Edition #2 - solid week for early stage funding, Solana is in the city, & some cool launches from the NYC community.

Let’s Eat.

Tern raised a $17 Million Series A. Led by Viewpoint Ventures, participation from Upfront Ventures.

Openlayer raised a $14.5 Million Series A. Led by Race Capital. Participation from NXTP, YC, Mindset, and more.

FlexPoint raised a $12 Million Series A. Led by Foundry, continued participation from existing investors.

Stackpack raised a $6.3 Million Seed round. Led by Freestyle Capital. Participation from Elefund, Upside Partners, Nomad, and many more.

Adopt AI raised a $6 Million Seed round. Led by Elevation Capital. Participation from Foster, Powerhouse, Darkmode, and notable angels.

Sequen AI raised a $6 Million Seed round. Led by Greycroft. Participation from Vinyl VC & Correlation Ventures.

TensorStax raised a $5 Million Seed round. Led by Glasswing Ventures. Participation from Bee Partners, S3, Gaingels, and more.

Usul raised a $3.3 Million Seed round. Led by Scout Ventures, participation from BVVC, YC, Teamworthy, and True Ventures.

Haven Happy Hour - coming to you live @ HQ on Tuesday May 20th at 6:30pm

Solana Accelerate Happy Hour - happening Wednesday May 21st at 4:30pm

AI Review’s Demo Night - happening Wednesday May 21st at 5:00pm

Founders Run & Coffee - early bird special happening Tuesday May 20th at 7am

SaaS Lander 2025 - happening Thursday May 22nd at 5:30pm

Haven blog is officially live - fintech & accounting content for startups soon to be pumping out weekly!

Quick shoutout to our friends at Warp for continuing to crush for our startup customers. If you’re standing up payroll for the first time (or hate your current system) - give them a shout!

Dune Security’s team has been on fire with recent lauches. Last week launched their rebrand - more recently launched v2 of the platform.

Keep yourself safe, support your NYC neighbors building cool sh*t, and check them out!

Marc Andreessen: Deep Vs. Broad Founders, AI in America, & the New Face of a16z - link to podcast.

Oldie, but goodie - Ramp’s CEO on Running one of the Fastest Growing Startups - link to podcast.