Deepcell, a startup developing technologies to identify cells using computer vision, has raised $20 million in venture capital. : Learn how to accelerate customer service, optimize costs, and improve self-service in a digital-first world. Deepcell, a Silicon Valley startup spun out of Stanford University in 2017 with a novel way to identify cells using AI, today raised $20 million. The company says the funds will be put toward bolstering development of its technology and enabling it to drive a “hypothesis-free” approach to cell classification and sorting.