Funded Startups in Berkeley
Berkeley's funded startup landscape, based on these 50 rounds spanning March 2024 through November 2025, divides sharply between energy and artificial inte…
Berkeley's funded startup landscape, based on these 50 rounds spanning March 2024 through November 2025, divides sharply between energy and artificial intelligence. The energy cohort includes Fervo Energy ($106M, June 2025), Terabase Energy ($130M Series C, March 2025), Deep Isolation ($33M, July 2025), AirCapture ($50M Series A, June 2025), and Capture6 ($28M Series A, March 2025), among others. On the AI side, KoBold Metals raised $492M in October 2024, Rigetti Computing closed $350M in June 2025, and Arize AI secured $70M in a Series C in February 2025.
Seed and Series A rounds dominate by deal count, with eleven Seed rounds and at least nine Series A rounds among the 50 shown. Eleven rounds list undisclosed amounts. The most recent deal in this snapshot is PowerUp Energy Technologies' $12M Series A from November 2025.
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What are the largest disclosed funding rounds among Berkeley startups in this dataset?
KoBold Metals leads with $492M (Series Unknown, October 2024), followed by Rigetti Computing at $350M (Series Unknown, June 2025) and Terabase Energy at $130M Series C (March 2025). Fervo Energy ($106M, June 2025) and Arize AI ($70M Series C, February 2025) round out the top five by disclosed amount.
Which sectors see the most deal activity among Berkeley startups in this data?
Energy and AI each account for more than ten companies across the 50 rounds. The energy cluster includes Fervo Energy, Terabase Energy, Deep Isolation, Capture6, Coreshell Technologies, AirCapture, PowerUp Energy Technologies, Brimstone, Twelve, Flair, and HelicitySpace. The AI cluster spans Rigetti Computing, KoBold Metals, Arize AI, SuperAnnotate, GaiaNet, Datawizz.ai, CoreStory, SigIQ, and several others.
What round stages are most common in this Berkeley funding data?
Seed is the most frequent stage, appearing roughly eleven times, followed by Series A with at least nine rounds. Series C occurs twice — Terabase Energy ($130M) and Arize AI ($70M) — and Series B once (SuperAnnotate, $14M, July 2025). A significant number of rounds carry a Series Unknown classification, and these include two of the three largest raises in the dataset.
Which Berkeley energy startups have closed the most recent rounds?
The five most recent energy raises in this snapshot are PowerUp Energy Technologies ($12M Series A, November 2025), Brimstone (undisclosed, August 2025), Deep Isolation ($33M, July 2025), Fervo Energy ($106M, June 2025), and AirCapture ($50M Series A, June 2025). Terabase Energy ($130M Series C) and Capture6 ($28M Series A) both closed in March 2025.
Which Berkeley biotech and healthcare companies have raised notable rounds recently?
Azalea Therapeutics closed a $65M Series A in November 2025, the largest disclosed biotech or healthcare round in this dataset. SonALAsense raised $46M in December 2024, and EditPep ($8M, December 2024) closed around the same period. Voio, operating across healthcare and AI, raised a $9M Seed in November 2025.
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