Announcing Foresight $5.5M Seed Funding.

Announcing our $5.5M seed round led by OSS Capital with participation from a group of open source founders, operators, and luminaries.We're excited to announce our $6.4M seed round led by OSS Capital with participation from Red Hat co-founder Bob Young, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, Cloudera co-founder Amr Awadallah, Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg, and a group of open source founders, operators, and luminaries, including Justin Hoffman, Preetha Parthasarathy, Kevin Xu, Clint Smith, David Mytton, Paul Copplestone, Peer Richelsen, Maneesh Sharma, and Arek Zarowski. This funding will be used to accelerate product development and grow our community.

Our founding story.

Jason Miller and Adam Devine created Foresight more than three years ago, in 2020. We became acquainted while working together at Greycroft in 2012.

Foresight is thrilled to announce the successful close of our seed funding round, which marks a significant step in our mission to transform the private market through data-driven solutions. Led by a distinguished group of investors, this funding reinforces the confidence and trust our partners place in our vision. Since our inception, we have aimed to bring transparency, connectivity, and actionable insights to the world of venture capital and private markets. This investment empowers us to accelerate our growth and enhance the services we provide to our clients, including venture capital firms and private companies.

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Unveiling Our Journey to $5.5M: Vision, Challenges, and Investor Trust.

Discover the story behind our $5.5M seed funding with some CEO/founders of dbt Labs, Datadog, Airbyte, Hugging Face, Algolia, Talend,Platform.sh and some VCs (Alven, ISAI, Axeleo). Learn how we framed our vision, addressed key challenges in orchestration, and built a compelling pitch that secured investor confidence in the future of unified orchestration.Our journey to this milestone was built on a vision to bridge the gaps in private market data, addressing long-standing challenges in data accessibility, transparency, and market connectivity. Along the way, we encountered and overcame various challenges, from refining our technology to ensuring our platform could meet the complex needs of venture capital and private market professionals.

This funding serves as both a validation of our progress and a testament to the trust placed in us by forward-thinking investors who believe in our mission to empower private market participants with reliable data and insights.

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Positioning ourselves in the market.

With a rapidly evolving market landscape, Foresight stands at the forefront of data innovation for the private sector. Our platform is designed to serve as a trusted data partner for venture capital firms and private companies, offering tools that help our clients make data-driven decisions with greater clarity and confidence. By continually enhancing our platform’s capabilities—from advanced data analytics to intuitive dashboards and real-time tracking tools—we are committed to empowering our clients to navigate the complexities of private markets. This funding allows us to invest further in technology and talent, ensuring that Foresight remains the go-to solution for private market intelligence.

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Why Foresight?

At Foresight, we understand the unique challenges faced by investors and private market professionals. Our platform was built to address these challenges by providing access to comprehensive, timely, and actionable data. Our goal is to help our clients gain a competitive edge by equipping them with the information they need to make informed investment decisions. Foresight’s platform is designed to be more than just a data repository—it’s a strategic tool that supports decision-making at every level, from portfolio analysis to market trend tracking. With this latest round of funding, we’re poised to take our commitment to data accessibility and reliability to new heights.

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Our mission and next steps.

Looking ahead, Foresight is dedicated to expanding the impact of our platform, enhancing data quality, and continually developing features that meet the evolving needs of private market professionals. Our immediate priorities include furthering our investment in technology to streamline data processes, expanding our team to support rapid growth, and extending our platform’s reach to new markets and regions. In the next phase, we plan to introduce advanced features such as predictive analytics, integrated reporting tools, and enhanced security protocols, ensuring our platform remains a trusted resource in the industry. With a focus on transparency, connectivity, and innovation, we are excited to embark on this next chapter and continue delivering value to our clients.

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Thank you!

Many of you have followed us since the story's beginning, and Foresight would never have been possible without you. Thank you for believing in us, for helping us shape our product, and for spreading the word. That is just the beginning.We are incredibly grateful to our team, who work with passion and kindness every day.