 2026. verified against fundediq.co.
Same grid permit. More compute. (YC P26)
how we knew 90 days early
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 2,000+ tracked venture investors on X. on May 13, 2026, tracked investors began following Madrone, which had 43 followers at the time. that convergence was logged that day. the round landed 90 days later.
2 tracked investors follow Madrone today, and the account has grown to 60 followers. that count is public. which investors they are, and the day each one followed, is what the product shows.
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other rounds we called early
Ouinex $3B (89d early) · valstadship $2.6M (92d early) · Gravity $30.5M (92d early) · Keenable AI $26M (94d early) · Aalo Atomics $133M (86d early)
data updated Sep 9, 2026 · Madrone signal page · every round we called early · trending this week