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Last week's funding round report for the week of September 30, 2025, covers 142 funding rounds in the United States and the United Kingdom, reflecting a slight dip from the 152 rounds reported the previous week (September 23 report). This continues a general trend observed since mid-August where weekly funding rounds fluctuated between approximately 70 and 135 rounds per week, with peaks in early August and late July as seen in reports from August 5 (133 rounds) and July 29 (135 rounds).
The weekly volatility in funding rounds points to a persistent dynamic investment landscape rather than a consistent growth or decline. Comparing the recent weeks shows a recovery phase after a lower funding activity in early to mid-September, with this week's 142 rounds marking a moderate rebound.
Sector-wise, technology-related startups continue to dominate funding rounds, particularly in SaaS, AI, and biotech, aligning with trends from previous weeks (September 16 report). Notably, funding sizes have remained relatively stable, with an increasing number of mid-sized rounds ($5M to $20M), indicating investor interest in promising growth-stage companies rather than early seed rounds or mega-rounds. This shift aligns with a maturing startup ecosystem that is focusing on scaling and sustainable growth.
Geographically, the US continues to dominate overall funding activity, but the UK market shows steady participation and some notable growth in later-stage rounds, suggesting increased investor confidence in certain UK tech clusters.
Overall, last week's report, along with previous data, suggests a cautiously optimistic investment environment characterized by selectivity in funding and a focus on growth-stage opportunities, especially in technology sectors. The slight decrease in the number of rounds compared to the immediate past week is part of normal weekly variation and not a sign of downturn.
For detailed weekly comparison, previous reports are useful resources: September 23, September 16, and September 9.
Conclusion: Funding activity remains robust but shows normal weekly fluctuations. Investors appear focused on scaling promising startups with stable mid-sized rounds, signaling a maturing investment ecosystem prioritizing quality and growth potential over volume.
Last week's funding rounds
142 funding rounds, -6% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - September 29, 2025 by Parsers VC
Total raised $7.41 billion, -26% since last week
Total raised $, bln - September 29, 2025 by Parsers VC
Funding rounds in United States
54 funding rounds, total raised $3.34B
Alguna (A platform improving pricing, quoting, and billing solutions for AI, SaaS, and fintech companies) Raises $4M Seed Round from Atlantic Labs #Fintech #Billing #AI #SaaS #Pricing
AmplifAI (An AI-powered platform transforming enterprise contact center performance with unified data, real-time coaching, and automated actions) Raises $33.7M Series B Round from LiveOak #AI
AmplifyMD (An EHR-integrated, AI-enabled platform delivering seamlessly integrated multispecialty virtual care across any clinical setting) Raises $20M Series B Round from F-Prime Capital Partners, Tau Ventures, Forerunner Ventures #HealthTech #AI #VirtualCare #Telemedicine
AppZen (An AI-native platform leveraging ZenLM models and Mastermind AI to automate end-to-end finance operations for global enterprises) Raises $180M Series D Round from Riverwood Capital #AI #Automation
AusperBio (A clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing oligonucleotide and targeted delivery technologies for transformative therapies) Raises $63M from CDH Investments #ClinicalStage #DrugDevelopment #Therapeutics #ViralInfections
Auterion (Develops an open-source OS for civilian and military drones, enabling AI-driven swarming capabilities globally) Raises $130M Series B Round from Lakestar, Mosaic Ventures, Costanoa Ventures #OperatingSystem #Software #AI #DefenseTech #Drones
Beroe Inc. (A leader in insightful procurement decision intelligence, empowering managers with actionable intelligence) Raises $34M #SaaS #AI #Enterprise #Intelligence #Procurement
BizzyCar (Provides an AI-powered platform for recall management, outreach, retention, and service department optimization for dealerships) Raises $20M #Automotive #AI #SaaS #RecallManagement #Dealerships
