Daily edition
Friday 12 September 2025
7 rounds and $232M raised. The biggest: Apex, $200M.
- Rounds
- 7 -36%
- Capital raised
- $232M -18%
- Median round
- $2.5M -55%
vs Fri 5 Sept
The day in charts
Robotics & Hardware took 96% of the capital on this day, up from 26% on Fri 5 Sept. Apex alone raised $200M, 86% of it.
The 5 biggest rounds
The 5 biggest rounds raised $230M, 99% of the total.
Mega-rounds against the rest
One round, Apex at $200M, made 86% of the capital.
| Rounds | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| $100M or more | 1 | $200M |
| The rest | 6 | $32.4M |
Where the capital went
Robotics & Hardware raised $223M, 96% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.
| Sector | Capital | Share | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & Hardware | $223M | 96% | 2 |
| AI | $5.5M | 2% | 2 |
| Climate & Energy | $1.4M | <1% | 1 |
| Other | $1.3M | <1% | 1 |
| Consumer | $793K | <1% | 1 |
Where the rounds were
United States raised $200M, 86% of the capital. Rounds in 6 countries.
Rounds by stage
Seed was the most common stage: 4 rounds, median $1.3M. The median round size is under each column.
| Stage | Rounds | Median round |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | 1 | $2.5M |
| Seed | 4 | $1.3M |
| Series D | 1 | $200M |
| Growth | 1 | $23.4M |
The cities that raised
Los Angeles raised $200M, more than all of Europe ($30.2M). Rounds from 4 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 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 |
| Sat 6 Sept | 1 | $453K | Dectrocel, $453K |
| Sun 7 Sept | 2 | $10.4M | Indrajaal, $5.4M |
| Mon 8 Sept | 21 | $1.6B | Databricks, $1B |
| Tue 9 Sept | 35 | $2.9B | Mistral AI, $2B |
| Wed 10 Sept | 33 | $2.2B | PsiQuantum, $1B |
| Thu 11 Sept | 21 | $191M | Diana Health, $55M |
| Fri 12 Sept | 7 | $232M | Apex, $200M |
Most active investors
All rounds
- ApexManufactures high-rate configurable satellite bus platformsLed by Interlagos $200MSeries D · United States
- CailabsPhotonic systems correcting atmospheric turbulence for laser links between satellites and ground stationsLed by Definvest, with Fonds Innovation Defense, NewSpace Capital +3 $23.4MGrowth · France
- PeriVisionVR headset platform with AI for visual field tests, mainly for glaucomaLed by ARYA VC, with Dart Ventures, Zuhlke Ventures +8 $3MSeed · Switzerland
- AltanPlatform where AI agent teams design, build and run software from a text or voice promptLed by VentureFriends, with JME Ventures, 4Founders Ventures +1 $2.5MPre-Seed · Spain
- PeakAmpLithium-ion battery recovery and recycling platformLed by Caret Capital, with IIM Ahmedabad Ventures, Basant Sharma $1.4MSeed · India
- AnthroTekMaker of synthetic human anatomy models for training and testing $1.3MSeed · United Kingdom
- FarmDidiHomemade pickle brand run with rural women entrepreneursLed by Samved Ventures, with LetsVenture, Indigram Labs +1 $793KSeed · India
No round matches these filters.