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Week 49, 2025 (1 Dec to 7 Dec)

92 rounds and $4.3B raised. The biggest: Kalshi, $1B.

No rounds on week 48 to compare with

Rounds: 92 new
Capital raised: $4.3B new
Median round: $11.8M new

The week in charts

AI took 38% of the capital this week.

Mega-rounds against the rest

12 of 92 rounds made 70% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 49, 2025 (1 Dec to 7 Dec)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	12	$3B
The rest	80	$1.3B

Capital raised per day

The busiest day: Tue 2 Dec, $1.9B across 21 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 49, 2025 (1 Dec to 7 Dec)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 1 Dec	15	$730M	Black Forest Labs, $300M
Tue 2 Dec	21	$1.9B	Kalshi, $1B
Wed 3 Dec	30	$532M	Antithesis, $105M
Thu 4 Dec	19	$470M	Curative, $150M
Fri 5 Dec	7	$590M	Castelion, $350M
Sat 6 Dec	0	$0K
Sun 7 Dec	0	$0K

Where the capital went

AI raised $1.6B, 38% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 49, 2025 (1 Dec to 7 Dec)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$1.6B	38%	52
Other	$1.1B	25%	4
Robotics & Hardware	$670M	16%	5
Health	$335M	8%	7
Climate & Energy	$227M	5%	5
Enterprise software	$159M	4%	8
Fintech	$105M	2%	6
Web3	$37M	<1%	2
Consumer	$19.5M	<1%	2
Cybersecurity	$8.1M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds

The 10 biggest rounds raised $2.8B, 65% of the total.

Everyone who raised

92 companies raised $4.3B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

The 69 biggest of 92. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

Most active investors

General Catalyst joined 4 rounds, leading 2, more than any other investor.

Where the rounds were

United States raised $3.2B, 74% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries.

The cities that raised

New York raised $1.5B, more than all of Europe ($873M). Rounds from 28 cities.

Rounds by stage

Series A was the most common stage: 23 rounds, median $19.8M. The median round size is under each column.

Rounds by stage, Week 49, 2025 (1 Dec to 7 Dec)
Stage	Rounds	Median round
Pre-Seed	13	$2M
Seed	22	$5.9M
Series A	23	$19.8M
Series B	14	$57M
Series C	1	$100M
Series D	2	$217M
Series E+	3	$175M
Growth	1	$65M
Other or undisclosed	13	$8.5M

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