The San Francisco Bay area, the long dominant region of startup investments, took a step back this week of the largest rounds of financing. The largest investments went to firms based in Seattle, southern California, New York and Austin in Texas, and only two of the top ten this week are startups from the Silicon Valley.
But although geography may look different this week, investors’ appetite for AI remained a dominant topic. One exception, nevertheless, was the largest round of the week for Group14 technologiesDeveloper of advanced silicon batteries.
1. Group14 technologiesUSD 463 million, batteries: Group14 Technologies, developer of advanced silicon batteries, raised $ 463 million in the round of series D led by SK And it contained a long list of existing investors. The Woodinville company in Washington also obtained the full ownership of South Korean factory fired as a three way partnership from SK.
2. Field AIUSD 405 million, robotics and AI: Field AI, creator of “single brain software” used to provide robots in various environments, (*10*)announced This secured $ 405 million in two consecutive rounds of $ 314 million and $ 91 million. Temasek HoldingsIN Załos expeditions AND Capital Prism The company’s financing based in Irvine, California cooperated.
3. EliseaiUSD 250 million, AI: Eliseai based in New York, a supplier of AI automation tools for housing and healthcare sectors, landed $ 250 million in the E series supported by Andreessen HorowitzIN Bessemer enterprise partnersIN Sapphire Ventures AND Capital Navitas. The company also said that it is planning to triple the size of its team.
4. OnticUSD 230 million, security: ONTIC, a supplier of intelligence tools for corporate security, collected $ 230 million in the C -series round under the conduct of funds managed by KKR. The company based in Austin, Texas will use this money to take a position in AI technology to detect threats and automate security teams.
5. RenovateUSD 105 million, supply chain: Austin in Texas, supplier of a supply chain risk management platform, closed $ 105 million in financing the C series. Springcoast Capital Partners. The round provides complete financing of a 9-year-old company to over $ 304 million so far, on Crunchbase data.
6. (Connected) ALO Atomics$ 100 million, nuclear energy: Aalo, Austin in Texas, Startup Planning for the construction of nuclear energy facilities, with initial emphasis on providing energy to data centers, closed the financing of the B series in the amount of $ 100 million conducted by Valor Equity Partners.
6. (Connected) Eight sleep$ 100 million, sleep techniques: Eight Sleep, a startup developing “Sleep Fitness” products, announced that he collected $ 100 million in the D series led by HSG. The previous round brings financing of an 11-year startup from New York to over $ 260 million, for Crunchbase data.
8. JustUSD 97 million, autonomous vehicles: Mountain View, California Nuro, developer of autonomous technology and driving software, announced that he won $ 97 million in the E series extension with a valuation of $ 6 billion.
9. Bonus housesUSD 65.5 million, real estate finance: Phoenix based in Phoenix, a financing supplier for home owners as a substitute of selling their homes, collected $ 65.5 million at an early stage of financing from supporters, including Solyco CapitalIN Alpaca VCIN Redwood Trust AND NextView Ventures.
10. TinyfishUSD 47 million, AI agents: Tinyfish, a developer of corporate web agents or AI infrastructure systems, which perform the flow of labor on the Internet, publicly launched $ 47 million on the financing involved. Iconiq growth He conducted financing of the Palo Alto startup in California.
We followed the largest rounded rounds in the Crunchbase database, which were raised by American firms for August 16-22. Although most of the rounded rounds are represented in the database, there could also be a slight delay, because some rounds are reported at the end of the week.