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Palona

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Palona

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fresh · evidence today 5 sources no confidence data
47.8/100
Venture signal
scored above 31% of early peers
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓
Funding
$20M
2026-08-17
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

Traction

Current round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (19% of the score).

3 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
48/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
4/100
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Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Team & hiring No signals collected yet ▾
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Market & funding stage 1 of 3 signals present ▾
Funding stage
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Lifecycle stage
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Latest round stage
series_a observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-08-17 series_a · $20M · Led by Ardenwood Ventures

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 47.8/100 for palona, composed from 2 of 4 components (index v0 cross-signal), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.9267 0.1853
funding_magnitude 0.3 0.3204 0.0961

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$20M series a
announced 2026-08-17 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.2

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 490 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention. ▲ 490 Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices 2025-04-13 ↗

Raw observations 192 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Palona observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.90
community.hn.max_points 490 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-28 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43669151", "title": "Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices", "points": 490, "created_at": "2025-04-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-04-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43669151", "title": "Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices", "points": 490, "created_at": "2025-04-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-04-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43669151", "title": "Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices", "points": 490, "created_at": "2025-04-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2025-04-13 normalized 0.20
funding.round.amount_usd 20000000 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.90
funding.round.announced_on 2026-08-17 observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.90
funding.round.lead_investors ["Ardenwood Ventures"] observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.90
funding.round.source_url https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/palona-raises-20m-in-funding-to-bring-ai-automation-to-brick-and-mortar-businesses/ observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.90
funding.round.stage series_a observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.90
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