Morning VC Brief丨2025.12.23

Week52 Highlights丨Resolve AI, Tin Can, Ankar, Edison Scientific, Peripheral Labs, InfiniteWatch, Truemed, Kargo AI

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eric gu
December 23, 2025

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01. Venture News

1/ AI SRE Startup Resolve AI raised Series A at $1B

  • Product: Builds an "autonomous site reliability engineer" (SRE) to automatically identify, diagnose, and resolve software production issues in real-time

  • Highlight: Generated ~$4M ARR; founded by former Splunk executives

  • Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead)

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2/ Screen-Free Kids' Phone Tin Can raised $12M Seed

  • Product: Wi-Fi-enabled, landline-style phone designed for kids to make voice calls to approved contacts without screens, apps, or internet access

  • Highlight: Waitlist nearing 100,000; sold out multiple production batches; "viral" growth driven by parents seeking safe, low-tech communication tools

  • Investor: Greylock (Lead)

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3/ AI-powered Patent Platform Ankar Raises $20M Series A

  • Product: AI platform that streamlines patent filing and management by using LLMs to search databases, draft applications, and strategize IP protection

  • Highlight: Early clients like L’Oréal report a 40% productivity boost; technology searches 150M+ patents and 250M+ scientific publications

  • Investor: Atomico(Lead), Index Ventures, Norrsken

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4/ AI Scientists Edison Scientific raised $70M Seed at $250M

  • Product: Builds an AI "co-scientist" platform (Kosmos) for biology and chemistry that autonomously reads literature, analyzes data, and designs experiments

  • Highlights: Spun out of FutureHouse; founded by experts in bioengineering and AI chemistry; claims to compress months of research work into a single day

  • Investor: Spark Capital and Triatomic Capital (Lead)

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5/ AI Sports Broadcasting Platform Peripheral Labs raised $3.6M Seed

  • Product: AI platform leveraging self-driving car sensors to convert sports broadcasts into navigable 3D volumetric video, allowing fans to view action from any angle

  • Highlight: Reduces 3D capture hardware needs from 100+ cameras to ~32

  • Investor: Khosla Ventures (Lead), Daybreak Capital, Entrepreneurs First

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6/ AI Observability Startup InfiniteWatch raised $4M Seed

  • Product: AI observability platform that monitors, tests, and optimizes AI agents (voice and web) to resolve "black box" operational issues

  • Highlight: Integrates monitoring with deployment for real-time fixes

  • Investor: Base10 Partners(Lead), Sequoia, a16z scouts

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7/ Healthcare Payment & Marketplace Truemed Raises $34M Series A

  • Product: A healthcare marketplace and payment platform enabling consumers to use pre-tax HSA/FSA funds for wellness products like gym memberships, supplements, and exercise equipment

  • Highlight: Achieved 3x year-over-year revenue growth for two consecutive years; partners with major brands like Peloton, Eight Sleep, and Nike Strength; allows users to save ~30% on health purchases

  • Investor: Andreessen Horowitz (Lead), Bessemer Venture Partners, Long Journey Ventures, BoxGroup

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8/ Supply Chain AI Kargo AI raised a $42M Series B

  • Product: An industrial AI platform combining computer vision hardware ("Kargo Towers") and software to automate inventory data capture and verification at loading docks

  • Highlight: Achieved 3x revenue growth with over 1,000 towers deployed; expanded customer base to 45+ enterprises including Mercedes-Benz and Tillamook

  • Investor: Avenir(Lead), Linse Capital, Hearst Ventures

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