VC Oasis Rankings — September 2025

The hottest deals, founders, and firms from the latest funding cycle

Rising

Market Leader

Top Performer

Top VC Firms

Leading investment powerhouses

$14.4B

Fund Size

Veritas Capital

Closed a record $14.4B fund, its largest ever, targeting tech and government-linked sectors

Key Highlights

Fund IX beat $13B target

Focus on defense, aerospace, healthcare, energy infra

Major credibility boost from Guidehouse sale

$1B+

Assets Under Management

1789 Capital

Crossed $1B in assets, rising fast on politically-aligned investment themes

Key Highlights

Now over $1B AUM

Backed by high-profile figures

Focus on AI, biotech, defense intersecting policy

$20M+

Fund Raise

AJVC

Raised ₹165 crore ($20M+), beating its ₹100 crore maiden fund target

Key Highlights

Surpassed target by ~65%

Focus on India early-stage AI & enterprise

Led by Aviral Bhatnagar

$1B

AI Fund

Cathay Innovation

Launched a $1B AI-focused global fund, its largest yet

Key Highlights

Third flagship fund

Focus on AI in health, fintech, mobility

Global mandate

~$1B

Mega Deal

Sequoia & Lightspeed

Backers in Reflection AI's ~$1B mega-raise, reinforcing their AI dominance

Key Highlights

Mega AI deal momentum

Leading late-stage AI syndicates

Strong global presence

Top Founders

Visionary leaders driving change

$48M

Series Raise

Koi Co-Founders

Amit Assaraf, Idan Dardikman, Itay Kruk secured $48M to scale ARR and enterprise adoption in cybersecurity

Key Highlights

$1M ARR milestone

40+ employees and growing

Fortune 50/500 customers onboard

$40M

Internal Investment

Keith Rabois & Eric Wu (Opendoor)

Returned to board, invested $40M internally, stock surged 69%

Key Highlights

$40M insider investment

Leadership reshuffle

Stock up 69% this week

$6M

Expansion Funding

André Miranda & Xavier Jameson (Musiversal)

Raised $6M to expand collaborative music sessions into the U.S.

Key Highlights

Expansion into U.S.

Adding co-writing & production

Creator economy momentum

Undisclosed

Comeback Investment

Adam Neumann (Flow)

Backed by a16z despite WeWork past, reigniting hype in real estate

Key Highlights

a16z investment

Real estate + community branding

High-risk, high-reward comeback

$2.2M

Stealth Exit

Aurva Founders (Aurva)

Exited stealth with $2.2M for AI observability and security

Key Highlights

Nexus Venture Partners backing

AI observability + data security

Early traction in enterprise markets

Top Startups

Game-changing companies

$3B

Valuation

Replit

Raised $250M at a $3B valuation; launched new AI coding agent

Key Highlights

ARR jumped from $2.8M → $150M in <1 year

Agent 3: autonomous coding AI

Backers: Google, Prysm, Amex, a16z, Coatue

$13.8B

Valuation

Mistral AI

Raised nearly $2B; Europe's most valuable AI startup at $13.8B

Key Highlights

ASML strategic stake (~11%)

Open-weight LLMs

Strong R&D + infra positioning

~$350M

Recent Raise

Sierra

Conversational AI platform scaling branded enterprise agents

Key Highlights

~$350M recent raise

Enterprise adoption of branded agents

Growing traction in AI agents wave

~$150M

Series Raise

Baseten

AI infrastructure startup embedding ML into workflows

Key Highlights

Raised ~$150M

Production-grade ML tools

Expanding investor interest

~$65M

Series E

ID.me

Digital ID verification startup scaling with new funding

Key Highlights

Raised ~$65M Series E

Widely used for secure authentication

Growing role in online ID management

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Ranking Methodology

VC Firms

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Founders

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Rankings updated monthly • Last updated: September 2025