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ORCA is the innovation network helping connect startups with funding, resources, and the network they need to launch a successful venture.
We’ve made 721 founder<>investor introductions. Your next investor (or investment) is only a click away 👇️
Post about ORCA, get Investor Credits
We’re keeping the investor credits flowing this week: post on LinkedIn or Twitter with your referral link and #BuildingOnORCA to get 5 chances to share your startup profile with investors of your choice on ORCA!
Find your referral link at the URL below.
Once your post is live, head to https://theorcanetwork.com/investors to share the link with us (so we can blow it up, ofc) and redeem your credits!
This Week’s Top Startups
RealDesk AI
RealDesk AI is a next-generation platform that radically simplifies real estate transactions.
Verticals: SaaS, Real Estate/Proptech, Fintech, B2B
Location: Canada
Stage: Pre-seed (actively raising)
Notable: Founding team has 15+ years experience building B2B PropTech solutions and is experiencing 200%+ YoY Growth
N Plus Labs
~stealth~
N Plus Labs is crafting next-gen interactive experiences for fans of movies, sports teams, and other entertainment entities. Think of a Digital Disneyland!
Verticals: Enterprise, B2B2C, B2B
Location: US (West)
Stage: Pre-seed (actively raising)
Notable: N Plus Labs has secured a partnership with India's most awaited movie, positioning them for 1M+ users on launch day!
Evrica
Evrica is an AI-assembled platform that automates payments with legal smart contracts, ensuring trust and saving businesses time and money on unpaid invoices, holdovers, and legal fees.
Verticals: Web3, SaaS, AI/ML, B2B2C, B2B
Location: US (West)
Stage: Seed (actively raising)
Notable: Evrica has 200+ users in their Beta launch & received meeting requests from 2 investors within their first days on ORCA
Investor Activity This Week
There were 38 VC firms active on ORCA this week.
Here are the three that met the most founders on ORCA – together, these firms booked meetings with 21 founders in the last 7 days!
Expert DOJO
Expert DOJO is the most active international early-stage startup accelerator in Southern California. They invest $50,000 in each of their startups and help them get traction and scale faster than they could ever do by themselves.
The House Fund
The House Fund is a pre-seed and early-stage Venture Capital fund for Berkeley's boldest startups.
Centre Street Partners
Centre Street Partners is an early stage venture fund investing in outlier founders at the intersection of technology and society's evolving behaviors
New Startups This Week
Here’s a peek at 3 cool new startups on ORCA this week:
Insured Nomads
Insured Nomads has built insurance and employee benefits for the modern company: empowering those that have operations in multiple countries, a work anywhere program, remote workers or a distributed team with health, medical, safety, security and wellbeing.
Verticals: TravelTech, InsurTech, FinTech
Location: US (East)
Stage: Seed (actively raising)
Notable: The founding team and staff are thought leaders with industry clout, with a distribution network that trusts them and is filling their pipeline
Kenko
Kenko is an innovative physical therapy platform that enhances patient engagement and recovery through streamlined exercise prescriptions, real-time progress tracking, and seamless communication between patients and healthcare providers.
Verticals: B2B2C, SportsTech, Health
Location: US (West)
Stage: Pre-seed (actively raising)
Notable: The founding team has been awarded numerous grants and pitch competition prizes & is in Cohort 6 of the Long Beach Accelerator
Evitar
Evitar: Taking the internet from clicks to Video Conversations – like Shopify, but for the Conversational Video Internet
Verticals: SaaS, E-Commerce, Creator Economy, B2B2C, B2B, AI/ML
Location: US (West)
Stage: Pre-seed (actively raising)