Blacksmith (Enhances Continuous Integration (CI) for GitHub Actions with faster, more cost-effective processes and improved observability) Raises $10M Series A Round #CI/CD #AI #SaaS #DevOps #DeveloperTools
Botcity (YC W22) (Provides a governance and observability platform designed to help enterprises manage Python automations and AI agents) Raises $12M Series A Round from Upload Ventures, Y Combinator, Astella #Automation #AI #Observability #Governance
Capital Rx (Provides comprehensive health benefit management solutions and pharmacy benefit management to employers and health plans) Raises $400M Series F Round from Generation Investment Management, 9Yards Capital, Goldman Sachs, General Catalyst, Edison Partners #Enterprise #Benefits
Clark Law Firm, PC Raises $850K #LegalTech #Personal #Firm #Construction #Service #LegalTech #Personal #Firm #Construction #Service
Daymark Health (Transforms cancer care for patients, providers, and health plans with an integrated, technology-driven platform) Raises $20M Series A Round from Healthier Capital, Blue Venture Fund, Oncology Ventures #Healthtech #Oncology #SaaS #ValueBasedCare
Distyl AI (Helps large companies modernize operations with AI using a proprietary AI agent platform to drive rapid outcomes) Raises $175M from DST Global, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital at $1.8B Valuation #AI #B2B #Enterprise #SaaS
Duel (Provides an AI-driven brand advocacy platform for retail brands, enabling scaled customer acquisition through advocates) Raises $16M Series A Round from Molten Ventures #Marketing #B2B #AI #Advocacy #SaaS
Earthmover (Provides a cloud-native tensor data platform for climate, weather, and geospatial data workflows) Raises $7.2M Seed Round from Costanoa Ventures #AI
emergent (Develops an AI platform enabling business users to generate applications using natural language instructions) Raises $23M Series A Round from Lightspeed Venture Partners #AI #ApplicationDevelopment #B2B #LowCode
Emergent (Provides an agentic vibe-coding platform enabling full-stack, production-ready applications using autonomous AI agents) Raises $23M Series A Round from Prosus, Lightspeed Venture Partners #Development #Coding
Ensoma (Developing in vivo HSC engineering for genetic diseases, immune disorders, and cancer using proprietary base editing) Raises $53M from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) #Biotech #GeneTherapy #Healthcare #Immunology
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
16 funding rounds, total raised $675M
+Simple (A digital business banking platform offering financial services and accounts to SMEs and freelancers) Raises $120M from TPG, Apax Partners at $1.5B Valuation #Banking #Business #Digital #FinTech #SME
Wexler (An advanced AI platform designed to handle the complexities of legal disputes and enhance litigation through real-time fact-checking) Raises $5.3M Seed Round from The LegalTech Fund #Litigation #SaaS
Delta g Raises $6.21M Seed Round #Quantum #Science #Infrastructure #Sensors #Maps #Quantum #Science #Infrastructure #Sensors #Maps
Fnality International (Develops regulated distributed ledger technology (DLT) wholesale payment systems to bridge traditional finance with institutional tokenized assets) Raises $136M Series C Round from Nasdaq Ventures, Goldman Sachs, ING Group #Blockchain #DLT #FinTech #Payments #Wholesale
Holdson (Specializes in electrochemical surface finishing, providing an acid-free polishing process to improve metal component performance) Raises $1.99M from Sands Capital Ventures #DeepTech #B2B #AdvancedManufacturing
Leo Cancer Care (Develops upright radiotherapy systems, like Marie®, to make advanced cancer treatments more accessible and patient-friendly) Raises $40M from Catalio Capital Management #HealthTech #CancerCare #Radiotherapy #Oncology #MedicalDevices
Light (An AI-native finance platform providing comprehensive, real-time financial tools tailored for hypergrowth companies scaling rapidly) Raises $30M Series A Round from Cherry Ventures Management, Atomico, Balderton Capital #AI #Automation #Enterprise #FinTech
