Morning VC Brief丨2024.11.27

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00. TL;DR

1/ Cloud Backup Posture Management Platform Eon raises $70M Series C

2/ Protein Engineering Startup Cradle raises $73M Series B

3/ AI Agent OS Startup /dev/agents raises $56M Seed Round

4/ Spatial Intelligence Cloud Startup Wherobots raises $21.5M Series A

5/ Affiliate Marketing Platform Levanta raises $20M Series A

6/ Voice AI Platform Play AI raises $18.6M Seed Round

7/ AI Healthcare Guidance Roon raises $15M Series A

01. Venture News

1/ Cloud Backup Posture Management Platform Eon raises $70M Series C

Eon is the first cloud backup posture management platform, equipped with a suite of tools that make your backup a dynamic, living asset. This round was led by Bond with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and more. Link

2/ Protein Engineering Startup Cradle raises $73M Series B

Cradle is a biotech company that uses prediction algorithms and AI design recommendations to assist biologists in designing proteins. This round was led by IVP with participation from Index Ventures, Kindred Capital, and more. Link

3/ AI Agent OS Startup /dev/agents raises $56M Seed Round

/dev/agents is building the next-gen operating system for AI agents. Founder David Singleton was most recently CTO at Stripe from 2018 to 2024. This round was led by Index Ventures and CapitalG with participation from Conviction, Alexandr Wang, Andrej Karpathy, and more. Link

4/ Spatial Intelligence Cloud Startup Wherobots raises $21.5M Series A

Wherobots’ Spatial Intelligence Cloud empowers businesses to unlock planetary-scale solutions and put their spatial data to work. This round was led by Felicis with participation from Wing Venture Capital, Clear Ventures, and more. Link

5/ Affiliate Marketing Platform Levanta raises $20M Series A

Levanta is a leading affiliate marketing platform designed to help Amazon sellers unlock growth through creator-driven commerce. This round was led by Volition Capital. Link

6/ Voice AI Platform Play AI raises $18.6M Seed Round

Play AI is mission to make voice-first interfaces as seamless and responsive as a conversation between two people. This round was led by Kindred Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, Race Capital, Soma Capital, and more. Link

7/ AI Healthcare Guidance Roon raises $15M Series A

Roon is a dedication to amplifying the voices of medical creators and science communicators. This round was led by Forerunner and FirstMark with participation from Sequoia Capital, TMV, and more. Link