Flags, Fire, and French Toast

Your Saturday VC Breakfast Rundown

Memorial Day Weekend isn’t about escape. It’s about presence.

From the Carolinas to California, from rooftop BBQs in Brooklyn to quiet cabins in Montana, this weekend holds a weight. Not the heavy kind that breaks you, but the kind that roots you. That hum of memory under the noise. The ache of sacrifice tucked into backyard laughter.

It’s in the way we flip burgers with one hand and hold space with the other. The way we gather not just to celebrate, but to carry something forward. Legacy. Integrity. Purpose.

And for those of us building something from scratch, startups, ideas, dreams, this weekend is a checkpoint. A reminder that courage isn’t just on battlefields. It’s in boardrooms, basements, and beta launches. It’s in choosing meaning over speed. Depth over optics.

This breakfast? Sweet potato grits, maple-glazed sausage, and coffee strong enough to remember for. Built with care. Served with purpose.

Moddule raised $1.5M in pre-seed funding (Argon Ventures, Signal Ventures, Motion Ventures) to unify the global logistics stack. Hans Elmegaard, Ben Jones, and Kasper Hansen are syncing WMS, TMS, and ERP across 23 countries and 14M+ square feet of warehousing, cutting onboarding from months to weeks.

Pixee pulled in $15M in seed capital (Decibel, Wing VC, TEDCO) to automate security at the speed of development. Surag Patel and Arshan Dabirsiaghi built Pixeebot to fix vulnerabilities automatically and merge clean code with 91% less dev time. 170+ tool integrations, 76–87% auto-merge rate, this is AppSec for the AI era.

Rhino Federated Computing landed a $15M Series A (AlleyCorp, LionBird, Fusion Fund) to enable compliant AI collaboration without data sharing. Dr. Ittai Dayan and Yuval Baror built edge-based federated infrastructure used by the National Cancer Institute, Microsoft, and Sheba Medical Center. 50+ production models, 15PB processed, 300% YoY growth.

StackHawk locked in $12M in additional funding (Sapphire Ventures, Costanoa Ventures) to shift API security left, hard. Joni Klippert, Scott Gerlach, and Bryce Ambraziunas are turning OWASP ZAP into a high-speed DAST platform for dev-first pipelines. From 15-min time-to-value to SOC2-ready compliance, StackHawk is rewriting the CI/CD security playbook.

Siro raised $50M in Series B funding (SignalFire, 01 Advisors, StepStone Group) to digitize and decode in-person sales conversations. Jake Cronin and Joe Jordan built an AI platform that records, transcribes, and analyzes offline sales chatter with no setup, no lag, just rep, pitch, and performance. 5.5x revenue growth, 36% higher close rates, and GPT-fueled coaching cycles. Field sales just got its feedback loop.

Fore Biotherapeutics secured $38M in Series D-2 financing (SR One, Medicxi, OrbiMed) to target treatment-resistant cancers. William R. Hinshaw, Dr. Stacie Peacock Shepherd, and Nora Brennan are scaling plixorafenib, a next-gen BRAF inhibitor already delivering 67% ORR in CNS tumors. Precision oncology backed by Phase 2 trials and regulatory momentum.

RevenueCat locked in $50M Series C (Bain Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Y Combinator) to cement its role as the backbone of app monetization. Jacob Eiting and Miguel Carranza built a platform that powers $8B in annual transactions across 50,000+ apps, unifying StoreKit, Play Billing, and direct checkout. From ChatGPT to VSCO, they’re driving revenue, not just reporting it.

Skriber raised $1.3M in pre-seed funding (Seed2B, Morgan Creek Capital) to give doctors their time back. Hayden Plummer and Matt Preece built an AI scribe that transcribes medical conversations into structured clinical notes in 78 seconds flat. Already at 3,200+ active providers, 89% MoM growth, and integrations across 23 hospital networks. HIPAA-compliant, ISO-certified, and ready to scale.

OpenFX emerged from stealth with $23M in seed funding (Accel, NFX, Lightspeed Faction) to overhaul global FX infrastructure. Prabhakar Reddy built a multi-layer liquidity engine settling 90% of G20 FX trades in under an hour. 10B in annualized volume, 120+ providers, and real-time rails from SWIFT to Solana. This is where money meets momentum.

Slash raised $41M Series B at a $370M valuation (Goodwater Capital, NEA, Menlo Ventures) to scale vertical banking. Victor Cardenas and Kevin Bai turned a Yeezy resale pivot into $3B in card spend and $300M monthly flow across e-comm, crypto, and HVAC. 4M+ cards issued, $40M+ in cashback paid. FDIC-insured deposits and a roadmap built for operators.

Let’s connect and keep the momentum going across the tech ecosystem. Whether you’re a founder shaping the future, a leader driving change, a VC backing bold ideas, or an investor spotting the next big thing—together, we’re pushing boundaries. Proud to be building the future with you.

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