Top Funding Rounds Week of July 6th
Blue Origin and SambaNova lead a massive week for venture capital. Explore the top 20 deals redefining AI infrastructure and space technology.
- 01Energy • Government and Military•Washington$10BEquity
Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-founded rocket company, raised $10 billion in its first external funding round at a $130 billion valuation led by Coatue Management with a $2 billion contribution from Jeff Bezos.
- 02Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$1BSeries F
SambaNova Systems, a next-generation AI infrastructure company, completed a $1 billion first close of a Series F at an $11 billion post-money valuation led by General Atlantic with significant investment from Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates, and Capital Group.
- 03Information Technology • Privacy and Security•Ohio$1BEquity
Keyfactor, trust infrastructure for AI and machines, raised a $1B+ strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners with existing investors Insight Partners and Sixth Street Growth maintaining significant ownership.
- 04Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Tasmania$500MPreferred
Firmus Technologies, a neocloud, raised US$2.0 billion in an equity raising via preference shares (set to convert at IPO) at a pre-IPO equity value of US$15.5 billion, with Nvidia committing about US$500 million.
- 05Energy • Science and Engineering•Bayern$469.8MEquity
Proxima Fusion, a European stellarator fusion company, raised €411 million in a financing round at a €2.4B valuation led by XTX Ventures and East X Ventures with participation from RWE, Google, KfW Capital, SPRIND, Burda Principal Investments and returning investors including Plural, UVC Partners, Balderton, Cherry Ventures, DST Global Partners, Brevan Howard Macro Venture, Lightspeed, DTCF, redalpine, Leitmotif, Elaia, CDP Venture Capital, Bayern Kapital, and the EIC Fund.
- 06Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$300MSeries A
Oratomic, quantum computing startup, raised a $300 million Series A co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Lowercarbon Capital, Bain Capital, Formation, Nebular, David and Scott Aaronson, Les Kohn, Baiju Bhatt, Infleqtion, Genius Ventures, 7i Capital and Global Frontier Investments.
- 07Administrative Services • Consumer Electronics•Ile-de-France$228.5MEquity
Skello, a French HR management platform, raised €200M in a mixed equity and debt financing led by Bridgepoint Development Capital with participation from Partech and XAnge.
- 08Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency•Noord-Holland$228.3MSeries B
Planck Network, a decentralised GPU computing and AI infrastructure startup, raised €200 million in a Series B with lead investors undisclosed.
- 09Energy • Science and Engineering•Florida$225MEquity
EnergyX, an energy technology company focused on advanced lithium production and critical mineral supply chain infrastructure, received a $225 million strategic equity investment from Eni for a minority stake in Project Black Giant™.
- 10Government and Military • Manufacturing•England$175MSeries B
Kraken Technology, a British maker of uncrewed vessels, raised $175 million in a Series B at a valuation above $1 billion led by Digital Transformation Capital Partners with participation from the British Business Bank, NATO Innovation Fund, and Rheinmetall.
- 11Information Technology • Professional Services•Jura$161.4MEquity
Sequotech, a jurassische IT-Unternehmensgruppe, raised over CHF 130 million via a Continuation Vehicle (Fortführungsfonds) created by Verium with institutional participation from Sagard Private Equity Solutions
- 12Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Commerce and Shopping•Berlin$150MPre-Series B
Even Realities, a smart glasses maker, raised $150 million in a pre-Series B round at a $1 billion valuation led by Meituan and Tencent.
- 13Data and Analytics • Design•Texas$134MSeries B
Quaise Energy, a developer of utility-scale superhot geothermal energy, raised $134 million in an initial close of its Series B led by Prelude Ventures with participation from JERA Co., Inc., Idemitsu Kosan, and existing investors including Safar Partners.
- 14Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•California$130MSeries A
Prime Intellect, a startup providing compute and specialized software tools for building AI agents, raised $130M Series A at a $1B valuation led by Radical Ventures with participation from Nvidia Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, Iconiq, and angel investors including Aravind Srinivas, Aaron Levie, Winston Weinberg, Jeff Wang, and Brendan Foody.
- 15Data and Analytics • Information Technology•Vilniaus Apskritis$130MEquity
Oxylabs, a web data scraping infrastructure and web intelligence platform, raised $130 million in its first outside funding round at a $3.6 billion valuation from Warburg Pincus (Capital Solutions Founders Fund).
- 16Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•New York$125MSeries C
Gauntlet, a digital asset risk and optimization platform, raised $125M in a Series C led by SBI Holdings
- 17Administrative Services • Education•Andhra Pradesh$121.3MEquity
K12 Techno Services, a diversified education platform, raised ₹1,159 crore in a mix of primary and secondary transactions at a post-money valuation of about ₹7,100-7,250 crore led by Vitruvian Partners.
- 18Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•New York$120MSeries C
Norm Ai, a legal AI startup focused on agentic law, raised $120 million in a Series C at a $1.2 billion valuation led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Blackstone, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Coatue, Vanguard, New York Life, TIAA, Tony James, Jeff Hammes, and Fenwick LLP.
- 19Administrative Services • Apps•New Jersey$100MSeries B
Lyzr AI, an enterprise AI agent startup, raised $100 million Series B at a roughly $500 million valuation.
- 20Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•Ile-de-France$100MSeed
Gradium, a Paris-based AI voice startup, raised $100M in a seed round reopened to new investors and backed by Nvidia alongside original backers FirstMark Capital, Eurazeo, DST Global Partners, Eric Schmidt, and Xavier Niel