Mimica Automation (An AI-powered process intelligence company translating team workflows into actionable process maps for improvement and automation) Raises $26.2M Series B Round from Khosla Ventures, Entrepreneur First #ProcessIntelligence #EnterpriseSoftware #Automation
Neurocentrx Pharma Ltd (Develops drug formulation technologies with a digital prescription care platform for severe mood disorders) Raises $5M #Biotechnology #Biopharma #Therapeutics #MentalHealth #DigitalHealth
Nscale (A UK data center startup building AI-native infrastructure platforms and deploying large-scale AI infrastructure) Raises $1.1B Series B Round from Nvidia, Point72, Dyal Capital Partners #Cloud #DataCenters #Infrastructure #AI
Scindo (Develops an AI platform that designs enzymes to transform renewable feedstocks into high-value bio-based ingredients) Raises $5.4M from Clay Capital #AI #Bioeconomy
Signal AI (Provides an AI-powered platform for proactively detecting risk and reputation signals from vast external data sources) Raises $165M from Battery Ventures, MMC Ventures #Reputation #RiskManagement #AI #EnterpriseTech #MachineLearning
South of Scotland Enterprise Raises $134.9K #Body #Public #Agency #Development #House #Body #Public #Agency #Development #House
Synthesized (Provides AI-native test infrastructure, intelligent test data automation, and test environment provisioning for enterprises) Raises $20M Series A Round from IQ Capital Partners #AI #Automation #Enterprise #Software
Funding rounds in India
20 funding rounds, total raised $690M
Amwoodo (Develops and sells sustainable bamboo-based alternatives for single-use plastics in personal care, hospitality, and construction materials) Raises $4M Seed Round from ThinKuvate #Bamboo #ConsumerGoods #D2C #PlasticAlternatives #Sustainability
Axtria - Ingenious Insights (Provides AI-powered cloud software and data analytics for the life sciences industry) Raises $240M #SaaS #AI #Analytics #Healthcare #LifeSciences
Blinkit-AI (An AI startup integrating content creation, campaign management, and team collaboration into a unified platform) Raises $1.2M Seed Round #ContentCreation #Collaboration #AI #SaaS #Marketing
Chakr Innovation (Manufactures emission control devices for diesel generators, mitigating air pollution by converting soot into reusable products) Raises $23M Series C Round from Iron Pillar #CleanTech #Environment #Manufacturing #PollutionControl #Sustainability
Curefoods (Operates a network of cloud kitchen brands offering diverse cuisines for delivery) Raises $18.54M Pre-IPO Round #Startup #CloudKitchen #Delivery #F&B #Food
Emergent.ai (An AI-powered no-code platform that enables users to build, scale, and launch apps instantly without technical expertise) Raises $23M from Y Combinator, Prosus, Lightspeed Venture Partners #DevTools #NoCode #Platform #SaaS
Headsup B2B (An AI-powered B2B procurement and financing platform for infrastructure and green energy sectors in India) Raises $1.93M #Fintech #B2B #AI #Procurement #Infrastructure
Hero Future Energies (Develops, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects, integrating solar, wind, and storage) Raises $118.7K from State Bank of India #EnergyStorage #Infrastructure #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Wind
ILJIN Electronics (Specializes in manufacturing bare printed circuit boards for diverse electronic applications) Raises $139.08M #EMS
Kapiva (A D2C startup offering Ayurvedic health and wellness products directly to consumers) Raises $60M Series D Round from Vertex Ventures US, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia India, Vertex Growth #D2C #Ayurveda #Wellness #Health
KisanKonnect (A supply chain platform for fresh produce, delivering safe, residue-tested fruits and vegetables in Mumbai and Pune) Raises $500K Seed Round from LetsVenture #AgriTech #E-commerce #Food #Logistics #SupplyChain
Kreditbee (Provides instant personal loans and other digital financial services to young professionals in India) Raises $120M Pre-IPO Round #Finance #Digital #Lending #India #FinTech
Funding rounds in France
7 funding rounds, total raised $90M
Funding rounds in Germany
9 funding rounds, total raised $57M
Funding rounds in Switzerland
8 funding rounds, total raised $357M
Funding rounds in Canada
3 funding rounds, total raised $45M
Funding rounds in Sweden
3 funding rounds, total raised $5.73M
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