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👋🏻 Welcome to another edition of our Sunday “Resources” stream where we share our most valuable data & resources across four rotating formats:
30 Hottest Startups of the Month (this is today!)
Top Downloaded Resources from The Lab (“Investing in AI” panel with Accel, Lightspeed, Gradient, and Creandum here)
State of the Market (October’s multiples & benchmarks here)
Top Downloaded Resources from The Lab (“Secondaries in venture: an essential liquidity solution for founders, angels & funds” here)
For 1. and 3., we collaborate with best-in-class partners to ensure you get the highest quality data. For 2. and 4., we leverage our ever-growing product portfolio and share selective snapshots of the most sought-after resources from The Lab.
For today’s Picks of the Month, we’re excited to partner with Specter: The Bloomberg of Private Markets serving leading VC firms like Bessemer, Index, Insight, and 300+ more.
Instead of ranking startups case by case via different growth signals, we unify all dimensions into a single metric: investor interest measured by the number of investors visiting the respective stealth/startup profiles on the Specter platform.
We cover the top 10 stealth founders, top 10 early-stage startups that raised less than $10M, and the top 10 growth-stage startups that raised more than $10M. Global and across industries.
This month, we find 5 key themes among trending startups:
AI Infrastructure & Developer Tools: A major cluster focuses on developer productivity, code intelligence, and AI infrastructure - including platforms for code review, SDK-based security, and workflow automation
Applied AI in Creative & Marketing Tech: Several startups target the creator economy and marketing automation, using generative AI to enhance content production, lip-syncing, and ad scaling
AI-Driven Fintech & Enterprise Software: Emerging players are modernizing finance, compliance, and operations with AI-powered insights, automation, and data orchestration
AI + Robotics & DeepTech Systems: A distinctive subset combines AI with robotics, energy, or physical automation to revolutionize industries like construction, manufacturing, and even space mining
Health, Identity & Human-AI Interfaces: Startups are redefining human interaction and trust through AI companions, identity verification, and personalized health optimization
Here are the 30 most sought-after founders/startups in November 2025 you don’t want to miss👇 ranked by investor interest and page visits on the Specter platform.
10 Hottest Stealth Founders 🥷🏻
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