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Geeks of the week

Startup Name: Moongate

Geography: Global

One-liner: Manage, verify, and authenticate NFT ownership for in real life (IRL) events.

Founder(s) Background: PE investor, Head of Strategic Finance / Chief of Staff @ stealth startup (Raised $9m with Josh Buckley as lead investor), Investor @ Vectr Ventures.

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): Pre-seed / Seed; Backed by RNR Capital, Cogitent Ventures, PHD Capital.

Startup Name: CorgiAI (Raising pre-seed, please reach out for intro)

Geography: Singapore

One-liner: API-based end-to-end fraud detection + prevention product suite, built on a core of customizable and explainable AI.

Founder(s) Background: Technical Analytics Lead @ Meta, Data scientist @ Stripe.

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA

Founders building in stealth

• Senior Product Managers (II) @ Uber Eats, Product manager @ Meta.

• VP Product @ Traveloka.

• Ex-founder @ Pludo (backed by GC, Canaan Partners, Makers Fund).

• Director/Head of Expansion Markets @ Grab.