Morning VC Brief丨2024.08.16

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00. TL;DR

1/ Android of Robotic Surgery Caresyntax raises $80M Series C

2/ On-chain Risk Management Solution Chaos Labs raises $55M Series A

3/ Code Review Startup CodeRabbit raises $16M Series A

4/ Biowearable Healthcare startup Levels raises $10M Series A+

5/ Webtoon Creator Platform VoyceMe raises $10M Seed Round

6/ AI Observability Platform Goodfire raises $7M Seed Round

7/ Linktree acquires social media scheduler tool Plann

8/ Sameday AI partnered with ServiceTitan

01. Venture News

1/ Android of Robotic Surgery Caresyntax raises $80M Series C

Caresyntax optimizes pre-op planning, provides real-time intraoperative support, and ensures post-op safety. The surgical intelligence platform acquired structured and unstructured data during the care pathway. This round was invested by BlackRock Innovation Capital, Optum Ventures, PFM Health Sciences, and more. Link 

2/ On-chain Risk Management Solution Chaos Labs raises $55M Series A

Chaos Labs merge previously siloed off-chain market data, observability, and alerting, with dynamic risk parameter adjustments. To date, Chaos Labs' technology has secured $860B in cumulative trading volume, $25B in loans, and $35M in incentives. This round was led by Haun Ventures with participation from Slow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and more. Link

3/ Code Review Startup CodeRabbit raises $16M Series A

CodeRabbit envisioned an AI-powered code reviewer that could save developers countless hours while improving the quality of the code. The company reached $1M+ in annual recurring revenue milestone in less than a year. This round was led by CRV. Link

4/ Biowearable Healthcare startup Levels raises $10M Series A+

Levels help users improve their metabolic health through personalized feedback based on biomarkers collected from biowearable. With more than 700 million glucose data points, Levels leverages its data set to provide personalized insights to members. This round was invested by Andreessen Horowitz and Long Journey Ventures. Link

5/ Webtoon Creator Platform VoyceMe raises $10M Seed Round

VoyceMe empowers creators to monetize their content and foster deeper connections with fans through robust social features. VoyceMe now has over 8M monthly visits. This round was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Torch Capital, Red Sea Ventures, and Clara Vista Partners. Link

6/ AI Observability Platform Goodfire raises $7M Seed Round

Goodfire is developing tools to increase observability of the inner workings of generative AI models. This round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Menlo Ventures, South Park Commons, Work-Bench, and more. Link

02. Tech News & Updates

1/ Linktree acquires social media scheduler tool Plann

Linktree is set to integrate its social scheduling tool into its platform in the coming months. Users will soon have access to features like social media planning and auto-posting for platforms like TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. This marks Linktree’s fourth acquisition.

According to the company, social scheduling is one of Linktree’s most requested features, as it helps creators streamline their content distribution process and save time. Linktree had over 50 million users and launched its beta social commerce offering earlier this year. Link

2/ Sameday partnered with ServiceTitan

Sameday enables home service businesses to be available by phone 24/7 with our AI powered Virtual Sales Agents, working with many of the nations largest home service businesses, such as ABC Plumbing, Aptive Environmental, Diversified Roofing and many more. ServiceTitan is a cloud-based software platform built to power trades businesses. Now, the integration enables Sameday to interact directly with ServiceTitan's system. Link