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Meet the startups entering Q2 2025 with the most momentum. The Harmonic Hot 25 ranks the top early-stage companies based on aggregated investor interest from the hundreds of VCs using Harmonic to find their next investments.

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LangChain
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A platform to build AI apps from prototype into production. Langchain was founded in 2022 by Harrison Chase and Ankush Gola who met while working at Robust Intelligence. The company boasts a list of impressive clients and raised money from Benchmark and Sequoia.
Headcount
:
~60
Latest Funding
:
$25M
Series A
,
Feb 2024
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Lovable
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Build apps with no coding needed. Founded in 2023, Lovable has exploded in early 2025 after raising money from Scandinavian VC strongholds, byFounders and Creandum, as well as Hummingbird.
Headcount
:
~50
Latest Funding
:
$15M
Seed
,
Feb 2024
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Hadrius
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SEC & FINRA compliance in one platform. Co-founders Som, Allen, and Thomas are back for their second act—after launching Quantbase (acquired by Surmount), they’re now tackling compliance with Hadrius.
Headcount
:
~20
Latest Funding
:
$2M
Seed
,
Sep 2023
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Didero
↗︎
AI agents for procurement.
Headcount
:
~15
Latest Funding
:
$7M
Seed
,
Jul 2024
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5
Profound
↗︎
Helping brands gain AI visibility.
Headcount
:
~20
Latest Funding
:
$3.5M
Seed
,
Aug 2024
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6
Norm Ai
↗︎
AI agents for regulatory compliance
Founder
s
:
John Nay
Headcount
:
~35
Latest Funding
:
$48M
Series B
,
Mar 2024
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7
Browser Use
↗︎
Browser automation with AI agents.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$500K
Pre-seed
,
Jan 2025
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8
Basis
↗︎
AI agents for accountants
Headcount
:
~25
Latest Funding
:
$34M
Series A
,
Dec 2024
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Zocks | AI for Advisors
↗︎
Meeting assistant for financial advisors.
Headcount
:
~30
Latest Funding
:
$13.8M
Series A
,
Mar 2025
10
10
Artisan
↗︎
AI employees, automating outbound.
Headcount
:
~110
Latest Funding
:
$11.5M
Seed
,
Oct 2024
11
11
Sapien
↗︎
Financial analysis platform for enterprises.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$8.7M
Seed
,
Oct 2024
12
12
CrewAI
↗︎
Build and deploy automated agent workflows.
Headcount
:
~20
Latest Funding
:
$18M
Series A
,
Oct 2024
13
13
Star Cloud
↗︎
Space-based data centers.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$21M
Seed
,
Dec 2024
14
14
Harper
↗︎
Insurance brokerage for SMBs.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$500K
Pre-seed
,
Jan 2025
15
15
Albert Invent
↗︎
R&D platform for chemistry and materials science.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$23M
Series A
,
Dec 2024
16
16
Tabs
↗︎
Revenue automation for B2B
Headcount
:
~60
Latest Funding
:
$25M
Series A
,
Oct 2024
17
17
LlamaIndex
↗︎
Build LLM-powered knowledge agents on top of any private data source
Headcount
:
~45
Latest Funding
:
$19M
Series A
,
Mar 2023
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18
Greenboard
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SEC & FINRA compliance tools.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$4.5M
Seed
,
May 2024
19
19
Pylon
↗︎
Customer support platform, built for B2B.
Headcount
:
~50
Latest Funding
:
$17M
Series A
,
Aug 2024
20
20
Agree
↗︎
Contract management platform.
Headcount
:
~10
Latest Funding
:
$3M
Pre-seed
,
Aug 2024
21
21
Granola
↗︎
AI meeting notepad.
Headcount
:
~20
Latest Funding
:
$20M
Series A
,
Oct 2024
22
22
General Agency
↗︎
AI coworker.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$500K
Pre-seed
,
Feb 2025
23
23
Trace
↗︎
Voice solutions for customer support in financial services.
Headcount
:
<10
Latest Funding
:
$500K
Pre-seed
,
Jan 2025
24
24
Landbase
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Agentic AI for go-to-market.
Headcount
:
~50
Latest Funding
:
$13M
Seed
,
Sep 2024
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Braintrust
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End-to-end platform for building AI applications.
Founder
s
:
Ankur Goyal
Headcount
:
~20
Latest Funding
:
$36M
Series A
,
Oct 2024
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LangChain
A platform to build AI apps from prototype into production. Langchain was founded in 2022 by Harrison Chase and Ankush Gola who met while working at Robust Intelligence. The company boasts a list of impressive clients and raised money from Benchmark and Sequoia.
