Most Notable Rounds in 2024
Co-founded by Daniela Amodei, AI company Anthropic raised $4 billion from Amazon. The US company raised a total of $13.7 billion in venture capital.
Co-founded and led by Hande Cilingir, Insider, an Istanbul-based AI-driven platform that enables businesses to personalize and manage customer interactions across channels and systems, secured a $500 million Series E round led by General Atlantic.
Co-founded by Chelsea Finn, Physical Intelligence, a San Francisco startup that aims to bring general-purpose AI into the physical world, secured a $400 million Series A at a $2 billion pre-money valuation. Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital co-led the round.
Co-founded by Etosha Cave, Twelve, a Berkeley, California-based startup that provides sustainable aviation fuel, raised $200 million in Series C funding. TPG Rise Climate, Capricorn Investment Group, and Pulse co-led the round. The company also secured $445 million in project equity financing and credit facilities.
Founded and led by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi, a Toronto-based startup developing fully driverless trucks using generative AI technology, raised a $200 million Series B round co-led by Uber and Khosla Ventures.
Founded by AI pioneer and Stanford University Professor Fei-Fei Li, World Labs raised $230 million in venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Ashton Kutcher, Intel Capital, AMD Ventures, and Eric Schmidt. Valued at over $1 billion, the US company recently unveiled its first project, an AI system that generates video game-like, 3D scenes from a single image.
Co-founded and led by May Habib, Writer, a US full-stack generative AI platform for enterprises, secured a $200 million Series C at a $1.9 billion valuation. Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth co-led the round.
Led by Katherine Kostereva, Creatio, a US workflow automation platform, raised $200 million at a $1.2 billion valuation to lead the enterprise no-code market. Sapphire Ventures led the round.
Co-founded by Veronica Osetinsky, Sidecar Health, a US health insurance company for businesses, raised $165 million in Series D funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Founded and led by Hélène Huby, The Exploration Company is developing a cargo delivery space capsule. The Germany and France-based spacetech startup secured $160 million in Series B funding co-led by Balderton Capital and Plural. This was the largest funding round ever for a European space company.
Co-founded by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Ayar Labs, a San Jose, California-based company that designs optical interconnect solutions that use light to transfer data between computer chips, secured a $155 million Series D round at a $1+ billion post-money valuation. Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital co-led the round.
Co-founded and led by Christina Cacioppo, Vanta, a San Francisco, US-based trust management platform that helps businesses simplify and centralize security, announced $150 million in Series C funding at a $2.45 billion valuation. Sequoia Capital led the round.
Co-founded and co-led by Eléonore Crespo, Pigment, a Paris-based enterprise software company that offers a business planning platform for large companies to visualize and forecast their financial performance, raised a $145 million Series D funding round led by Iconiq Growth.
Founded and led by CEO Ritu Narayan, Zum, a US provider of tech-enabled school bus fleets, closed a $140 million Series E round at a $1.3 billion valuation. GIC led the round, with participation from Sequoia and SoftBank.
Founded and led by Kate Ryder, Maven Clinic, a New York-based women’s and family health startup that provides virtual care across patients’ entire reproductive life cycle, secured a $125 million Series F round at a $1.7 billion valuation. StepStone Group led the round, joined by previous investors General Catalyst, Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital.
Co-founded by Sami Jenkins, ThreatLocker, a US-based zero trust endpoint security company, announced $115 million in Series D funding led by General Atlantic.
Co-founded by Prukalpa Sankar, Atlan, a San Francisco-based data oversight and management specialist, raised a $105 million Series C round led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and joined by Meritech Capital.
Co-founded and led by April Koh, Spring Health, a San Francisco-based behavioral health benefits provider for employers and health plans, secured $100 million in Series E funding at a $3.3 billion valuation. Generation Investment Management led the round, joined by Kinnevik, William K Warren Foundation, RRE, and Northzone.
Led by Vidya Peters, DataSnipper, a Netherlands-based intelligent automation platform for audit and finance professionals, secured $100 million in a Series B round led by Index Ventures’ Hannah Seal, at a valuation of $1 billion.
Co-founded by Susanna Campbell, Syre, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company that develops textile recycling technology, secured $100 million in a Series A round led by US private equity firm TPG Rise Climate.