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Rounds and acquisitions we have covered, with the amount, valuation and lead investors as reported.

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181 deals

Company	Deal	Amount	Valuation	Led by / buyer	Our coverage
BioCatch	Acquired	$2.4 billion	—	Visa	Cybersecurity Startups Raise $6.8 Billion in Q3 as Round Counts Fall at Every StageOct 15
Zluri	Acquired	Undisclosed	—	Infotech	Infotech Buys Zluri, the Bengaluru Startup That Raised $32 Million, at an Undisclosed PriceOct 14
Scimplify	Strategic round	$25 million	—	Hitachi Ventures	Scimplify Takes $25 Million From Hitachi Ventures and Two CustomersOct 14
Parallel Loop	Seed	$6.6 million	—	3one4 Capital	Parallel Loop Raises $6.6 Million Seed Four Months After FoundingOct 14
CMR Surgical	Preferred equity with buyout option	$400 million	—	Stryker	Stryker Puts $400 Million Into CMR Surgical for a Buyout Option and U.S. Sales Rights, Price UndisclosedOct 13
Medical Microinstruments	Series D	$125 million	—	BioStar Capital	MMI Raises $125 Million for Its Symani Microsurgery Robot, With About 50 Systems InstalledOct 12
Hone	Seed	$60 million	$285 million	Benchmark, Index Ventures	Hone Raises $60 Million at $285 Million Five Months In, and One of Two Named Customers Is Its Own Investor's CompanyOct 12
Parallel Systems	Series C	$100 million	—	AVP	Parallel Systems Raises $100 Million Series C for Driverless Freight RailOct 11
Varda Space Industries	Series D	$251 million	$1.6 billion	Lux Capital, Natural Capital	Varda Raises $251 Million Series D After Flying Six Capsules in Three YearsOct 10
Oratomic	Series B	$475 million	$5.4 billion	ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Bezos Expeditions	Oratomic Raises $475 Million Three Months After Its $300 Million Series AOct 10
SafeWorld	Seed	$12.2 million	—	Shine Capital, a16z Speedrun	SafeWorld Raises $12.2 Million Seed to Crash-Test Robots in Simulation, but Its Customer Count Depends on Who You ReadOct 10 SafeWorld Raises $12.2 Million to Crash-Test Robots Before They Work Near PeopleOct 11
Manus (Butterfly Effect)	Funding	more than $500 million	—	Boyu Capital, IDG Capital	Manus Raises Over $500 Million Five Months After Beijing Ordered Meta OutOct 10
TypeSafe AI	Series A	$870 million	$7.5 billion	Andreessen Horowitz	TypeSafe AI Announces $870 Million at $7.5 Billion, Below the $10 Billion Reported in TalksOct 9 TypeSafe Raises $870 Million at $7.5 Billion 24 Days After Jev's Launch, and Its Fortune 500 Figure Has Two VersionsOct 11
Nous Research	Series B	$90 million	$1.5 billion	Robot Ventures	Nous Research Raises $90 Million, and Its $1.5 Billion Valuation Is TechCrunch's Number, Not Its OwnOct 8
Manus	Funding	more than $500 million	—	Boyu Capital, IDG Capital	Manus Parent Announces $500 Million-Plus Round, With No Valuation and a $4 Billion Report UnconfirmedOct 8
Lambda	Funding	up to $4 billion	$14.5 billion pre-money	Coatue Management, Blackstone	Lambda Seeks $4 Billion at $14.5 Billion Pre-Money, and Anthropic Is 70% of Its $50 Billion BacklogOct 8
Arena	Series B	$200 million	$3.1 billion	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures	Arena Raises $200 Million at $3.1 Billion and Sells Evaluations to the Labs It RanksOct 8 Arena Raises $200 Million at $3.1 Billion, and Its Announcement Never Says How It Earns RevenueOct 10
Waymo	Debt financing	$5 billion	—	PIMCO, Blackstone, Sixth Street	Waymo Closes Its First Debt Deal, $5 Billion at 5.25 Points Over BenchmarkOct 8
