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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: A Busy Time For Robotics, Defense Tech And AI

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal

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It Was A Big Year For Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity startup investment for 2025 hit the highest level in three years, bolstered by big rounds for AI-focused companies in the space. Overall, investors put $18 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for companies in Crunchbase security and privacy categories last year. That’s up about 26% from 2024, with particularly pronounced growth at early stage.

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AI Impact summit signals Google’s deepening focus on scaling India’s AI startups from pilot to global impact

As India’s AI ecosystem moves from experimentation to execution, the AI Impact Summit highlights how startups are scaling real-world solutions with a growing focus on trust, infrastructure, and global readiness. With deeper engagement across models, platforms, and market access, Google’s approach reflects a broader shift in how India is positioning itself as a global proving

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Fintech Funding Jumped 27% In 2025 With Fewer Deals But Bigger Checks

Global venture funding to fintech startups climbed in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, Crunchbase data shows. Total global funding to VC-backed financial technology startups totaled $51.8 billion for the year, per Crunchbase data. That’s a fairly significant – 27% – increase from 2024’s total of $40.8 billion raised.

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Ola Electric Extends 4680 Bharat Cell Platform to Indian Startups

Ola Electric has made its in-house developed 4680 Bharat Cell and battery pack platform available to third parties, spanning households to enterprises across energy, healthcare, defence, and robotics. “The 4680 Bharat Cell has been researched in India, engineered in India, and manufactured at scale in India at our Gigafactory,”  Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said on

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Google Launches Market Access Programme to Scale Indian AI startups

Google has announced a new market access initiative and two open-source AI models to support Indian startups from early-stage development to global scale at the Google AI Startups Conclave held in the national capital. Google Market Access Program aims to help Indian AI startups transition from pilot projects to long-term enterprise contracts. “Indian startups are

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Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, co-founders of Skild AI.

Robotics Startup Skild AI Lands $1.4B, Tripling Valuation To $14B In Just 7 Months

Skild AI, a robotics company building an “omni-bodied” brain to operate any robot for any task, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to over $14 billion. The fundraise comes just over seven months after Skild raised a $135 million Series B at a $4.5 billion valuation. SoftBank Group led the

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