The Venture Codex

Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Astute provides an AI-driven platform for B2B companies to discover and manage partnerships with creators across newsletters, podcasts and social platforms. Its product uses two AI agents: one acting as a talent manager for creators and another serving as a new media manager for B2B companies to identify creators, develop strategies and run campaigns. The platform monitors more than one million creator posts per minute to surface where businesses and competitors are being discussed and to recommend partnership opportunities. It supports a wide range of collaboration types including editorial placements, interviews, podcast appearances, advertising and event collaborations, and measures campaign performance via impressions, conversions, brand visibility and visibility in AI-powered search engines. Founded by Vida Stanić and Abhishek Manikandan, Astute launched alongside the $1.2M pre-seed raise to build infrastructure for B2B marketing and plans to expand toward helping companies build brands and develop their own audiences.

Led · Seed · Jul 2026

Codeplain develops an AI platform that automatically generates, tests and updates production-ready code from structured, plain-language software specifications, an approach it calls "Phoenix Architecture." The company positions specifications as durable assets that can be used to regenerate code on demand, reducing maintenance when APIs or integrations change. Early customers include DevRev, HYCU, and Incode, which use the platform to maintain integrations with frequently changing external APIs. Founder and CEO Dusan Omercevic previously built Cleanshelf (acquired by SAP LeanIX) and led product at SAP LeanIX and Zemanta. Codeplain operates from offices in Ljubljana, Berlin, and San Francisco. The recent €2.6M seed raise led by GapMinder with Silicon Gardens co-leading will fund further development and adoption of the platform.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Superapp offers an artificial-intelligence platform that automatically generates native Swift code, allowing users with no programming background to take an idea from concept to App Store publication. The service adheres to Apple’s design philosophy so that finished apps meet the company’s user-experience standards. Founded in 2025 by Vitalii Kotyk (formerly at Bolt) and Stanislav Prokopiv (formerly at Grammarly), the company targets a global audience of aspiring app creators who lack technical expertise. Investors believe the team’s speed and ambition position it well to open new opportunities in mobile development. In March the startup secured $1.6 million in pre-seed funding, giving it the capital to refine its AI models and expand product capabilities. The newly raised funds will be used to further develop and improve the platform, making app creation even more accessible to a broader user base.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Founded in 2022 in Varaždin, Croatia, InsiderCX offers an AI-driven patient-experience platform for hospitals, dental groups, insurers, and international healthcare chains. The software captures patient feedback across every touch-point and uses machine learning to surface experience gaps, triage complaints, automate analysis of open-text responses, and turn positive comments into online reviews. Operating in six European markets, the company already serves large healthcare enterprises and insurers. InsiderCX plans to use new capital to deepen its AI capabilities, broaden product functionality, and scale commercial operations throughout Europe. The platform’s goal is to help healthcare organizations boost satisfaction scores, streamline service recovery, and strengthen online reputations. No revenue or user figures were disclosed in the articles, but the firm’s customer base and geographic footprint indicate early market traction.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

EVE connects directly to Gmail and Outlook to analyze live email and calendar data, automatically flagging new opportunities, forgotten leads, and drafting context-aware follow-ups without any manual CRM data entry. The platform claims to help B2B small businesses recover 20–30 % of revenue typically lost in day-to-day communication gaps. While still in stealth, more than 500 small businesses joined its waitlist, and early users such as Leadature report closing 25 % more deals within three months using the same headcount. EVE’s always-on dashboard gives teams visibility into what is moving, stalled, or missed across all inboxes, effectively acting as a live revenue operating system. Target verticals include consulting, construction, distribution, recruiting, brokerage, and event management—industries where email volume tightly correlates with revenue. Future product releases will extend into multi-channel lead tracking, upsell detection, and churn prediction to create a fully autonomous revenue engine. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Vadim Rogovskiy and is headquartered in San Francisco.