Top Funding Rounds Week of February 2nd
Waymo, Databricks, and Cerebras Systems lead a high-stakes week of funding, proving that investors are prioritizing AI infrastructure and autonomy at scale.
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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•California$1BSeries L
Databricks, the data-and-AI lakehouse company, secured a Series L round comprising roughly $5 billion in equity and $2 billion in debt capacity led by Insight Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with broad participation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Qatar Investment Authority.
- 03Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Consumer Electronics•California$1BSeries H
AI infrastructure company Cerebras Systems raised a $1 billion Series H led by Tiger Global with participation from Benchmark, Fidelity, Atreides, Alpha Wave, Altimeter, AMD, Coatue and 1789 Capital.
- 04Blockchain 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.
- 05Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•New York$500MSeries D
AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs raised a $500 M Series D led by Sequoia with Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ, Lightspeed, Evantic, and BOND participating.
- 06Community and Lifestyle • Health Care•Massachusetts$366MSeries F
Devoted Health, an all-in-one healthcare company, raised a $366M Series F round led by The Space Between with participation from Centricus, GV, Morgan Health, Franklin Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst.
- 07Financial Services•Maharashtra$304MPrivate Equity
Aditya Birla Housing Finance raised a $304.3 million primary growth round from Advent International’s Indriya Limited at a $2.13 billion post-money valuation.
- 08Internet Services • Science and Engineering•California$300MSeries C
Aviation automation startup Skyryse raised a $300M+ Series C led by Autopilot Ventures, with follow-on investors Fidelity, ArrowMark Partners, Atreides Management, BAM Elevate, Baron Capital, Durable Capital Partners, Positive Sum, Qatar Investment Authority, RCM Private Markets Fund, and Woodline Partners.
- 09Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$270MSeries B
Autonomous construction startup Bedrock Robotics raised a $270 million Series B co-led by CapitalG and the Valor Atreides AI Fund, with participation from Xora, 8VC, Eclipse, Emergence Capital, NVentures and others.
- 10Consumer 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.
- 11Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$255MSeries A
AI startup Fundamental, creator of the NEXUS Large Tabular Model, raised a $30M Seed and $225M Series A (total $255M) led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Hetz Ventures.
- 12Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Nevada$230MSeries B
Energy-efficient AI hardware startup Positron AI raised a $230M Series B round led by ARENA Private Wealth, Jump Trading, and Unless, with participation from QIA, Arm, Helena, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, DFJ Growth, Resilience Reserve, Flume Ventures, and 1517.
- 13Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Massachusetts$175MEquity
AI-native weather intelligence startup Tomorrow.io raised a $175M equity financing led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners to accelerate deployment of its DeepSky satellite constellation.
- 14Energy • Natural Resources•Maharashtra$165.6MEquity
CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions, a commercial-industrial renewable energy provider, raised a ₹1,500 crore pre-IPO equity round led by Temasek Holdings and Bain Capital, with participation from Steadview Capital, 360One, Steinberg India Emerging Opportunities Fund and multiple family offices.
- 15Energy • 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.
- 16Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$150MSeries B
Interpretability-focused AI lab Goodfire raised a $150 million Series B round led by B Capital with participation from Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, South Park Commons, Wing, DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Eric Schmidt, and others.
- 17Financial Services • Lending and Investments•California$150MEquity
Gold.com, a physical-and-tokenized gold marketplace, secured a $150 million strategic investment from Tether Investments for a 12% minority stake.
- 18Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•New York$137.8MEquity
Artificial intelligence company Fractal Analytics secured a Rs 1,248.2 crore anchor equity round ahead of its IPO from investors including SBI Small Cap Fund, LIC, ICICI Prudential, Motilal Oswal, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Life, and Morgan Stanley.
- 19Financial Services•England$136MEquity
Pivot Finance completed a management buyout and raised over £100 million in combined debt and equity from Foresight Group.
- 20Energy • Sustainability•California$130MSeries C
Home battery and VPP startup Lunar Energy raised a $130 million Series C led by Activate Capital and a $102 million Series D led by B Capital and Prelude Ventures, with participation from DCVC, Piva Capital, Leitmotif, Sunrun, Itochu Corporation, and Q Capital Partners.
