Overview
- Cascade confirmed on July 21, 2026 that it raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun with participation from Ada Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Indico Capital, shuckerVC, G2C Ventures and Snowball VC.
- The startup’s platform continuously scrapes bond filings, permits, capital plans, news and other public signals to predict where projects will form before formal requests for proposals appear.
- Cascade links those public signals to a client’s own networks, such as LinkedIn and CRM data, to score opportunities for fit and to surface warm leads and potential partners.
- Early customers report measurable wins, including a client-reported $6 million contract found through the service, while Cascade says users have identified more than $10 billion in opportunities — a company claim that has limited independent verification.
- Founders Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira plan to use the funds to hire engineers, expand go-to-market efforts and enter new markets such as the UK, and investors say the approach could change how firms find work by turning scattered public data into predictable pursuit pipelines.