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Last week's funding round report documents 115 rounds across sectors and regions including the United States, United Kingdom, India, France, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, and others. Key highlights include significant investments in AI-driven startups, healthcare, FinTech, and deep tech industries. Some notable rounds include a $210M investment in an annuities and insurance fintech company, $150M rounds in AI-powered legal tech and wholesale fresh produce distribution platforms, and multi-million investments in AI-native identity security, biotech, enterprise AI, and AI infrastructure firms. AI remains a dominant theme, particularly with companies developing agentic AI, generative AI products, and AI platforms for legal, healthcare, financial services, and enterprise applications.
Comparisons with previous weeks reveal these trends:
Number of funding rounds last week (115) is slightly higher than the prior week's 111 rounds, but below weeks with 131, 142, and 153 rounds reported earlier.
Large funding amounts continue, with multiple rounds over $100M, maintaining a strong venture capital appetite especially for AI, healthcare, biotech, and fintech sectors.
AI continues to captivate investors, consistent with broader market reports noting that in 2025, AI-related startups attracted nearly half of global VC funding.
Other sectors such as legal tech, health tech, fintech, and sustainability continue steady investment interest.
Regional diversity remains notable with substantial funding activity in the U.S., UK, India, Germany, and emerging European ecosystems.
In summary, the key patterns from last week's funding data echo ongoing trends in 2025: a focus on AI-driven innovation across diverse sectors, sustained large funding rounds particularly in late-stage deals, and broad geographic spread of investments. While the weekly deal count fluctuates, the overall venture funding environment shows resilience with significant capital allocation toward technology-enabled enterprises focused on automation, healthcare, enterprise software, and climate tech.
For more details and previous weekly reports, see:
This sequence reflects a stable but dynamically evolving market, where AI leadership and sector diversification are critical to attracting venture capital.
Conclusion:
Last week’s funding activity confirms sustained investor confidence in AI and technology sectors despite weekly variations in deal counts. The market continues prioritizing scalable, AI-integrated solutions in healthcare, fintech, and enterprise software, with broad geographical diversity and substantial capital injections supporting this momentum. This pattern aligns with longer-term 2025 trends emphasizing AI’s transformational role in venture investment.
Last week's funding rounds
115 funding rounds, +3% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - November 3, 2025 by Parsers VC
Total raised $10.17 billion, +39% since last week
Total raised $, bln - November 3, 2025 by Parsers VC
Funding rounds in United States
48 funding rounds, total raised $5.78B
Agtonomy (A software and services company developing automation and physical AI for agriculture and land management operations) Raises $18M Series B Round from Black Forest Ventures, Autotech Ventures #Automation #Robotics #Software #AgriculturalTech #AI
Archy (An all-in-one cloud platform with AI-powered automation to streamline operations for dental practices) Raises $20M Series B Round from CRV, TCV, Bessemer Venture Partners #Automation #AI #SaaS #Healthcare
Axonic Insurance (Manufactures and distributes annuities and related insurance products for consumers and institutions) Raises $210M from Deutsche Bank #WealthManagement #Insurance #Fintech #FinancialServices #Annuities
Cephia (Develops multimodal sensing solutions using AI computational imaging and silicon metamaterials for physical AGI) Raises $4M Seed Round from Incharge Capital Partners, SOSV #Hardware #DeepTech #AI #Sensors #Imaging
ConductorOne (Offers the world's first AI-native identity security platform, automating end-to-end identity management for enterprises) Raises $79M Series B Round from Greycroft, Felicis Ventures, Accel Partners #Enterprise #IdentityManagement #SaaS #AI
CoreStory - The Code Intelligence Platform (Leverages agentic AI for code intelligence to modernize legacy software infrastructure for enterprises) Raises $32M Series A Round from New Enterprise Associates, Tribeca Venture Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Harrison Metal Capital #Enterprise #B2B
