September's Biggest Rounds, And Supercharged Battery Investment

[Crunchbase News]( September 30, 2023 [1]( [The 10 Biggest Rounds Of September: Anthropic And Stack AV Lead Big Month]( There were two raises of $1 billion or more this month, and it took at least $210 million to make this list. Of course, AI played a role. [Biggest Rounds →]( [2]( [Battery VC Investment Gets Supercharged]( Overall battery-related venture investment is holding strong. Crunchbase data finds that for 2023, global funding is on track to exceed both 2022 and 2021 levels. We look at which startups are bucking the funding trend. [Battery Funding →]( [3]( [SoftBank May Slowly Be Starting To Play ‘Offense’ In AI Arms Race After Son’s Promise]( It hasn’t exactly been like going from zero to 60, but SoftBank has been making some select — sometimes huge — bets on AI, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows. [SoftBank's Gameplan →]( [4]( [5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In September: Tesla For Boats, Managing Relationships, And Learning Something New]( Vacations are over, everyone’s back in school, football’s here and we are in the full swing of fall. That means some pretty fascinating rounds may have escaped your eye — but don’t worry, we’re here to recap. [Interesting Deals →]( [5]( [Stats Show Seattle’s Startup Mojo Is Waning]( So far in 2023, Seattle-based startups have pulled in $1.1 billion in seed through growth-stage financing, per Crunchbase data. That’s a decline of 57% from the same period last year, which was itself well below the 2021 peak. [Seattle Slump →]( [6]( [Surprisingly Large Sums Have Gone Into Bug Farming Startups]( Venture capitalists have poured hundreds of millions into upstarts aimed at getting livestock, pets, and even people, to consume more bug products. [Bug Startups →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104