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Crusoe Secures $1.38 Billion in Series E Funding, Leading AI Startup Investments

Daily AI Startup Funding Summary Report

Date: 2025-12-01


AI Startups Currently Raising Funds

Giotto.ai

  • Target Amount: $200 million
  • Valuation: $1 billion+
  • Purpose: Support research in reasoning-based models
  • Reference: TechFundingNews

AI Startups That Have Just Closed Funding Rounds (October 2025)

Crusoe

  • Amount Raised: $1.38 billion (Series E)
  • Key Investors: Valor Equity Partners, Mubadala Capital, NVIDIA, Fidelity Management, Founders Fund
  • Date Closed: October 23, 2025
  • Reference: Reuters

Defakto

  • Amount Raised: $30.75 million (Series B)
  • Key Investors: XYZ Venture Capital
  • Date Closed: October 21, 2025
  • Reference: SecurityWeek

Gravwell

  • Amount Raised: $15.4 million (Series A)
  • Key Investors: Two Bear Capital, Gula Tech Adventures, Next Frontier Capital, Innosphere Ventures Fund, Kickstart, Rise of the Rest
  • Date Closed: October 21, 2025
  • Reference: PR Newswire

Matters.AI

  • Amount Raised: $6.25 million (Seed)
  • Key Investors: Endiya Partners, Kalaari Capital, Better Capital, Carya Venture Partners
  • Date Closed: October 16, 2025
  • Reference: SecurityWeek

Resistant AI

  • Amount Raised: $25 million (Series B)
  • Key Investors: DTCP, Experian, GV, Notion Capital
  • Date Closed: October 13, 2025
  • Reference: Yahoo Finance

Reflection AI

  • Amount Raised: $2 billion
  • Key Investors: NVIDIA, Lightspeed, Sequoia, Eric Schmidt
  • Date Closed: October 9, 2025
  • Reference: Reuters

FurtherAI

  • Amount Raised: $25 million (Series A)
  • Key Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator
  • Date Closed: October 7, 2025
  • Reference: TechFundingNews

EvenUp

  • Amount Raised: $150 million (Series E)
  • Key Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Date Closed: October 7, 2025
  • Reference: Crunchbase News

Filigran

  • Amount Raised: $58 million (Series C)
  • Key Investors: Eurazeo Growth, Deutsche Telekom’s T.Capital, Accel, Insight Partners
  • Date Closed: October 6, 2025
  • Reference: TheSaaSNews

Unconventional Inc.

  • Amount Raised: $1 billion
  • Key Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, Lux Capital
  • Date Closed: October 6, 2025
  • Reference: TechFundingNews

This summary provides an overview of the latest funding activities in the AI startup landscape, highlighting both current fundraising efforts and recently closed funding rounds.

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