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frontrun flagged QFEX 225 days before its $9.5M seed round
tl;dr: QFEX announced $9.5M seed on Aug 9, 2026, led by Yuri Sagalov from General Catalyst. frontrun flagged the company on Dec 27, 2025, when it had 3,158 followers, 225 days before the announcement.
what QFEX raised
QFEX (@qfex · qfex.com) announced $9.5M seed on Aug 9, 2026, led by Yuri Sagalov from General Catalyst, with participation from Abhishek Sharma from Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Akshat Goenka of Moonfire, Scott Shiao of Goodwater Capital, Mike Miller of Liquid 2 Ventures, Ludwig Ensthaler of 468 Capital, Chris Howard of Ritual Capital, Beth Turner, Nate Matherson, JJ Fliegelman, Taro Fukuyama, Jake Klamka, Ooshma Garg, Richard Aberman, Benjamin Bryant, Nurdaulet Bazylbekov, Pete Koomen, Tom Blomfield, Garry Tan. verified against linkedin.com.
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how we knew 225 days early
frontrun watches the follow graphs of 2,000+ tracked venture investors on X. on Dec 27, 2025, tracked investors began following QFEX, which had 3,158 followers at the time. that convergence was logged that day. the round landed 225 days later.
40 tracked investors follow QFEX today, and the account has grown to 5,994 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
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data updated Sep 9, 2026 · QFEX signal page · every round we called early · trending this week