Vesta	Series B	$30 million	—	Conversion Capital	Vesta Raises $30 Million Series B With Three Customers Among Its InvestorsOct 8 Vesta Raises $30 Million Series B From Three Lenders That Already Use Its Mortgage SoftwareOct 13
Mecka AI	Series B	$60 million	—	Sequoia	Mecka AI's $60 Million Series B From Sequoia Matches the Figure It Announced in JuneOct 8 Mecka AI Raises $60 Million From Sequoia, and Its $300 Million Revenue Target Is Its OwnOct 10 Mecka AI Closes a $60 Million Series B and Leaves the $500 Million Valuation UnconfirmedOct 11
Valon	Series D	$150 million	$2.3 billion	—	Valon's $2.3 Billion Valuation Is About 11 Times Contracted ARR, and Its Biggest Customer Is Also an InvestorOct 7
PTC	Acquired	$22.6 billion	$23.7 billion enterprise value	Schneider Electric	Schneider Electric Agrees to Buy PTC for $205 a Share, About 8.8 Times Revenue, With Closing Not Due Until 2027Oct 7 Schneider Pays 21 Times PTC's Estimated 2027 EBITA, and 13 Times Only If Every Savings Target Is MetOct 9
Ghost	Seed	$11 million	—	Andreessen Horowitz	Ghost Raises $11 Million for a $3,499 Screenless AI ComputerOct 6 Ghost Raises $11 Million From a16z to Sell a $3,499 Box for Running AI AgentsOct 8
Type One Energy	Series B	$200 million	—	Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Clutterbuck Capital	Type One Energy Raises $200 Million Series B for Tennessee Fusion PlantOct 6
Quartermaster	Series B	$140 million	—	Insight Partners	Quartermaster's $140 Million Is $100 Million of Series B Equity and a $40 Million Stifel LoanOct 5
PaleBlueDot AI	Series C	$200 million	$3.2 billion	ComputeCore	PaleBlueDot AI Cites $5 Billion in Signed Contracts to Support a $3.2 Billion Valuation, and Its Series B Is Reported Two WaysOct 5
RobCo	Secondary share sale	$40 million	$1 billion	Cherry Ventures, European Tech Collective	RobCo Reaches a $1 Billion Valuation on a $40 Million Employee Share Sale, With Alfie Not Due Until March 2027Oct 5
Varda	Series D	$250 million	$1.6 billion	Lux Capital, Natural Capital	Varda Raises $250 Million at $1.6 Billion on Government Payload DemandOct 4
Supabase	Funding	$150 million	—	GIC	Supabase Takes $150 Million From GIC and Buys Turso, With No Valuation GivenOct 3 Supabase Raises $150 Million and Buys Turso, With No Valuation, No Price and an Employee Share Left UnquantifiedOct 9 Supabase Raises $150 Million and Buys Turso Four Months After a $10 Billion RoundOct 12
FieldAI	Funding	$700 million	$10 billion	—	FieldAI Signs Term Sheet for $700 Million at $10 Billion, 74 Times Its Reported ContractsOct 3 FieldAI Has a Term Sheet at $10 Billion, Not a Closed RoundOct 12
Inferize	Acquired	Undisclosed; CTech estimate $100-150 million	—	Nebius	Nebius Buys 17-Person Inferize; CTech Estimates $100 Million to $150 MillionOct 2
Jeeves	Funding	$110 million	—	CoinFund	Jeeves Raises $110 Million Led by CoinFund and Leaves the Valuation OutOct 2
Flow Engineering	Series B	$50 million	$750 million	Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management	Flow Engineering Raises $50 Million at $750 Million With Revenue UndisclosedOct 2
Armadin	Series B	$255.5 million	more than $2.5 billion	Andreessen Horowitz, Accel	Armadin Raises $255.5 Million at $2.5 Billion With No Revenue DisclosedOct 1 Armadin Raises $255.5 Million Seven Months After Stealth, and Its Biggest Customer Claim Is UnverifiedOct 7
Destro AI	Seed	$8 million	—	Base10 Partners, Bonfire Ventures	Destro AI Raises $8 Million Seed, Citing One Named Customer and a 26-Robot DeploymentOct 1
ElevenLabs	Employee tender offer	$300 million	$22 billion	Wellington, T. Rowe Price	ElevenLabs Hits $22 Billion on a $300 Million Tender, Which Puts No New Cash in the CompanySep 30
