Other notable investors included 8VC and BoxGroup, each with six deals. Accel, Google Ventures, and Spark Capital each made five deals. Amazon led the rounds with the highest dollar amounts, including a $4 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic. Y Combinator was the top investing incubator and accelerator with 14 deals in November.
Key takeaways:
- The busiest U.S. startup investors in November were Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Sequoia Capital, each with eight deals.
- Andreessen Horowitz participated in xAI's $5 billion funding round and several other large funding rounds, despite not leading or co-leading any big U.S. deals.
- Sequoia Capital participated in a $400 million round for Physical Intelligence and a $300 million Series D for cybersecurity startup Cyera.
- 8VC and BoxGroup each made six investments in U.S.-based startups, with 8VC participating in a $42 million Series C for Sirona Medical and BoxGroup co-leading a $4 million seed for Anthrogen.