Daily edition
Friday 5 September 2025
11 rounds and $284M raised. The biggest: Baseten, $150M.
- Rounds
- 11 +57%
- Capital raised
- $284M ×5.5
- Median round
- $5.6M -17%
vs Fri 29 Aug
The day in charts
AI took 71% of the capital on this day, up from 35% on Fri 29 Aug. Baseten alone raised $150M, 53% of it.
The 5 biggest rounds
The 5 biggest rounds raised $271M, 96% of the total.
Mega-rounds against the rest
One round, Baseten at $150M, made 53% of the capital.
| Rounds | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| $100M or more | 1 | $150M |
| The rest | 10 | $134M |
Where the capital went
AI raised $201M, 71% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.
| Sector | Capital | Share | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | $201M | 71% | 6 |
| Robotics & Hardware | $73M | 26% | 3 |
| Health | $8.2M | 3% | 1 |
| Climate & Energy | $1.8M | <1% | 1 |
Where the rounds were
United States raised $193M, 68% of the capital. Rounds in 6 countries.
Rounds by stage
Seed was the most common stage: 4 rounds, median $4.3M. The median round size is under each column.
| Stage | Rounds | Median round |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | 2 | $936K |
| Seed | 4 | $4.3M |
| Series B | 1 | $40M |
| Series D | 2 | $109M |
| Other or undisclosed | 2 | $4.3M |
The cities that raised
San Francisco raised $150M, more than all of Asia ($67M). Rounds from 6 cities.
The last two weeks
This day against the 13 days before it. The biggest: Tue 2 Sept, $13.6B.
| Day | Rounds | Capital | Biggest round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 23 Aug | 0 | $0K | |
| Sun 24 Aug | 1 | $150K | Zaher AI, $150K |
| Mon 25 Aug | 25 | $336M | Paragraf, $55M |
| Tue 26 Aug | 24 | $344M | Aerospacelab, $65.3M |
| Wed 27 Aug | 20 | $185M | Leal Therapeutics, $30M |
| Thu 28 Aug | 13 | $1.1B | Commonwealth Fusion Systems, $863M |
| Fri 29 Aug | 7 | $52M | Deftpower, $14.6M |
| Sat 30 Aug | 0 | $0K | |
| Sun 31 Aug | 0 | $0K | |
| Mon 1 Sept | 11 | $152M | LayerX, $100M |
| Tue 2 Sept | 28 | $13.6B | Anthropic, $13B |
| Wed 3 Sept | 24 | $1.1B | IQM Quantum Computers, $300M |
| Thu 4 Sept | 44 | $1.3B | Sierra, $350M |
| Fri 5 Sept | 11 | $284M | Baseten, $150M |
Most active investors
All rounds
- BasetenInference platform for running production AI modelsLed by BOND, with CapitalG, Premji Invest +6 $150MSeries D · United States
- Ronovo SurgicalModular laparoscopic surgical robot developerLed by JJDC, with Lilly Asia Ventures, INCE Capital +1 $67MSeries D · China
- ProRataAttribution-based AI search and ad tools that share revenue with publishersLed by Touring Capital, with Mayfield Fund, MVP Ventures $40MSeries B · United States
- DianosicBioresorbable nasal implant delivering drugs for chronic rhinitis and rhinosinusitisLed by Aptar, with Noshaq, Capital Grand Est +2 $8.2MFrance
- ThroxyManaged outbound sales service pairing AI agents and human reps for traditional industriesLed by Base10 Partners, with Y Combinator $6.2MSeed · United Kingdom
- TracXonRoll-to-roll printed electronics replacing copper circuit boards on flexible filmsLed by Invest-NL Deep Tech Fonds, with DeepTechXL, BOM $5.6MSeed · Netherlands
- SCOREalyticsAI legal intelligence platform for litigation and regulatory risk monitoringLed by Moneta Ventures, with Ollin Ventures $3MSeed · United States
- ZymplerSoftware that controls batteries, solar panels and EV chargers together for businessesLed by Arches Capital, with ROM Utrecht Region (Startup Innovation Fund) $1.8MSeed · Netherlands
- DaltonAI that analyses websites, runs experiments and personalises pages to lift conversionLed by Syndicate One, with Business angels (Stijn Christiaens, Matthias Geeroms and others) $1.2MPre-Seed · Belgium
- Offset LabsAI models and research lab for defence and national security, with signal and voice processingLed by Archangel Ventures, with Amadeus Capital Partners, Seven Capital $702KPre-Seed · United Kingdom
- MicroAlignMicro-positioning systems that align optical fibres into fibre arrays with sub-100 nm accuracyLed by Brabant Startup Fonds $409KNetherlands
No round matches these filters.