Morning VC Brief丨2025.05.15

Week20 Highlights丨Statsig, Recraft, Somite AI, ClearVector, Glass Imaging, Wisdom AI, Adopt AI, Hostie, Code

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eric gu
May 15, 2025

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Table of Contents

01. Venture News

1/ AI Product Development Platform Statsig raised $100M Series C

  • Product: Integrated platform for feature release control, product experimentation, and unified data analytics

  • Highlight: Solves AI-driven personalization complexity; unifies fragmented tools into one solution

  • Investor: ICONIQ Growth(Lead), Sequoia Capital

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2/ AI Design Platform Recraft raised $30M Series B

  • Product: Professional-grade AI design platform enabling precise control over brand visuals and style consistency

  • Highlight: 4M+ users (including Amazon/Salesforce designers)

  • Investor: Accel(Lead), Madrona Ventures, Khosla Ventures

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3/ AI Cell Therapy Startup Somite AI raised $47M Series A

  • Product: DeltaStem – An AI foundation model platform for generating any human cell type on demand to treat diseases like muscular dystrophy and diabetes.

  • Highlight: Proprietary capsule tech enables 1000x more efficient data generation; currently testing 1M+ cell conditions, scaling to 10M by year-end

  • Investor: Khosla Ventures (Lead), SciFi VC

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4/ Cybersecurity Startup ClearVector raised $13M Series A

  • Product: Identity-driven security platform using runtime activity to model and detect threats from human, machine, and third-party identities across cloud environments

  • Highlight: Detects and contains threats in seconds by analyzing runtime activity (real-time truth source)

  • Investor: Scale Venture Partners (Lead), Okta Ventures

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5/ AI-Powered Imaging Startup Glass Imaging raised $20M Series A

  • Product: GlassAI software reverses lens/sensor imperfections to boost camera performance 10x, delivering ultra-detailed images across smartphones, drones, AR devices

  • Highlight: Demonstrated in Qualcomm smartphones; supports edge AI processing for real-time image correction; claims to rival Apple's imaging quality with lean resources

  • Investor: Insight Partners(Lead), GV, Abstract Ventures

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6/ Business Intelligence Platform WisdomAI raised $23M Series A

  • Product: Agentic Data Insights Platform combining Knowledge Fabric (automated data mapping) with specialized AI agents for proactive business insights

  • Highlight: Early adopters include ConocoPhillips, Cisco and Rubrik

  • Investor: Coatue(Lead), Madrona, GTM Capital

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7/ Agentic AI Platform Adopt AI raised $6M Seed

  • Product: Enables applications to integrate intelligent agents via natural language interaction, automating workflows without re-architecting existing systems

  • Highlight: Co-founded by Slintel’s ex-founders (acquired by 6sense); team includes AI veterans from Microsoft and Google

  • Investor: Elevation Capital(Lead), Foster Ventures

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8/ AI-Powered Restaurant Communication Platform Hostie raised $4M Seed

  • Product: AI platform automating calls, texts, and emails for restaurants to capture reservations, orders, and inquiries 24/7

  • Highlight: Trusted by Michelin Guide/James Beard-recognized restaurants

  • Investor: Gradient Ventures(Lead), Burst Capital

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9/ Code Review Platform CodeAnt raised $2M Seed

  • Product: AI-driven platform integrated with GitHub, GitLab, etc., providing real-time feedback on code quality, security, and compliance, with one-click fixes

  • Highlight: 50 paying customers (10,000 users)

  • Investor: Y Combinator(Lead), Uncorrelated Ventures

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