Curve Biosciences (A biotechnology company developing an AI-driven Whole-Body Intelligence platform for chronic disease monitoring) Raises $40M Series A Round from Incite Ventures (Burlingame), Civilization Ventures, LifeX Labs, Life Extension Ventures, First Spark Ventures #PrecisionMedicine #AI
Cylerity Accelerated Finance (A healthcare fintech company utilizing AI and machine learning to accelerate payments to medical providers, alleviating cash flow strains) Raises $4M Seed Round from HealthX Ventures #Healthcare #Fintech #AI #SaaS #Payments
Draper Raises $25M #Defense #Space #EnergyTech #Engineering #Talent #Defense #Space #EnergyTech #Engineering #Talent
Drip Capital (A digital trade finance and B2B e-commerce platform offering working capital solutions for SMBs globally) Raises $50M #FinTech #SME #TradeFinance #B2B #E-commerce
Flex Vessel Prep (A medical device company dedicated to advancing endovascular solutions for arteriovenous (AV) access and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) interventions) Raises $28M Series C Round from Endeavour Vision, S3 Ventures #Endovascular #Biotech #MedTech #MedicalDevice #Healthcare
Fruitist (A digital platform providing wholesale ordering and delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to businesses) Raises $150M from J.P. Morgan #E-commerce #B2B #Agriculture #Logistics #Food
Gloo Raises $109M IPO Round #Personal #Growth #Software #Platform #Internet #Personal #Growth #Software #Platform #Internet
Harvey (Develops generative AI products aimed at automating legal work for lawyers and legal professionals) Raises $150M from a16z #GenerativeAI #LegalTech #SaaS #AI #B2B
Helex (Develops programmable non-viral lipid nanoparticle therapeutics for genetic kidney diseases like ADPKD) Raises $3.5M Seed Round from Pi Ventures, SOSV #GeneticDisease #BioTech #Therapeutics #LNP #Kidney
Hemab Therapeutics (Develops novel prophylactic therapeutics for serious bleeding and thrombotic disorders) Raises $157M Series C Round from Novo Holdings, HealthCap, Sofinnova Partners, Avoro Capital, RA Capital Management, The Invus Group, Rock Springs Capital, Maj Invest #ClinicalStage #RareDisease
Homecourt (A luxury home and personal fragrance brand known for its non-toxic cleaning, body, and laundry collections) Raises $8M Series A Round from JMK Consumer Growth Partners #Fragrance #Homecare #Luxury #Beauty #ConsumerGoods
Honey Health (An all-in-one back office AI platform for healthcare organizations, automating administrative workflows with AI agents) Raises $7.8M Seed Round from 8-Bit Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Burst Capital, Pelion Venture Partners #B2B #Automation #AI
iPNOTE (A Spanish-American LegalTech platform using an AI agent to streamline global intellectual property management for enterprises) Raises $1M Seed Round from AltaIR Capital #IPManagement #LegalTech #SaaS #AI #Automation
Legora (Provides a collaborative AI platform that helps lawyers review, research, draft, and advise with precision) Raises $150M Series C Round from ICONIQ, Y Combinator, Redpoint Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Benchmark (San Francisco) at $1.8B Valuation #LegalTech #SaaS
Lula Commerce (AI-powered e-commerce solutions for convenience retailers, enabling online ordering, delivery, and automation) Raises $8M Series A Round from UP Partners, Outlander VC, SEMCAP #Retail #SaaS #AI #Convenience
Lyzr, (Provides an Agentic Operating System platform enabling enterprises to build and scale private AI workforces across business functions) Raises $8M Series A Round from Arka Venture Labs, Plug and Play Tech Center, Partnership Fund for New York City, Rocketship #Infrastructure #AI
Mem0 (A memory infrastructure platform for AI agents, enabling personalization, continuity, and long-term learning across interactions) Raises $24M from Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, Kindred Ventures, Basis Set Ventures #SaaS #Infrastructure #Developers
Mercor (Connects AI labs with experts to train AI models, leveraging AI to match talent with opportunities) Raises $350M Series C Round from Felicis Ventures, General Catalyst, Benchmark (San Francisco) at $10B Valuation #Workforce #AI #Talent #Platform
