Morning VC Brief丨2024.11.04

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00. TL;DR

1/ AI Development Security Startup Noma raises $32M Series A

2/ DeFi Solar Incentive Program Glow raises $30M Venture Round

3/ Real-time Video Generation Startup Decart raises $21M Series A

4/ GenAI Reverse Aging Startup Shift Bioscience raises $16M Seed

5/ Content Monetization Platform Troveo raises $4.5M Seed

6/ Open Source VLM Model Startup Moondream raises $4.5M Pre-Seed

7/ Wearable Neural Interface Startup Afference raises $3.5M Seed

01. Venture News

1/ AI Development Security Startup Noma raises $32M Series A

Noma is tackling one of the most critical and emerging challenges in cybersecurity: how we secure the AI development lifecycle while enabling these same engineering teams to move faster. This round was led by Ballistic Ventures. Link

2/ DeFi Solar Incentive Program Glow raises $30M Venture Round

Glow is able to train foundational generative interactive models and make it accessible for everyone in real-time. This round was led by Union Square Ventures and Framework Ventures with participation from Protocol Labs, Hack VC, and more. Link

3/ Real-time Video Generation Startup Decart raises $21M Series A

Decart is able to train foundational generative interactive models and make it accessible for everyone in real-time. This round was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Zeev Ventures, and more. Link

4/ GenAI Reverse Aging Startup Shift Bioscience raises $16M Seed

Shift Bioscience is creating a cell simulation platform that combines generative AI with its highly accurate and high-throughput biological aging clock to predict which sets of genes are most likely to safely rejuvenate specific cells and then test, improve and validate these predictions. This round was led by BGF with participation from F-Prime Capital, Kindred Capital, and more. Link

5/ Content Monetization Platform Troveo raises $4.5M Seed

Troveo is a platform that empowers content owners to navigate and capitalize on the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence landscape.. This round was led by Seven Seven Six. Link

6/ Open Source VLM Model Startup Moondream raises $4.5M Pre-Seed

Moondream has built a vision-language model that operates with 1.6 billion parameters. This round was led by Felicis with participation from M12, Ascend, and more. Link

7/ Wearable Neural Interface Startup Afference raises $3.5M Seed

Afference is a pioneering technology company at the forefront of the spatial computing era, dedicated to redefining human experiences through wearable neural interfaces. This round was backed by Hannah Grey VC, Konvoy, and Samsung Next. Link