{"company":{"slug":"needle","name":"Needle","stage":"seed","industry":"ai","subcategory":null,"sector":"Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Marketing, Predictive Analytics, SaaS","description":"Needle is the marketing agency replacement for DTC ecommerce brands that delivers faster, costs less, and gets sharper every week.","crypto":false,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T16:37:04.988Z","hq_city":"Santa Monica","hq_country":"United States","founded_year":null,"website":"https://www.askneedle.com","x_handle":null,"followers":null,"logo":"https://recentfunding.com/logo/u/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMuY3J1bmNoYmFzZS5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdXBsb2FkLzk1NWZkOTliM2IzNTRiZDY4NTczZDIyOTM2NTAwN2Mw","amount_usd":null,"announced_at":"2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","raise_source_url":null,"raise_publisher":"crunchbase.com","raise_provider":"crunchbase","sources":[],"investors":[],"flagged":false,"flagged_at":null,"source_links":{},"x_created_at":null,"domain_created_at":null,"smart_follows":null,"days_early":null,"new_follows_7d":null,"trending_rank":null,"team_size":null,"team_source_url":null,"categories":["sales-marketing","data-analytics","commerce"]},"rounds":[{"stage":"seed","amount_usd":null,"valuation_usd":null,"announced_at":"2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","source_url":null,"source_publisher":"crunchbase.com","source_provider":"crunchbase"}],"founders":[{"name":"Jeannie Nguyen","x_handle":null,"linkedin_url":null,"avatar":null,"role":"Founder","source_url":null,"other_companies":[]},{"name":"Kiyan Foroughi","x_handle":null,"linkedin_url":null,"avatar":null,"role":"Founder","source_url":null,"other_companies":[]},{"name":"Serene Gan","x_handle":null,"linkedin_url":null,"avatar":null,"role":"Founder","source_url":null,"other_companies":[]}]}