Anthropic leads a slow and slow week

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After a few first frenzied weeks with regard to major tours, this week was calmer than a library. A single cycle of more than $ 100 million was reported – when it was actually a billion dollars – while everything ended in failure. Events in Washington, DC, probably have something to do with this because many companies may have decided to postpone their information to a quieter week.

1. Anthropic$ 1 billion, artificial intelligence: Anthropic, a Chatgpt rival with his assistant Ia Claude, is would have receive a new $ 1 billion investment from the previous investor Google. In October 2023, Google invested $ 2 billion in the OPENAI rival. The new funding also arrives only a few weeks after being reported The startup was in advanced talks to raise $ 2 billion as part of an agreement led by Lightspeed Venture partners This would value it at $ 60 billion. Anthropic was last time evaluated at $ 18.5 billion in February 2024. This agreement also occurs only two months after Amazon agreed to invest an additional $ 4 billion in an AI startup. This agreement follows Amazon’s announcement in 2023 to invest until $ 4 billion in anthropogens – An agreement which gave the Titan of the electronic commerce and the Cloud based in Seattle a minority participation in the startup.

2. Marking note$ 90 million, Fintech: Highnote, based in San Francisco, a fintech startup whose platform allows companies to integrate payments by virtual and physical card in their products, ended an investment of $ 90 million in series B led by ADAMS Street Partners that would have enhances the company to $ 750 million. Although it is mainly known as a card issuer, the company creates a platform allowing companies to receive card payments. Founded in 2020, Highnote raised more than $ 145 million, according to the company.

3. Give back$ 80 million, cloud infrastructure: Render, a cloud application platform, has lifted C -series funding of $ 80 million led by Georgian. The San Francisco-based startup’s cloud platform seeks to simplify things for developers, by eliminating the need to configure the infrastructure configurations and parameters. Founded in 2018, the company has raised nearly $ 157 million, by crunchbase.

4. Buymon$ 77.5 million, marketing: It is no longer enough to have a big brand: it is also necessary to maintain relationships with influential creators. This is where Shopmy, based in New York. This week, the startup – which helps creators to manage product recommendations and possibly to establish relations with major brands – has raised a B series of $ 77.5 million led by Capital Ventures bath And Bessemer Venture Partners. Founded in 2020, the company has raised $ 97 million, by crunchbase.

5. Fundraising$ 70 million, non -profit: Even fundraising is launching in AI. Fundraise UP, based in Brooklyn, a fundraising platform for non -profit organizations around the world, has raised a financing cycle of $ 70 million led by Summit partners. The startup uses AI in its platform to increase donations in various ways, in particular by adapting the suggestions of donations to individual donors. Founded in 2017, the company has lifted $ 82 million, by crunchbase.

6. Clutch$ 65 million, Fintech: CLUTCH, based in San Francisco, a fintech which is associated with credit cooperatives to improve their offers, produced a 65 million dollars series led by Alkéon Capital Management. Founded in 2020, the company raised $ 106 million, by crunchbase.

7. Health eleos$ 60, mental health: Eleos, based in Boston, a startup using artificial intelligence to contribute to behavioral health, has raised a C series of $ 60 million led by Greenfield partners. Founded in 2019, Eleos claims to have raised more than $ 120 million.

8. Health Lindus$ 55 million, biotechnology: Lindus Health, based in New York, which helps its customers conduct clinical trials faster, has blocked a 55 million dollars B series led by a new investor. Capital Balonton. Founded in 2021, the company has raised nearly $ 80 million, by crunchbase.

9. Rhino.a$ 50 million, artificial intelligence: Rhino.ai, based in Washington, DC, a development platform based on AI which allows the design of corporate applications, has raised a series A of $ 50 million led by Koch rupture technologies. Founded in 2023, this is the first announced round of the company, by crunchbase.

10. Financial method$ 42 million, Fintech: Method, based in Austin, Texas, a financial connectivity API for data and payments on consumer responsibility, has locked a B series of $ 42 million directed by Capital Emergence. Founded in 2021, the company has raised nearly $ 61 million, by crunchbase.

Big global affairs

The increase in anthropic was by far the most important of the week. The second largest came from Europe.

• Sweden -based Neko HealthA health technology startup, blocked a B series of $ 260 million.

Methodology

We followed in the crunchbase database the biggest cycles announced which were raised by companies based in the United States over the seven-day period from January 18 to 24. Although most of the cycles announced are represented in the database, there could be a slight gap in time. Because some rounds are reported at the end of the week.

Illustration: Dom Guzmán