The article also mentions other significant deals in sectors such as data management, space tech, logistics, biotech, and agtech. It also highlights a significant global deal, a $2.1 billion Series C funding for France-based low-carbon battery manufacturer Verkor. The data for the list was sourced from the Crunchbase database, which tracks the largest funding rounds raised by U.S.-based companies.
Key takeaways:
- September saw two funding rounds of $1 billion or more, with the top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. ranging from $210 million to $1.25 billion.
- Anthropic, an AI startup, secured the largest funding round of $1.25 billion from Amazon, which gives Amazon a minority stake in the company.
- Other significant funding rounds included Stack AV, an autonomous driving startup, which raised $1 billion, and Databricks, a data analytics company, which raised over $500 million.
- Various sectors such as AI, autonomous driving, biotech, batteries, data management, space tech, logistics, and agtech saw significant funding rounds in September.