Efficient Computer	Series B	$97 million	$650 million	TQ Ventures	Efficient Computer Raises $97 Million at $650 Million, but Its Data-Center Efficiency Claim Is UntestedSep 30
General Intuition	Funding	$220 million	$6.2 billion	Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Seven Seven Six, Point72, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst	General Intuition Raises $220 Million at 2.7 Times June's ValuationSep 30 General Intuition Raises $220 Million at $6.2 Billion on Game Clips and One DemoOct 12
EliseAI	Funding	$350 million	$4 billion	Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners	EliseAI Raises $350 Million at 20 Times Revenue Run RateSep 30 EliseAI's $4 Billion Valuation Is 20 Times Its $200 Million in Recurring RevenueOct 5 EliseAI Raises $350 Million at $4 Billion, Doubling Its 2025 PriceOct 6
SiMa.ai	Series C	$150 million	$1.45 billion	Fidelity Management & Research Company, Amplify	SiMa.ai Raises $150 Million at $1.45 Billion, a 51% Step-Up From Its 2025 RoundSep 29
Instinct	Series C	$1 billion	$10 billion	Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Coatue	Instinct Raises $1 Billion at $10 Billion, Four Times Its Price From 33 Days EarlierSep 29 Instinct Raised $1 Billion at a $10 Billion Valuation, Four Times Its Last Mark From a Month EarlierOct 5 Instinct Raises $1 Billion at $10 Billion, 5 Weeks After a $2.5 Billion MarkOct 7 Instinct Hits a $10 Billion Valuation 33 Days After Its $2.5 Billion RoundOct 12
World Labs	Acquired	$8.2 billion	—	AMD	AMD Agrees to Buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion in StockSep 28 AMD Pays $8.2 Billion for World Labs, 64% Above Its February Post-Money ValuationSep 30 AMD's $8.2 Billion World Labs Deal Fixes the Dollar Price, Not the Share CountOct 2 AMD's $8.2 Billion World Labs Deal Is Paid in a Floating Number of Shares, About 12.9 Million at Friday's PriceOct 5
Rainmaker	Series B	$100 million	—	NOA VC, Upfront Ventures, DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital, Dream Ventures	Rainmaker Raises $100 Million to Scale Drone Cloud SeedingSep 28
Pimento	Acquired	reported as €3.8 million to €12.7 million, unconfirmed	—	Mistral AI	Mistral Buys Pimento, but Won't Confirm the PriceSep 28 Mistral's Pimento Deal Is Priced at €3.8 Million or €12.7 Million, Depending on Who You ReadOct 3
Micro1	Funding	$100 million+	$4 billion	—	Micro1 Reportedly Raises $100 Million at $4 Billion ValuationSep 28
Island	Series F	$400 million	$6.4 billion	Evolution Equity Partners	Island Raises $400 Million at $6.4 Billion ValuationSep 28
NIO Power	Acquired	$94.8 million cash plus Yiyi Internet Technology	$2.4 billion (RMB 16 billion)	Geely	Geely Buys 30% of NIO's Battery-Swap Business for $2.4 BillionSep 28
Feather Robotics	Pre-seed	$7.6 million	$60 million valuation cap	Gradient Ventures	Feather Robotics Prices Its Modular Humanoid at $29,990Sep 28 Feather Raises $7.6 Million to Sell a Humanoid at $29,990Sep 29 Feather Robotics Raises $7.6 Million Pre-Seed and Prices Its Robot at $29,990Oct 1
Hubble Network	Series C	$200 million	$1.6 billion	Smith Point Capital	Hubble Network Raises $200M, Opens Satellite Bluetooth to EveryoneSep 27 Hubble Network Raises $200 Million at $1.6 Billion With Six Satellites in OrbitOct 1
Precision Neuroscience	Series D	$250 million	just over $1 billion	Pershing Square, Ackman Oxman Institute	Precision Neuroscience Raises $250M, Tops $1 Billion ValuationSep 27

Amounts and valuations are shown in the currency and wording each company reported, not converted. A dash means it was not disclosed.