Morning VC Brief丨2025.08.29

Week35 Highlights丨Attio, Assort Health, Eyebot, Aurasell, Garage, Central, Nauta, Sleep AI

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eric gu
August 29, 2025

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01. Venture News

1/ AI-native CRM Platform Attio raised $52M Series B

  • Product: AI-native CRM platform that lets GTM teams build and customize their customer relationship management systems without constraints

  • Highlight: 5,000 paying customers including Modal, Replicate, and Public; on track for 4x ARR growth this year

  • Investor: GV(Lead), Redpoint Ventures, Balderton Capital, Point Nine

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2/ Healthcare Voice Agent Platform Assort Health raised $50M Series B

  • Product: AI voice agents that automate patient communication for specialty healthcare practices, handling scheduling, cancellations, and FAQs to free up human staff for complex interactions

  • Highlight: Growing quickly despite $3M+ ARR; expanded from orthopedic/physical care to OB-GYN, dermatology, and dentistry specialties

  • Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners(Lead)

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3/ AI Vision Testing Platform EyeBot raised $20M Series A

  • Product: 90-second vision test kiosks that provide doctor-verified glasses prescriptions, deployed in malls, universities, retail stores, pharmacies, and airports

  • Highlight: 45,000+ vision tests completed since seed round; on track for 500,000+ tests annually

  • Investor: General Catalyst(Lead), Village Global

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4/ AI CRM Platform Aurasell raised $30M Seed

  • Product: World's first AI-native CRM platform that unifies ideal customer profiles, buyer personas, account research, contact signals, forecasting, conversation intelligence, and personalized outreach into a single GTM solution

  • Investor: N47, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures

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5/ Essential Equipment Marketplace Garage raised $13.5M Series A

  • Product: Online marketplace revolutionizing how America's essential equipment is bought and sold, featuring instant freight quotes, integrated payments, and AI appraisal tools for seamless transactions

  • Highlight: Used by local governments, fire departments, and small businesses in all 50 states; equipment serves millions of Americans daily

  • Investor: Infinity Ventures (Lead), Y Combinator, Initialized Capital

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6/ AI-First Back-Office Platform Central raised $8.6M Seed

  • Product: AI-powered back-office automation platform that eliminates HR/payroll/compliance work for startups using AI agents and human experts, integrated directly into Slack

  • Highlight: Processed $80M+ in payroll within one year; 30% of customers switched from established platforms like Rippling, Gusto, and Deel

  • Investor: First Round Capital(Lead), Y Combinator, Ritual Capital

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7/ Logistics orchestration platform Nauta raised $7M Seed

  • Product: AI-powered logistics orchestration platform for importers that harmonizes data from emails, documents, and systems into a single source of truth, automating workflows and enabling data-driven decisions

  • Highlight: Serves importers in 7 countries working with New Balance, Ashley Furniture, L'Oréal, Modelo; reduced detention costs by up to 80%

  • Investor: Construct Capital(Lead)

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8/ AI Sleep Intelligence App Sleep AI raised $5.5M Seed

  • Product: AI-powered sleep intelligence platform offering personalized sleep insights through consumer apps, reimbursed sleep programs, APIs/SDKs for healthcare providers, wellness companies, and insurers

  • Highlight: Built on 800M+ hours of proprietary sleep data, 250+ scientific studies, 90+ peer-reviewed publications

  • Investor: Treasure Coast Ventures(Lead)

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