1st PM at Bluecore ($200m raised) building developer-first cloud compliance
++ Bounce trio-executives (Accel-backed Series D) building no-code platform for operations
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Geeks of the week
Startup Name: Digraph
Geography: US
One-liner: Developer-first cloud compliance.
Founder(s) Background: Head of Product @ Catalyst Software (Series B; Backed by Accel, Spark Capital & True Ventures), 1st PM & VP Engineering @ Bluecore ($200m+ raised; Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, FirstMark).
Startup Name: Zorp
Geography: India
One-liner: No-code platform for operations.
Founder(s) Background: Director of PM, Head of Engineering & Director of Engineering @ Bounce (Series D; Backed by B Capital & Accel).
Startup Name: Pearl
Geography: US
One-liner: Connect, broadcast updates and send private messages.
Founder(s) Background: Senior engineer @ Primer AI (Series C; Backed by Lux Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Addition), Developer infrastructure team lead @ Palantir.
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Bain Capital Ventures investment memo on Cofactr - Automated electronic component procurement and inventory management (seed)
The pandemic exposed many cracks in the supply chain. Shortages of parts, uncertainty of delivery times, proliferation of counterfeit goods and lack of price visibility plagued supply chains across industries. In particular, the world of electronics was challenged as certain components were difficult to procure. Nearly 60% of hardware projects were delayed due to… (Read more)