Date: 2026-05-10
Brief: AI, fintech and Web3 companies that raised <$10M in the last 3–6 months across US, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, plus active PR / marketing roles.
Note: This run focuses on fresh deals that surfaced after Run 4 was generated, with deeper Singapore + Web3 / DeFi coverage. Hong Kong remains the thinnest region — no sub-$10M HK raises were verifiable from public sources during the window; AlphaNet (HK, $10M seed Apr 2026) sits exactly at the ceiling and is excluded. A targeted Cyberport / HKSTP cohort trawl is recommended for the next run.
| Company | Sector | Round / Amount | Date | Location | What they do | Key investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountable | Web3 / DeFi credit infra | Series A — $7.5M | Apr 2026 | Amsterdam (global) | Real-time financial verification + privacy-preserving proofs for crypto credit markets | Pantera Capital (lead), OKX Ventures, Onigiri Capital, KPK |
| Dex | AI / talent | Seed — $5.3M | Apr 28, 2026 | London, UK | AI talent agent matching engineers and ML researchers with employers via voice/text conversations | Notion Capital (lead), a16z Speedrun, Concept Ventures, OpenAI angels |
| Seapoint | Fintech / AI back-office | Seed — €7.5M (~$8.1M) | Apr 21, 2026 | Dublin / London | AI-native financial operations platform for European startup founders (Stripe-alumni team) | 13books Capital (lead), 40+ angels (Claire Hughes Johnson / ex-Stripe COO, Laurence Krieger / ex-Tide UK CEO, Des Traynor / Intercom) |
| Aigentsphere | AI / governance | Seed — A$4M (~$2.6M) | May 2026 | Sydney, Australia | Enterprise AI agent management + governance — "HR & risk for the AI workforce" | Main Sequence (CSIRO VC arm) |
| Deteqt | Deeptech AI / quantum sensing | Seed — A$5M (~$3.3M) | Apr 13, 2026 | Sydney, Australia | Diamond quantum chips for magnetic-field detection (defence + AUKUS-aligned) | Main Sequence (lead), ATP Fund, BOKA Capital, Beaten Zone, Uniseed, University of Sydney |
| Muun AI | Industrial AI | Pre-seed — $700K | Apr 8, 2026 | Singapore | Converts industrial machine telemetry into real-time operational insights (manufacturing + energy) | Wavemaker Impact |
| OnSite | AI / construction SaaS | Seed — S$1.7M (~$1.3M) | Apr 8, 2026 | Singapore | AI communication platform for construction + facilities management (predictive risk, project AI assistants) | Tin Men Capital (co-lead), Alter Global (co-lead), Hustle Fund, Gondor Capital |
| Marloo | Fintech AI | Seed — $10M (at ceiling) | Apr 28, 2026 | London / Sydney / Auckland | AI partner for financial advisers — automates notes, compliance, client comms; 650+ paying firms across 6 countries | Blackbird Ventures (lead), Tom Hambrett |
| The Better Money Company | Web3 / stablecoin infra | Seed — $10M (at ceiling) | Mar 31, 2026 | US | Stablecoin clearinghouse — interchangeability layer between fiat-backed stablecoins | a16z crypto (lead), BoxGroup, Sunflower Capital, Sean Neville (Circle co-founder), Charlie Songhurst |
Hong Kong note: AlphaNet ($10M seed, Apr 2026, quant + AI for finance) sits at the ceiling and is excluded. Inference Research ($20M seed, Feb 2026) is above the ceiling. No verifiable sub-$10M HK raises in window.
| Company | Founder / CEO | Founder LinkedIn | Marketing / Growth lead | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountable | Wojtek Pawlowski (CEO, ex-Maven 11 / M11 Credit) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/wojtek-pawlowski-accountable/ | No standalone marketing head publicly listed — pitch CEO directly | CTO Ioan Moldovan (also ex-M11 Credit) |
| Dex | Paddy Lambros (CEO, ex-Atomico advisor) | https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricklambros/ | Founder-led growth — hiring GTM in NYC + SF | Company LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/dex-ai |
| Seapoint | Sean Mullaney (CEO, ex-European CIO Stripe, ex-CTO Algolia) | search "Sean Mullaney Seapoint" on LinkedIn | Founder-led GTM today; team includes 20 ex-Stripe / ex-Tide engineers + operators | — |
| Aigentsphere | Quinton Anderson (CEO) | search "Quinton Anderson Aigentsphere" on LinkedIn | Chair: Kelly Bayer Rosmarin (ex-CEO Optus) | Company: linkedin.com/company/aigentsphere |
| Deteqt | Univ. of Sydney spin-out — leadership team named on Deteqt site | search "Deteqt" on LinkedIn for current team | No public marketing lead — defence-sector outreach | — |
| Muun AI | Founders not yet broadly indexed in English press | search "Muun AI Singapore" on LinkedIn | Founder-led | Wavemaker Impact contact: portfolio team |
| OnSite | Poh Yong Han & Liam Appelson (co-founders) | search "Poh Yong Han OnSite" / "Liam Appelson OnSite" on LinkedIn | Founder-led | — |
| Marloo | Hardy Michel (Co-founder + CEO, ex-Sharesies); Shakeel Lala (Co-founder, ex-Sharesies); Ben Robertson (Co-founder, Wellington) | search "Hardy Michel Marloo" on LinkedIn | Founder-led; expanding marketing for US launch | Company: linkedin.com/company/gomarloo |
| Better Money Company | Sam Broner (Co-founder + CEO, ex-a16z crypto, ex-Federal Reserve Bank of Boston); Adam Zuckerman (Co-founder, ex-Eigen Labs GC) | search "Sam Broner Better Money" on LinkedIn | Founder-led | — |
Each message is short, anchored to the founder's actual raise + narrative gap, and ends with a soft CTA pointing to shilikajain.com.
Accountable — Wojtek Pawlowski
Hi Wojtek, congrats on the $7.5M from Pantera + OKX Ventures. The "new Celsius without the fraud" framing is a clean POV — but it lives or dies on credibility, which is why founder-led organic PR (LinkedIn cadence, podcasts, op-eds in Blockworks / DL News) compounds far better than press-release-only motion. I help technical founders build that authority without retainer-heavy PR firms. Happy to share a 90-day plan tuned for DeFi credit infra: shilikajain.com.
Dex — Paddy Lambros
Hi Paddy, the $5.3M from Notion Capital + a16z Speedrun is a great signal, and the "AI talent agent" framing landed well in Fortune. Opening NYC + SF is the moment narrative compounds — or evaporates. Organic PR plays (founder POVs on LinkedIn, recruiter-economy podcasts, op-eds in The Information) are the cheapest way to keep momentum between rounds. I'd love to share what's worked for similar UK-to-US founders: shilikajain.com.