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TL;DR
Primary Ventures just raised their new $625M Fund V to invest in Seed Stage startups. Connect with their team here
Accelerators ↗ equity on the table, but heavyweight networks: 500 Global’s Palo Alto flagship is lining up Q1 2026, Plug and Play offers a choose-your-own-adventure range with corporate pilots, and PearX is a tight pre-seed sprint (deadline Feb 22, 2026).
Credits that quietly extend runway 🏃🏻♂️: AWS Activate brings up to $100K in cloud credits (rolling), plus two operator-grade perks: Mixpanel’s 1-year Growth package and Retool’s 1-year internal-tools program.
Pre-seed/seed 🌱 themes getting funded: dev workflows are hot, “AI operating layers” for business are forming, with additional early rounds in emerging platforms/services and fintech tooling.
Series A+ momentum 🌟: big money is backing AI infrastructure, plus applied AI in finance, fintech/sales enablement, and defense-facing software.
Who’s writing 🖊 checks now: crypto/onchain specialists are active at $1M–$5M+, vertical-AI seed leads are in the mix at $100K–$1M+, and A/B scale capital stays ready at $10M–$50M throughout 2026.
Accelerators + Grants
🚀 Accelerators
$150K investment for 6% equity (net ~$112.5K after program fee); 4-month program in Palo Alto with small cohorts, data-driven growth mentorship and coaching, and investor intros; highly selective with applications for Q1 2026 batch.
$50K-$500K investment (1-5% equity, optional); 3-month vertical-specific programs in Sunnyvale, CA, with cohorts of 10-30 startups, corporate partner mentorship and pilot opportunities, and investor connections; selective with ongoing applications for 2026 batches.
$250K+ investment for single-digit equity; 12-week pre-seed intensive program in San Francisco with small exclusive cohorts, hands-on founder mentorship, and strong investor connections; highly selective with applications open for Summer 2026 cohort (deadline February 22, 2026).
💰 Grants
Up to $100,000 in AWS credits (typically valid for ~2 years) to cover services like EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and more; includes technical support, training, and business guidance. Two main paths: Activate Portfolio up to $100k, and Activate Founders up to $1k; applications are open/rolling.
$50,000 value: 1 year free of the Mixpanel Growth plan ; also includes up to 1B events and the full analytics suite. Eligibility: startups launched <2 years ago and with <US$5M in funding; apply directly through Mixpanel.
Up to $60,000 value: 1 year free on Retool to build internal tools/admin panels/dashboards, plus 25% off your second year and $200K+ in partner offers via their Deal Book. Eligibility: Series A or earlier with < $10M funding; must upgrade to a paid plan first (discount applies after).
Roladex Venture Studios
Roladex provides hands-on support with fundraising, product development, and marketing—plus the team, network, and resources to launch and scale your business👇
PreSeed + Seed
Notable companies that recently raised:
1️⃣ Allonic — raised $7.2M (Pre-Seed)
Description: US-based startup enfocada en soluciones innovadoras (detalles emergentes en funding reciente, likely tech-enabled services o platform).
Investors: Not specified in announcements, but reported via Pulse2 and early-stage trackers..
2️⃣ Entire — raised $60M (Seed)
Description: Developer tools startup, founded by experienced team including former GitHub leadership connections, focusing on modern dev workflows.
Investors: Led by Felicis, with Madrona, Microsoft’s M12, Basis Set, and individuals like Jerry Yang and Garry Tan.
3️⃣ OneDosh — raised $3M (Pre-Seed)
Description: fintech or finance platform (likely personal finance or dosh-related tools), announced in early 2026 funding lists.
Investors: Early-stage investors from scouts trackers.
4️⃣ Adapt — raised $10M (Seed)
Description: San Francisco-based AI startup building the "AI Computer for Business", a horizontal system of intelligence that connects company tools and data with frontier agents working in Slack.
Investors: Co-led by Activant Capital and Headline, with participation from Susa Ventures.
💸 Active Investors & New Funds
1️⃣ ParaFi Capital — New York, NY ✨
$1M–$5M+ checks; crypto and onchain-focused investor highly active in pre-seed; deep expertise in fintech, blockchain, and tokenized assets.
2️⃣ New Stack Ventures — Chicago, IL 💰
$100K–$1M+ checks; Midwest-based early-stage VC active in pre-seed/seed, leading rounds in vertical AI and tech; hands-on with fintech, enterprise, and emerging sectors.
3️⃣ Castle Island Ventures — Boston, MA
$500K–$3M checks; leading crypto-native VC active in pre-seed/seed for blockchain infrastructure; co-led recent $2.5M pre-seed in Feb 2026, focused on onchain finance, credit, and decentralized tech with strong US network.
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Series A+
Notable companies that recently raised:
1️⃣ Integrate — raised $17M (Series A)
Description: Software startup pushing into defense markets, following Space Force awards, focused on integration tools for aerospace and defense applications.
Investors: Defense and space tech backers.
2️⃣ Goodfire — raised $150M (Series B)
Description: San Francisco-based AI research lab and infrastructure company building tools for advanced AI model development and deployment.
Investors: Led by B Capital, focused on scaling AI capabilities.
3️⃣ Turnstile — raised $29M (Series A)
Description: FinTech/Sales platform for B2B software, finance, and sales enablement tools.
Investors: Early institutional investors.
4️⃣ Uptiq — raised $25M (Series B)
Description: Texas-based AI platform for financial services, building industry-specific AI applications and digital workers for banking and fintech workflows.
Investors: Led by Curql, with participation from Silverton Partners, 645 Ventures, Broadridge, and others.
💸 Active Investors & New Funds
1️⃣ Khosla Ventures — Menlo Park, CA
$10M–$50M checks; thesis-driven multistage firm active in Series A+ for AI, climate tech, biotech, health and frontier innovations; among top active early investors in 2025-2026, backing high-risk/high-reward plays with deep technical expertise.
2️⃣ Bain Capital Ventures — San Francisco, CA
$10M–$50M checks; enterprise-focused investor leading Series A in cloud infrastructure, analytics, AI, fintech and SMB software; strong track record in B2B and highly active in 2026 with curated deals and hands-on growth expertise.
3️⃣ Bessemer Venture Partners — New York, NY
$10M–$50M checks; Series A/B specialist in cloud/SaaS, cybersecurity, healthcare, and consumer tech; consistently active with deep operational expertise and category leaders; launched new funds in 2025 (including $1B for Forge II) and deploying aggressively into high-growth startups in 2026.
Thanks for spending a few minutes with us this week. We’ll keep tracking the programs worth applying to, the non-dilutive wins, and the funding shifts that matter—so you can stay sharp and keep momentum on your side. See you in the next edition. 😄
- Michael Marra, Founder & CEO of Entre
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