Top Funding Rounds Week of January 26th
Waymo's $16B round leads a week of massive infrastructure bets, with CoreWeave and SeeQC securing significant capital for AI and quantum development.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$16BEquityWaymo, the autonomous robotaxi developer, raised a $16 billion funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital with participation from Alphabet and a wide syndicate of top-tier investors.
- 02Artificial 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.
- 03Information Technology•Dublin$1.7BPrivate Equity
Carne Group, a tech-enabled fund governance and management firm, secured an undisclosed minority equity investment from Permira at a €1.4 billion valuation.
- 04Consumer Electronics • Hardware•New York$1BEquity
Digital quantum computing startup SeeQC raised a $1.0 billion funding round from undisclosed investors.
- 05Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Ontario$750MSeries C
Autonomous-driving startup Waabi raised a $750 M Series C led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners, with Uber and others participating, plus additional milestone-based funding from Uber.
- 06Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•Delaware$500MEquity
World Liberty Financial, a DeFi lending and borrowing platform, sold a 49% equity stake for roughly $500 million to a senior Abu Dhabi royal.
- 07Artificial 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.
- 08Energy • Professional Services•Mazowieckie$299.2MEquity
European solar-and-storage developer R.Power closed a €250 million equity financing backed by the EBRD and the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund.
- 09Consumer Electronics • Consumer Goods•Texas$270MSeries C
CesiumAstro, a software-defined satellite communications startup, raised a $470M Series C round ($270M equity, $200M debt) led by Trousdale Ventures with Woven Capital, Janus Henderson, Airbus Ventures, the Development Bank of Japan, and debt providers Export-Import Bank and J.P. Morgan.
- 10Biotechnology • Health Care•California$257MSeries D
Cellares, an automated cell-therapy manufacturing platform, raised a $257 million Series D co-led by BlackRock and Eclipse with participation from T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Baillie Gifford, Duquesne Family Office, Intuitive Ventures, EDBI, Gates Frontier, DC Global Ventures, DFJ Growth, and Willett Advisors.
- 11Hardware • 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.
- 12Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$250MSeries D
Conversational AI startup Decagon raised a $250 M Series D led by Coatue Management and Index Ventures with participation from ChemistryVC, Definition Capital, Starwood Capital, a16z, A*, Accel, Avra, Bain Capital Ventures, Elad Gil, T.Capital, Forerunner, and Ribbit Capital.
- 13Manufacturing • Natural Resources•Massachusetts$220MSeries D
Digital metal manufacturing startup VulcanForms raised a $220 million Series D round led by Eclipse and 1789 Capital, with Washington Harbour, Fontinalis, IEQ Capital and others participating.
- 14Artificial 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.
- 15Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$180MSeed
Flapping Airplanes, a research-driven AI lab, raised a $180 million seed round from Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index.
- 16Commerce and Shopping • Information Technology•Dubai$170MEquity
Property Finder, a UAE proptech marketplace, raised a $170 million equity round led by Mubadala Investment Company with participation from another UAE sovereign wealth fund and BECO Capital.
- 17Energy • Hardware•California$163MSeries C
Smart-panel and grid-tech startup Span is raising a $176 million Series C round with at least 15 investors participating.
- 18Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$150MSeries B
PaleBlueDot AI, a global AI compute infrastructure startup, raised a $150 million Series B led by B Capital.
- 19Energy • Science and Engineering•Tennessee$140MSeries A
Standard Nuclear, a TRISO nuclear fuel supplier, raised a $140 million Series A round led by Decisive Point with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Chevron Technology Ventures, Crucible Capital, Fundomo, StepStone Group, Washington Harbour Partners, Welara, and XTX Ventures.
- 20Apps • Financial Services•California$123.9MSeries G
Varo Bank, a digital-only consumer bank, raised a $123.9 million Series G equity round led by Warburg Pincus and Coliseum Capital Management, with participation from Northview.
