Startup Funding: Q4 2025

Investors poured over $3 billion into 75 companies in Q4 2025, with a focus on AI-specific hardware for data centers. Major funding rounds included Celero Communications raising $140 million, Movandi raising $40 million, and Magics Technologies raising $4.6 million. Startups like Unconventional AI, d-Matrix, and Tachyum secured significant funding for developing energy-efficient AI hardware. Other sectors seeing funding include EDA companies like Vinci and Ricursive Intelligence, as well as equipment and manufacturing companies like Substrate and Fabric8Labs. The quarter also saw advancements in memory technologies, power management, additive manufacturing, and security.