Daily edition

Wednesday 8 October 2025

32 rounds and $2B raised. The biggest: Base Power, $1B.

vs Wed 1 Oct

The day in charts

Climate & Energy took 51% of the capital on this day, up from 11% on Wed 1 Oct. Base Power alone raised $1B, 51% of it.

The 5 biggest rounds raised $1.7B, 86% of the total.

3 of 32 rounds made 82% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Wednesday 8 October 2025
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	3	$1.6B
The rest	29	$345M

Climate & Energy raised $1B, 51% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Wednesday 8 October 2025
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Climate & Energy	$1B	51%	1
Robotics & Hardware	$516M	26%	3
AI	$171M	9%	15
Health	$130M	7%	2
Fintech	$55.6M	3%	3
Enterprise software	$42.1M	2%	5
Cybersecurity	$20M	1%	1
Web3	$15M	<1%	1
Consumer	$6M	<1%	1

United States raised $1.8B, 92% of the capital. Rounds in 12 countries.

Bessemer Venture Partners joined 2 rounds, leading 2, more than any other investor.

Seed was the most common stage: 10 rounds, median $2.9M. The median round size is under each column.

Austin raised $1B, more than all of Europe ($81M). Rounds from 14 cities.

This day against the 13 days before it. The biggest: Tue 30 Sept, $2.6B.

Capital raised per day, Wednesday 8 October 2025
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Thu 25 Sept	35	$608M	WAAT, $117M
Fri 26 Sept	10	$55M	Curefoods, $18M
Sat 27 Sept	1	$1.4M	Plazza, $1.4M
Sun 28 Sept	0	$0K
Mon 29 Sept	20	$438M	Star Therapeutics, $125M
Tue 30 Sept	40	$2.6B	Cerebras Systems, $1.1B
Wed 1 Oct	26	$905M	Nscale, $433M
Thu 2 Oct	22	$443M	DualEntry, $90M
Fri 3 Oct	7	$172M	Supabase, $100M
Sat 4 Oct	0	$0K
Sun 5 Oct	1	$821K	Komu (ex-Contestio), $821K
Mon 6 Oct	22	$347M	NanoPhoria Bioscience, $97.5M
Tue 7 Oct	34	$2.6B	Polymarket, $2B
Wed 8 Oct	32	$2B	Base Power, $1B