Top Funding Rounds Week of January 19th
AI infrastructure leads the market as CoreWeave and Humans& secure massive funding rounds. Explore the latest in VC trends from this week's top deals.
- 01Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•New Jersey$2BPost-IPO Equity
CoreWeave, an AI-focused cloud infrastructure provider, received a $2 billion equity investment in Class A common stock from NVIDIA.
- 02Consumer Electronics • Consumer Goods•California$600MEquity
Autonomous drone-delivery startup Zipline raised a $600 million funding round from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners, Tiger Global, and other investors.
- 03Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$480MSeed
Human-centric AI collaboration startup Humans& raised a $480 million seed round led by SV Angel and Georges Harik with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, GV, Emerson Collective, Forerunner, S32, DCVC, Human Capital, Felicis, and CRV.
- 04Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$300MSeries A
AI chip-design startup Ricursive Intelligence raised a $300 million Series A led by Lightspeed with participation from Sequoia, DST Global, Nvidia’s NVentures, Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, and Radical AI.
- 05Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$300MSeries E
AI inference platform Baseten raised a $300 million Series E round from Nvidia and Battery Ventures.
- 06Real Estate • Software•Noord-Holland$300MSeries D
Hospitality OS provider Mews raised a $300 million Series D led by EQT Growth with Atomico, HarbourVest, Kinnevik, Battery Ventures and Tiger Global participating.
- 07Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Massachusetts$250MSeries D
OpenEvidence, an AI medical search engine, raised a $250 million Series D led by Thrive Capital and DST Global.
- 08Advertising • Apps•England$250MEquity
Rezolve Ai, an AI-powered retail infrastructure provider, secured a $250 million growth funding round from undisclosed returning institutional investors and new long-term holders.
- 09Hardware • Information Technology•California$250MSeries B
Runtime-first cloud security startup Upwind raised a $250 million Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with Salesforce Ventures, Picture Capital and existing investors including Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, TCV, Alta Park, Cerca Partners, Swish Ventures and Penny Jar Capital participating.
- 10Health Care • Professional Services•Zurich$234MSeries D
Digital obesity-care startup Oviva raised a €200 million Series D (mix of primary and secondary) from Kinnevik, Planet First Partners, A.P. Moller Holding, Lunate, EGS Beteiligungen, Norrsken VC and Sofina.
- 11Data and Analytics • Financial Services•Abu Dhabi$230MSeed
Islamic digital bank Mal raised a $230 million seed round led by BlueFive Capital with participation from strategic investors and family offices.
- 12Energy • Other•Zug$223.2MEquity
Grid-scale battery storage startup terralayr raised up to €192 million in a financing round led by Eurazeo’s Transition Infrastructure Fund with participation from RIVE Private Investment and existing shareholders.
- 13Manufacturing • Science and Engineering•Queensland$217MEquity
Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian hybrid-rocket launch company, raised a $217 million equity round co-led by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Hostplus, with participation from the Future Fund, HESTA, QIC, Funds SA, NGS Super, Brighter Super, Blackbird and Main Sequence.
- 14Manufacturing • Sustainability•Texas$215MSeries C
Rare-earth magnet manufacturer Noveon Magnetics raised a $215 million Series C equity round led by One Investment Management.
- 15Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Content and Publishing•England$200MSeries E
AI video training startup Synthesia raised a $200 million Series E led by GV with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Accel, NEA, NVentures, Air Street Capital, PSP Growth, Evantic and Hedosophia, alongside a structured employee secondary sale.
- 16Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$200MSeries A
Upscale AI, an AI networking startup, raised a $200 million Series A led by Tiger Global, Premji Invest and Xora Innovation with participation from Maverick Silicon, StepStone Group, Mayfield, Prosperity7 Ventures, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.
- 17Financial Services • Professional Services•Ile-de-France$200MEquity
Pennylane, an all-in-one accounting software platform, raised a $200M funding round led by TCV with participation from Blackstone Growth, Sequoia, DST Global and CapitalG.
- 18Internet Services • Media and Entertainment•South Carolina$200MEquity
Beast Industries, an entertainment and CPG startup, secured a $200 M investment from Bitmine Immersion Technologies.
- 19Education • Software•Massachusetts$150MSeries D
Language-learning marketplace Preply raised a $150 million Series D led by WestCap.
- 20Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$150MSeed
Inferact, an AI inference optimization startup, raised a $150 million seed round at an $800 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Sequoia Capital, Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and ZhenFund participating.
