Morning VC Brief丨2025.06.04

Week23 Highlights丨Snorkel, Prepared, ClickHouse, Hex, Chalk, Rillet, Console

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eric gu
June 04, 2025

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Table of Contents

01. Venture News

1/ Data Development Platform Snorkel raised $100M Series D

  • Product: AI Data Development Platform enabling enterprises to build specialized AI agents via tools like Snorkel Evaluate (model evaluation) and Snorkel Expert Data-as-a-Service (domain-specific training data)

  • Highlight: Targets agentic AI systems requiring domain-specific tuning for enterprise use cases

  • Investor: Addition(Lead), Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greylock

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2/ Assistive AI platform Prepared raised $80M Series C

  • Product: AI-powered platform assisting 911 call-takers with real-time translation, call triage, and situational analysis

  • Highlight: Addresses critical gaps in 911 systems (understaffing, language barriers), accelerates emergency response, and partners with agencies like Delaware County Emergency Services

  • Investor: General Catalyst (Lead), a16z, Radical Ventures

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3/ High Performance Analytics Database ClickHouse raised $350M Series C

  • Product: High-performance open-source analytics database for real-time data warehousing, observability, and AI/ML applications

  • Highlight: 300% YoY growth, serving 2,000+ customers (including Tesla, Anthropic, Mercado Libre)

  • Investor: Khosla Ventures(Lead), IVP, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners

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4/ Collaborative Data Workspace Hex raised $70M Series C

  • Product: An integrated platform replacing fragmented tools for deep-dive data analysis, SQL queries, and AI workflows

  • Highlight: Powers analytics for 1,500+ global teams

  • Investor: a16z (Lead), Snowflake (Lead)

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5/ AI Inference Platform Chalk raised $50M Series A

  • Product: Infrastructure for instantaneous AI decisions using fresh data during inference

  • Highlight: Powers critical applications for Doppel, Sunrun, and Socure; uniquely solves real-time inference gap ignored by traditional feature stores

  • Investor: Felicis(Lead), General Catalyst, Unusual Ventures

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6/ AI-Native ERP Platform Rillet raised $25M Series A

  • Product: Rebuilt general ledger system integrating with Salesforce/Stripe to automate accounting workflows via AI agents

  • Highlight: Processes billions in transactions; 5x YoY revenue growth

  • Investor: Sequoia Capital(Lead), First Round Capital, Creandum

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7/ AI IT Assistant Console raised $6.2M Seed

  • Product: AI coworker automating IT requests (app access, password resets) via Slack, integrating with existing tools

  • Highlight: Automates 50%+ IT requests for clients like Scale AI, Calendly; Expanding to HR/Finance/Legal teams

  • Investor: Thrive Capital (Lead)

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