The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Anduril Leads Varied Lineup Of Large Deals

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 roundup here . Defense tech unicorn Anduril Industries led the fundraising lineup in a week heavy with rounds for companies focused on applications in the physical world. Anduril’s $5 billion financing was by far the biggest. Other large rounds went to companies focused on supplying data power, robotics, space tech, biotech, and even strawberries. 1. Anduril Industries , $5B, defense tech: Defense tech unicorn Anduril Industries raised another $5 billion in funding at a $61 billion valuation — double the valuation of $30.5 billion it received less than a year ago. The Series H round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital , brings the Costa Mesa, California-based company’s total raised to date to $11.4 billion, per Crunchbase. 2. VoltaGrid , $775M, energy: Houston-based VoltaGrid, a provider of mobile natural gas generators for data centers, microgrids, and industrial applications, secured $1 billion in strategic investment from Halliburton and Blackstone . The investment includes $775 million in capital funding and a $225 million secondary purchase from existing investors. 3. Mind Robotics , $400M, robotics: Palo Alto, California-based Mind Robotics, developer of an AI-enabled industrial robotics platform, picked up $400 million in new financing led by Kleiner Perkins . The round brings total funding to date to more than $1 billion for the startup, which launched in 2025 as a spinout of Rivian . 4. Cowboy Space , $275M, space tech: Cowboy Space, a developer of rockets and satellite infrastructure to power and run AI compute in space, closed on $275 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the financing for the San Carlos, California-based startup, which was founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt . 5. Oishii , $150M, indoor farming: Oishii, operator of highly automated indoor farms for growing strawberries, raised $150 million in Series C funding led by SPARX Asset Management . Founded in 2016, the Jersey City, New Jersey-headquartered startup has raised $370 million in total funding to date. 6. Exaforce , $125M, cybersecurity: San Jose-based Exaforce, developer of an AI-native security operations platform, secured $125 million in Series B funding from backers including HarbourVest , Peak XV , Mayfield , Khosla Ventures , and Seligman Ventures . 7. Create Medicines , $122M, biotech: Create Medicines, a startup focused on in vivo immunotherapies for autoimmune diseases and cancer, closed on $122 million in Series B funding. Newpath Partners , ARCH Venture Partners , and Hatteras Venture Partners led the financing. 8. HavocAI , $100M, autonomy: Providence, Rhode Island-based HavocAI, a provider of tools for developing military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air and land, secured $100 million in Series A funding. The round brings total funding to date for the 2-year-old company to $200 million. 9. Star Catcher , $65M, space tech: Star Catcher, a startup that says it is building the first power grid in space by beaming concentrated solar energy on demand to satellites, picked up $65 million in Series A funding. B Capital , Shield Capital and Cerberus Ventures led the financing for the Jacksonville-based company, which was founded less than two years ago. 10. GridCare , $64M, data center power: GridCare, developer of technology to more efficiently provide power to AI data centers, raised $64 million in Series A funding. Sutter Hill Ventures led the financing for the Redwood City, California-based startup. Related reading: Anduril Raises Another $5B As Defense Tech Startups Shatter Funding Records Illustration: Dom Guzman