Daily edition

Tuesday 16 September 2025

45 rounds and $2.1B raised. The biggest: Figure, $1B.

vs Tue 9 Sept

The day in charts

Robotics & Hardware took 48% of the capital on this day, up from <1% on Tue 9 Sept. Figure alone raised $1B, 47% of it.

The 5 biggest rounds raised $1.5B, 70% of the total.

4 of 45 rounds made 66% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Tuesday 16 September 2025
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	4	$1.4B
The rest	41	$719M

Robotics & Hardware raised $1B, 48% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Tuesday 16 September 2025
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Robotics & Hardware	$1B	48%	3
AI	$670M	32%	18
Health	$186M	9%	8
Enterprise software	$107M	5%	5
Fintech	$77.7M	4%	3
Consumer	$43.1M	2%	3
Cybersecurity	$11.7M	<1%	2
Climate & Energy	$4.5M	<1%	1
Other	$4.2M	<1%	2

United States raised $1.4B, 68% of the capital. Rounds in 19 countries.

Accel joined 2 rounds, leading 1, more than any other investor.

Series A was the most common stage: 12 rounds, median $15M. The median round size is under each column.

San Jose raised $1B, more than all of Europe ($505M). Rounds from 17 cities.

This day against the 13 days before it. The biggest: Tue 9 Sept, $2.9B.

Capital raised per day, Tuesday 16 September 2025
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
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
Sat 13 Sept	0	$0K
Sun 14 Sept	0	$0K
Mon 15 Sept	25	$1.1B	Divergent Technologies, $250M
Tue 16 Sept	45	$2.1B	Figure, $1B