Navan (An all-in-one platform integrating corporate travel booking, corporate card issuance, and expense reporting for businesses) Raises $1B #SaaS #FinTech #ExpenseManagement #B2B #TravelTech
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
9 funding rounds, total raised $888M
Antidote (A London-based accelerator empowering UK entrepreneurs in Bitcoin and fintech with capital, mentorship, and policy access) Raises $3.37M Seed Round from Initial Capital, Fulgur Ventures #OpenTech #UK #Accelerator #Bitcoin #Fintech
CoMind (Develops non-invasive neuro-monitoring technology for continuous bedside monitoring of key brain parameters) Raises $102.5M Series C Round from Angelini Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Octopus Ventures, Backed VC, Plural #Monitoring
Entrepreneurial Scotland Raises $107.9K #Nonprofit #Growth #Personal #Management #Future #Nonprofit #Growth #Personal #Management #Future
Human Health (A patient-first precision health platform combining patient-reported data with AI to provide actionable health insights and clinician-ready reports) Raises $5.5M Seed Round from AirTree Ventures #DigitalHealth #PrecisionHealth #SaaS #AI #B2B
Marleybones (A premium dog food brand offering slow-cooked, nutritionally complete meals and supplements in sustainable packaging) Raises $3.37M from JamJar Investments, Active Partners #Sustainability #CPG #D2C
Princes Group UK (A well-established British food and drink group known for popular brands like Branston, Batchelors, and Napolina) Raises $566.55M IPO Round #FMCG #ConsumerGoods #Beverages #Manufacturing #Food
Sages London (Develops water-soluble, biodegradable dyes from food waste, replacing synthetic dyes in global supply chains) Raises $256.3K #Textiles #SustainableMaterials #Cleantech #CircularEconomy #BioTech
Solidatus (Provides advanced data lineage solutions for highly regulated sectors, enabling organizations to map, manage, and trace data) Raises $6.74M #Data #Compliance #Lineage #Governance #EnterpriseSoftware
Synthesia (Offers a platform that turns text into videos using generative AI and lifelike avatars for enterprise use cases) Raises $200M from GV #SaaS #GenerativeAI #Enterprise #AI #Video
Funding rounds in India
13 funding rounds, total raised $1.22B
City Union Bank Raises $50M from IFC Venture Capital Group #FinTech #IT #Technology #Investment #E-commerce #FinTech #IT #Technology #Investment #E-commerce
Dabur India Ltd Raises $57.95M #Care #Product #Building #Brand #B2C #Care #Product #Building #Brand #B2C
Fambo (Provides fresh produce and semi-processed food products to restaurants, hotels, and cloud kitchens in the HoReCa sector) Raises $2.5M #ProcessedFood #SupplyChain #AgriTech #FoodTech #HoReCa
Goldi Solar Pvt. Ltd. (A manufacturer of solar PV modules focused on high-efficiency solar technologies for clean energy) Raises $171M #Energy #DeepTech #Solar #RenewableEnergy #Manufacturing
IntrCity (Offers technology-enabled intercity bus travel services, focusing on enhanced passenger experience and safety across India) Raises $28.98M from A91 Partners at $139.1K Valuation #Technology #Transportation #Travel #Logistics #Mobility
Jupiter (Provides a wide suite of digital financial services including credit cards, savings accounts, loans, investments, and insurance for Indian users) Raises $15M from BEENEXT (Singapore), 3one4 Capital #FinTech #DigitalBanking #Payments #Neobanking #India
Lenskart.com (An omni-channel eyewear retailer offering a wide range of eyeglasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses) Raises $843.5K Pre-IPO Round #HealthTech #Omnichannel #Retail #E-commerce #Eyewear
PhonePe (An Indian digital payments and financial services company offering mobile-first transactions for consumers and businesses) Raises $600M from General Atlantic #India #Mobile #Payments #Digital #FinTech
RMSI (Provides spatial, engineering, and AI/ML solutions to private companies, governments, and multilateral agencies) Raises $56M from Affirma Capital #Engineering #AI #Software #ML #Geospatial
Signature Global Raises $101.41M #Media #Information #Estate #Social #Content #Media #Information #Estate #Social #Content
Funding rounds in Switzerland
6 funding rounds, total raised $133M
Funding rounds in France
4 funding rounds, total raised $75M
Funding rounds in Sweden
4 funding rounds, total raised $29M
Funding rounds in Israel
3 funding rounds, total raised $53M
Funding rounds in Germany
5 funding rounds, total raised $131M
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