Author: Denote Press
Stephen Haney Paper is a founder story with an unusually winding path to a Series A funding round. Haney is the founder and CEO of Paper,…
Nadav Grossinger Elio is a founder story built on two exits most entrepreneurs would consider a career highlight on their own, in two industries that have…
Jen Phan Passionfroot is a founder story that began with a former venture capitalist nearly quitting her job to become a full-time newsletter writer. Phan is…
Ryan McQuaid Prosper Medical is a founder story with an unusual credibility marker most first-time healthtech founders can’t claim: a $450 million exit already behind them.…
Dan Summers 1872 is a founder story that starts, unusually, with a decision to leave rockets for steel. Summers is the co-founder and CEO of 1872,…
Before Evan Burns was building an AI-powered intelligence platform tracked by a third of America’s elected officials, he was selling canned cocktails. Evan Burns State Affairs…
If there’s one event on the calendar this summer that startup founders building in AI shouldn’t skip without a good reason, it’s Ai4 2026. Running August…
In a blog post announcing $25 million in new funding on July 20, 2026, Ed Bellis reached for an unusual phrase for a funding announcement: unfinished…
Lava Sunder Corner Health is the story of a founder who spent her twenties building things far outside healthcare, real estate strategy, urban mobility, management consulting,…
Mahesh Sathiamoorthy Bespoke Labs is a founder story sixteen years in the making. Long before he co-founded the company, Sathiamoorthy was a PhD student at the…