 September 30, 2023  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.  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.  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.  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.  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.  Venture capitalists have poured hundreds of millions into upstarts aimed at getting livestock, pets, and even people, to consume more bug products. Crunchbase, Inc. |
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