Ankush Gola, Harrison Chase
Series A
$25M
~60
Lovable
Build apps with no coding needed. Founded in 2023, Lovable has exploded in early 2025 after raising money from Scandinavian VC strongholds, byFounders and Creandum, as well as Hummingbird.
Anton Osika (https://linkedin.com/in/antonosika); Fabian Hedin (https://linkedin.com/in/fabian-hedin-2377b0144)
Seed
$15M
~50
Hadrius
SEC & FINRA compliance in one platform. Co-founders Som, Allen, and Thomas are back for their second act—after launching Quantbase (acquired by Surmount), they’re now tackling compliance with Hadrius.
Allen Calderwood, Som Mohapatra, Thomas Stewart
Seed
$2M
~20
Didero
AI agents for procurement.
Tim Spencer, Lorenz Pallhuber, Tom Petit
Seed
$7M
~15
Profound
Helping brands gain AI visibility.
Dylan Babbs, James Cadwallader
Seed
$3.5M
~20
Norm Ai
AI agents for regulatory compliance
John Nay
Series B
$48M
~35
Browser Use
Browser automation with AI agents.
Gregor Žunič, Magnus Müller
Pre-seed
$500K
<10
Basis
AI agents for accountants
Mitchell Troyanovsky, Matt Harpe
Series A
$34M
~25
Zocks | AI for Advisors
Meeting assistant for financial advisors.
Ákos Ratku, Mark Gilbert
Series A
$13.8M
~30
Artisan
AI employees, automating outbound.
Sam Stallings (https://linkedin.com/in/samantha12345); Jaspar Carmichael-Jack (https://linkedin.com/in/jaspar-carmichael-jack)
Seed
$11.5M
~110
Sapien
Financial analysis platform for enterprises.
Ron Nachum (https://linkedin.com/in/ron-nachum); Ron Nachum (https://linkedin.com/in/ron-nachum); Ron Nachum (https://linkedin.com/in/ron-nachum); Ron Nachum (https://linkedin.com/in/ron-nachum); Arya Grayeli (https://linkedin.com/in/aryagrayeli); Arya Grayeli (https://linkedin.com/in/aryagrayeli); Arya Grayeli (https://linkedin.com/in/aryagrayeli); Arya Grayeli (https://linkedin.com/in/aryagrayeli); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranav-ravella-610044206); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranav-ravella-610044206); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranav-ravella-610044206); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranav-ravella-610044206); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranavravella); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranavravella); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranavravella); Pranav Ravella (https://linkedin.com/in/pranavravella)
Seed
$8.7M
<10
CrewAI
Build and deploy automated agent workflows.
João (Joe) Moura, Rob Bailey
Series A
$18M
~20
Star Cloud
Space-based data centers.
Philip Johnston, Ezra Feilden, Adi Oltean
Seed
$21M
<10
Harper
Insurance brokerage for SMBs.
Dakotah Rice, Tushar Nair
Pre-seed
$500K
<10
Albert Invent
R&D platform for chemistry and materials science.
Zach Kisner, Ken Kisner, Nick Talken, Neelesh Vaikhary
Series A
$23M
<10
Tabs
Revenue automation for B2B
Rebecca Schwartz, Deepak Bapat, Ali Hussain
Series A
$25M
~60
LlamaIndex
Build LLM-powered knowledge agents on top of any private data source
Simon Suo, Jerry Liu
Series A
$19M
~45
Greenboard
SEC & FINRA compliance tools.
Dave Feldman, Edward Schembor
Seed
$4.5M
<10
Pylon
Customer support platform, built for B2B.
Marty Kausas, Robert Eng, Advith Chelikani
Series A
$17M
~50
Agree
Contract management platform.
Will Hubbard, Evan Dudla, Marty Ringlein
Pre-seed
$3M
~10
Granola
AI meeting notepad.
Sam Stephenson (https://linkedin.com/in/stephensonsam); Christopher Pedregal (https://linkedin.com/in/pedregal)
Series A
$20M
~20
General Agency
AI coworker.
Harvey Hu, Mo Nasir
Pre-seed
$500K
<10
Trace
Voice solutions for customer support in financial services.
Yash Vardhan Pansari, Saner Cakir, Kayla Lee
Pre-seed
$500K
<10
Landbase
Agentic AI for go-to-market.
Emily Zhang, Daniel Saks, Raheem Syed
Seed
$13M
~50
Braintrust
End-to-end platform for building AI applications.
Ankur Goyal
Series A
$36M
~20

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