Jobs, Galleries, & Lists
Introducing our new startup job board with 9.3k+ live roles, our newsletter gallery, and relevant lists.
The Startup Job Board
We have had a make-shift startup job board for the last month, and I hope it has been helpful for the people who have used it, as it pulls together hiring calls from LinkedIn where founders are posting roles they are looking to fill quickly.
However, we have recently graduated to a brand new job board that tracks 600+ startups and is updated daily! All of these startups have raised money from top VCs, and we will continue to add more to make the job board even more robust.
Right now, there are 9.3k+ live roles at these startups. Check it out here!
The board includes powerful search and filtering to help you find what you are looking for. Here are the current filters:
Industries (18): from AI Infra & DevTools to Healthcare, Education, Climate & Energy, and more
Company Stage (7): Pre-Seed through Series E+
Role Categories (12): Engineering, Design, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and more
Location: NYC, SF (Bay Area), and 20+ additional markets
Date Posted: Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 30 days
Note: if you want to see more than 25 results, make sure your are logged in.
In the coming week, we will share more analytics on the companies that are hiring, the types of roles these startups are looking for right now, and any emerging trends.
You can also now browse a gallery of all three Teli Labs’ newsletters on our website, including Her Hustle, which covers all things female founders, Dorm Report, our new newsletter spotlighting student founders, and Teli Digest (this newsletter). Check it out here!
If you have any recommendations or features that you think would improve the job board or our newsletters, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Introducing Lists
We’re now publishing curated lists as part of Teli Digest (this newsletter). We won’t send these lists directly to your inbox (don’t want to spam you), but they will always be available on the Teli Digest site here.
These lists will cover things like:
Curated lists of founders & startups in a specific sector or with something in common
Startup jobs posted in the past week, pulled directly from our job board
High-signal resources and links we’ve assembled for founders and operators
And more over time
Some lists may follow a freemium model, meaning part of the list is free to read, with full access available to paid subscribers.
You can already find a few lists live on our Substack. One I want to call out is Startup Links of 2025, a collection of resources I’ve saved throughout the year that are useful for startup founders and those in the ecosystem. This includes insights from launching and tech stack decisions to fundraising, tools, and broader ecosystem insights.
Below are three of my favorites from that piece:
The Ultimate Guide for Starting a Lean, AI-native startup in 2025 by Henry Shi and Deedy Das. This is a personal favorite and a gold mine. The go step-by-step, covering incorporation, finance & taxes, tech stack, etc with super specific recommendations for tools to use.
Andrew Yeung’s personal AI toolkit for everyday work. This is a broad list of AI tools mapped to specific tasks like scheduling, research, meetings, writing, design, presentations, and app building. It might be helpful to do an evaluation of how many of these you are using day-to-day. Wispr Flow and Granola are my two personal favorites. Not typing boosts productivity by 25%+ and not having to take meeting notes or spend nearly as much time on follow-ups is a game changer.
Ways to Stand Out When You Apply for a Startup. Ben Lang’s thoughts on how to go above and beyond to land a role at top startups. Talk to their customers, write a 90-day onboarding plan, get them customers, and more.
As 2025 comes to a close, I wanted to share a few year-end recaps. First, taking a look at the founders YC backed this year, along with highlights from Her Hustle, our newsletter covering all things female founders.
YC Wrapped
637 companies. 823 founders. One accelerator.
I analyzed every Y Combinator batch from 2025 (W25, X25, S25, F25) using their online directory. Here’s what the data shows:
Industry Breakdown:
B2B: 419 companies (65.8%)
Industrials: 54 (8.5%)
Consumer: 48 (7.5%)
Healthcare: 47 (7.4%)
Fintech: 34 (5.3%)
Real Estate & Construction: 13 (2.0%)
Education: 12 (1.9%)
Government: 10 (1.6%)
The name-drop trend:
~7% of companies reference another company in their description (aka Cursor for X). Cursor leads with 12 mentions, followed by Lovable with 5.
Founder demographics:
Women founders: ~7.9% (down from ~9.8% in 2024’s W24, S24, F24 batches)
Most popular company names:
Cactus (2x) and Trace (2x)
You can explore YC’s public directory to learn more about the companies they are backing and the founders behind them.
Her Hustle Wrapped
In 2025, Her Hustle tracked 410 venture fundraising rounds by startups with at least one female founder, totaling $26B+ raised. While this is robust coverage, some rounds may have been missed.
Biggest Rounds: Daniela Amodei (Anthropic) $13B led by ICONIQ, Mira Murati (Thinking Machine Labs) $2B led by a16z, Luana Lopes Lara (Kalshi) $1B led by Paradigm.
Top Industries: SaaS (127), Health & Biotech (94), Fintech (45), Climate & Energy (39), PropTech (21).
Most Active Investors: General Catalyst, a16z, Accel.
Most Common Founder First Name: Michelle (8), Rebecca (6), Anna (6).
Superlatives
👯 Founding Sisterhood (3+ co-founders): Perelel, OneSkin, Edera, Millie, BoobyBiome, Sensori
🩺 Queen of Care: Pranitha Patil (Function Health) – $298M Series B
💳 Capital Queen: Luana Lopes Lara (Kalshi) – $1B
🌱 Green Empress: Shannon Miller (Mainspring) – $258M Series F
Wishing everybody a great end to the year, and thank you for reading!!
If you have any feedback or recommendations, please reach out to me at adrian@telilabs.com. Have a great week!