funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high
Velvet | Y Combinator
Fall 2025 batch; platform where frontier labs buy audiovisual training data.
Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
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Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 5:47 PM
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What they do
Velvet — multimodal data State-of-the-art video data for training multimodal models.
Funding
Latest: Pre-seed (Sep 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Velvet — multimodal data State-of-the-art video data for training multimodal models.
- •Reported angle: Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Velvet — multimodal data State-of-the-art video data for training multimodal models.
- •Reported angle: Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Velvet | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Velvet | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
- •Y Combinator
Funding
Latest: Pre-seed (Sep 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Hiring
No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).
GitHub
No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).
Product / news
1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
ReferenceJun 20, 2024Confidence: high
PayPal Ventures leads $20M round into Gynger, which offers companies ‘buy now, pay later’ for technology purchases
Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 20, 2024Round: series aAmount: $20M
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Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Failed or blocked links
- public_page:_pressnot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_newsnot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_jobsnot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_companynot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_careersnot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_blognot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:_aboutnot_foundLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
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- public_page:customersnot_foundLast checked Sun, May 10, 11:11 PM
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- public_page:pricingnot_foundLast checked Sun, May 10, 11:11 PM
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- public_page:pressnot_foundLast checked Sun, May 10, 11:11 PM
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- public_page:newsnot_foundLast checked Sun, May 10, 11:11 PM
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- public_page:blognot_foundLast checked Sun, May 10, 11:11 PM
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DealFlow growth score
47.0Moderate public activity signal
7D-12%
30D+0%
Needs Review
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Source health
- public_market_enrichmentokLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
- public_page:_okLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Tue, May 19, 06:13 PM
DealFlow score momentum
477D -1230D +0
100500
More runs will build history.
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Signal breakdown
Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.
Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 3
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM
Source types found
company_sitefunding_articlepress
Strongest / recent news-style rows
Velvet | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/velvetJobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM · confidence 85%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/velvet/jobs
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 3 event(s)
1
Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Velvet — multimodal data
State-of-the-art video data for training multimodal models.
2
Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Velvet | Y Combinator
Fall 2025 batch; platform where frontier labs buy audiovisual training data.
3
Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
Hiring founding ML engineers in San Francisco.
Official / company site
1 row(s)
company_site·Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Velvet — multimodal data
State-of-the-art video data for training multimodal models.
https://www.velvet-videos.com/News
1 row(s)
press·Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Jobs at Velvet | Y Combinator
Hiring founding ML engineers in San Francisco.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/velvet/jobsFunding / news
1 row(s)
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 05:47 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Velvet | Y Combinator
Fall 2025 batch; platform where frontier labs buy audiovisual training data.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/velvetPrivate workspace
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