A quick read on the week, 64 deals and $67.4B raised. The highlights, not the whole list.
Anthropic closed a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation, led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia with sovereign funds and HBM makers Micron, Samsung and SK hynix joining; widely seen as its last private round before an IPO.
According to Axios, Groq is raising $650 million in an inside round from existing investors as it shifts focus from hardware to AI inference.
Fulfillment provider Stord raised $250M at a $3B valuation to scale its anti-Amazon logistics network for e-commerce brands.
Focused Energy raises 240 million dollars from RWE, SPRIND, the EIC and others, to be invested almost entirely in the site of the former Biblis nuclear power plant.
Mercury raised a $200M Series D led by TCV at a $5.2B valuation to become the financial infrastructure layer for AI startups and obtain a US national banking license.
ESG software providers Planted and Code Gaia merge under the House of Gaia umbrella (over 630 customers), keeping both brands.
Paris-based Carbonfact acquires Berlin-based Vaayu to create a unique product-level environmental dataset in fashion.
Dutch company aizy acquires fellow Dutch firm Uptmz to create an integrated advertising platform across Google, Microsoft and Meta; terms not disclosed.