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Sharp Performance Series A (2026)

Sharp Performance raised $18 million in a Series A. Hidden Variable led the round. The company blog is dated 2026-10-08.

Company
Sharp Performance
Round type
Series A
Date
2026-10-08
Amount
$18M
Industry
performance coaching

Summary

Sharp Performance announced an $18 million Series A led by Hidden Variable, with Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs and the Ford Foundation. The company blog is labeled October 8, 2026, and says total funding is $30 million. The Business Wire release carries the same terms and is datelined Carlsbad, Calif., October 15, 2026, 7:00 AM PDT (14:00 UTC). Axios reports the $18 million Series A on October 15, 2026. This page uses 2026-10-08.

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  1. https://www.sharpperformance.com/blog/sharp-series-a
    Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-16.
    Sharp Performance blog labeled Company news October 8, 2026. Announces an $18 million Series A led by Hidden Variable, with Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs and the Ford Foundation, and says total funding is $30 million. Says over 115 police, fire and EMS departments use Sharp. Does not name a city.
  2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261015119749/en/
    Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-16.
    Business Wire release, read on Yahoo Finance, datelined CARLSBAD, Calif., October 15, 2026, 7:00 AM PDT (14:00 UTC). States the same $18 million Series A, the same investors and a $30 million total. Says over 110 departments. Names co-founders Ben Curley and Andrew Sakmar. The canonical wire link is the businesswire.com URL in the Yahoo copy.
  3. https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/10/15/sharp-performance-18m-first-responder-coaching
    Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-16.
    Axios, Oct 15, 2026. The headline says Sharp Performance raises $18 million from Hidden Variable and a16z. The visible lead says CEO Ben Curley told Axios the company raised an $18 million Series A. The rest of the article was not readable. It does not name a city in the text read here.
  4. https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-16/
    Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-16.
    Raise Track Update for 2026-10-16. Says Carlsbad, CA-based Sharp Performance raised $18 million in a Series A led by Hidden Variable, with the same five participants, bringing total funding to $30 million.