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π AI Startups raise $60M+
BONUS: Early-Stage AI Deals 2023
Todayβs 1 min recap:
Hippo Harvest raises a $21M Series B for indoor farming
Marqo raises a $12.5M Series A for its vector search platform
Fever raises a $10.75M Seed for clean energy asset optimization
Anatomy raises a $7.6M Seed for financial automation in healthcare organizations
Zylon raises a $3.2M Pre-Seed for an AI collaborator
4 more rounds caught by my funding tracker
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Speakers from the generative AI scene like Bindu Reddy.
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Top picks
A detailed highlight
Amount: $21M π
Valuation: $145M
Round: Series B
Lead Investor: Standard Investments
Hippo Harvest is an indoor farming company that grows lettuce more efficiently using less land and water, leveraging robotics and AI.
The company's technology includes a closed-loop, non-recirculating direct-to-root fertilizer system, along with ML and autonomous mobile robots to manage micro-climate conditions in their greenhouses effectively.
Amount: $12.5M π
Round: Series A
Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Marqo has an AI-powered search platform that simplifies building search experiences.
Marqo leverages vector search in harnessing unstructured data, which represents a significant portion of enterprise data.
Amount: $10.75M π
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: General Catalyst
Fever accelerates the transition to clean energy and enhances European power grid resilience.
Their platform integrates distributed energy assets using advanced software and machine learning to optimize energy distribution, aiming to make the grid more flexible and efficient.
Amount: $7.6M π
Round: Seed
Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anatomy streamlines financial workflows in healthcare through AI-powered automation, improving efficiency and enabling better patient care focus.
Their solution automates back-office tasks, digitizes payments, and integrates financial data for real-time insights, tailored for healthcare organizations dealing with insurance billing.
Amount: $3.2M π
Round: Pre-Seed
Lead Investor: Felicis
Zylon makes AI accessible to SMBs, offering a user-friendly platform with a private AI collaborator for businesses for tasks like content creation and data analysis.
Their web interface leverages open-source models, enabling AI-driven tasks with a focus on security.
Other Rounds π€
Cascading AI raises a $3.9M Pre-Seed - AI loan assistant
Pathways raises a $2.5M Pre-Seed - AI-powered creation of Buy-Clean and EU-compliant Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
Cofactor AI raises an undisclosed Pre-Seed - AI-powered platform that streamlines insurance denial appeals
Dojah raises an undisclosed round - AI-powered identity verification
Bonus π₯
For the most curious minds!
In 2023 global startup funding hit a 5-year low, yet AI startups thrived.
- Pre-Seed $ skyrocketed by 624% YoY
- Seed deal # grew 122% YoY
- Series A $ increased 71% YoY
- Series B $ grew 14% YoY
β Chief AI Officer (@chiefaioffice)
8:58 PM β’ Feb 14, 2024
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