No company has capitalized on the AI revolution that is more noticeable than Nvidia. Revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have been -skyrocket from the introduction of ChatGPT more than two years ago – and the many competitive AI services launched since. And its stock price is rising.
At the time, the leading high-performance GPU manufacturer used the balloon fate to significantly increase investments in all types of startups but especially at AI startups.
The giant chip boarded its venture capital activity in 2024, participating in 49 funding funds for AI companies, a sharp increase from 34 in 2023, according to pitchbook data. This is a dramatic investment progress compared to the last four years combined, in which Nvidia has only funded 38 deals in AI. Note that these investments do not include those made by formal corporate VC funds, nventures, which has also significantly been investing its investment over the last two years. (Pitchbook said the Nventures are engaged in 24 deals in 2024, compared to only 2 in 2022.)
In 2025, Nvidia had already participated in seven twists.
Nvidia is stated That the purpose of its corporate investment is to expand the AI ecosystem by supporting the startups that it considers “game changers and market makers.”
Below is a list of startups that have raised twisted exceeding $ 100 million in which Nvidia has been a named participant since 2023, with new -back -backs to 2025, fixed from the highest value to the lowest raised to rotate.
The billion-dollar-round club
Openai: Nvidia supported ChatGPT manufacturer for the first time in October, reported writing a $ 100 million checks Towards a large $ 6.6 billion to appreciate the company at $ 157 billion. Chipmaker's investment was dwarfed by Openai's other supporters, especially Thrive, which according to the New York Times invested $ 1.3 billion.
Xai: Nvidia joins the $ 6 billion of Elon Musk's Xai. Deal announced that not all Openai investors followed its request to prevent the backbone of any of its direct competitors. After investing in ChatGPT maker in October, Nvidia joined Xai's cap table Months.
Inflection: One of Nvidia's first significant investments is also one of the unusual outcomes. In June 2023, Nvidia was one of many lead investors in Inflection's $ 1.3 billion Round, a company founded by Mustafa Suleyman, who had previously established Deepmind. Less than a year later, Microsoft hired AI founders, pays $ 620 million For a non-exclusive technology license, the company left with significantly reduced labor and a less defined future.
Wayve: In May, Nvidia participated in a $ 1.05 billion round For the UK-based start-up, which generates a self-study system for autonomic driving. The company is trying its vehicles in the UK and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Scale ai: In May 2024, Nvidia joined Accel and other giant tech Amazon and Meta to invest $ 1 billion In Scale AI, which provides data labeling services to companies for training AI models. The cycle appreciates the San Francisco-based company of nearly $ 14 billion.
The many hundreds of-million-of-dollar clubs
Crusoe: A Startup Building Data Center Reported To rent to Oracle, Microsoft, and Openai Raised $ 686 million In late November, according to a sec. The investment is led by the Founders Fund, and the long list of other investors includes Nvidia.
Figure Ai: In February 2024, AI robotics startup figure is raised A $ 675 million Series B from Nvidia, Openai Startup Fund, Microsoft, and more. The company appreciates the company for $ 2.6 billion.
MISTRALI AI: Nvidia invested in Mistral a second time when the French -based Language developer raised $ 640 million series B to A $ 6 billion appreciation In June.
Lambda: AI Cloud Provider Lambda, who provides services for model training, raised a $ 480 million series D in a reported $ 2.5 billion appreciation In February. The cycle was led by SGW and Andra Capital Lambda, and accompanied by Nvidia, Ark Invest and others. A significant portion of the Lambda business involves renting servers powered by NVIDIA GPUs.
CoHere: In June, Nvidia invested in Cohere's $ 500 million spinningA large language model provider that delivers businesses. The Chipmaker first backed the startup based in Toronto in 2023.
Confusion: NVIDIA first invested in confusion in November of 2023 and participated in each subsequent revolution of the start of AI search engine, including the $ 500 million Round in December, appreciating the company for $ 9 billion, according to pitchbook data.
Poolside: In October, the Ai Coding Assistant Startup poolside announced that it raised $ 500 million Led by Bain Capital Ventures. Nvidia participated in the twist, appreciating the start of AI for $ 3 billion.
Coreweave: Nvidia invested in AI Cloud Computing Provider in April 2023, when Coreweave was raised $ 221 million In funding. Since then, Coreweave's appreciation has jumped from about $ 2 billion to $ 19 billionand the company has That -file for an IPO. Coreweave allows its customers to rent NVIDIA GPUs on a one -time basis.
Together -sama ai: In February, Nvidia participated in $ 305 million series B of this company, which offers cloud-based infrastructure for the development of AI models. The cycle that Sarotai appreciated for $ 3.3 billion, was led by Prosperity7, a Saudi Arabian venture firm, and General Catalyst. Nvidia supported the company in the first instance in 2023.
Sakka n'a: In September, Nvidia invested The Japan -based startup, which trains low AI models that use small datasets. Startup raised a massive Series of a twist of nearly $ 214 million to an appreciation of $ 1.5 billion.
IMBUE: The AI Research Lab already claims to develop AI systems that can reason and code raised a $ 200 million twists In September 2023 from investors, including the Nvidia, Astera Institute, and former cruise CEO Kyle Vogt.
Guarantee: In June, the autonomous trucking startup raised a $ 200 million series B The circle led by existing investors Uber and Khosla ventures. Other investors include Nvidia, Volvo Group Venture Capital, and Porsche Automobil Holding SE.
Deal of more than a $ 100 million
Setting labs: In December, Nvidia invested in $ 155 million spinning Of the setting of the labs, a The development of the Optical Interconnect company to improve the efficiency of AI and power. This is the third time Nvidia has backed up the start.
Kore.ai: Startup forming focused AI chatbots dedicated to business is raised $ 150 million In December of 2023. In addition to Nvidia, investors participating in the funds included FTV Capital, Vistara Growth, and Sweetwater Private Equity.
Hippocratic AI: This start, forming large language models for health care, announced in January that it has raised a $ 141 million series B In an appreciation of $ 1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins. Nvidia participated in the wake, along with the return of investors Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and others. The company says its AI solutions can handle tasks facing patients who are not diagnostic such as pre-operating procedures, remote patient monitoring, and appointment preparation.
Week: In May, Nvidia invested in a $ 140 million Round for the AI-native Weeka data management platform. The Silicon Valley Company appreciates $ 1.6 billion.
Path: In June of 2023, the runway, a startup building of the Generative AI tool for creators of multimedia content, raised the $ 141 million series c Extensions from investors, including Nvidia, Google, and Salesforce.
Bright machine: In June 2024, Nvidia participated in a $ 126 million series c of small machines, a smart robotics and start of AI -driven software.
DIRECCOM: In September 2023, Nvidia invested in Networking Chips Designer Enfabrica's $ 125 million series B. Although the startup raised another $ 115 million in November, Nvidia did not participate in the twist.
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