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    NationGraph, cofounded by Kimia Hamidi and Eden Ding, Raises $18M in Series A Funding led by Menlo Ventures,

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    NationGraph, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-native intelligence platform for businesses selling to the government, raised $18m in Series A funding.

    The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Perplexity’s Fund, XYZ Venture Capital, Reach Capital, and angel investors.

    The company, which has raised total funding to $22.5m, intends to use the funds to improve the platform by adding more data types, strengthening the Signals engine, and enhancing the user experience for customers.

    Founded in 2024 and led by Kimia Hamidi, CEO, and Eden Ding, CTO, NationGraph is making public sector data accessible and actionable for businesses selling to cities, counties, state agencies, schools, and special districts. Its data and intelligence engine provides buying signals derived from millions of public sector sources.

    NationGraph indexes data from approximately 110,000 government entities across roughly four million websites and applies AI reasoning to enable key capabilities:
    • Signals, which deliver predictive intelligence on government purchasing decisions by cross-referencing all key data sources tailored to each supplier’s products and services.
    • Public Record Request Automation, which allows customers to define the data they need, and NationGraph handles the full request, extraction, and delivery process, pushing structured data directly into existing sales platforms and workflows.
    • Contacts, which uses AI to identify key buyer titles across departments, validate email addresses, and map results to Signals.

    ​source[FinsMes]
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    Quill, cofounded by Michael Daugherty, Yacob Berhane, and Nick Adams, raises $6.5M in Seed Funding led by Basis Set Ventures

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    Quill, a San Francisco, CA-based privacy-focused desktop application that transcribes, summarizes, and generates actionable notes from meetings directly on devices, raised $6.5M in Seed funding.

    ​The round was led by Basis Set Ventures, with participation from 500 Global, Naval Ravikant, Morado Ventures, and AME Cloud Ventures.

    The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.

    Led by Michael Daugherty, Yacob Berhane, and Nick Adams, Quill gives users complete control over where their data lives, how AI inference runs, and how their workflows evolve over time. It provides Quilliam, a sovereign Chief of AI Staff agent for modern professionals. The solutions can connect to other tools via Model Context Protocol (MCP), including Notion, Linear, Affinity, Obsidian, Airtable, Manus, and Gamma.

    Quilliam uses context from meetings and user history to proactively suggest and execute workflows:
    • After a product meeting, Quilliam can create or modify tickets in Linear, update documentation in Notion, and draft stakeholder updates.
    • Before a client call, Quilliam surfaces relevant history and prepares briefing materials.
    • Over time, Quilliam will help to customize Quill with automations, templates, and other improvements.

    source[FinSMES]