Jun 26, 2025

Looking at the largest US startup funding rounds from May 2025, leveraging data from CrunchBase, we’ve analyzed the most significant venture capital deals of the month. Beyond the raw funding numbers, this analysis includes detailed information about each company’s industry focus, founding team, business model, and total funding history to provide deeper context about these high-growth ventures The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including developing prominent brand placement, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Learn more about advertising to NYC Tech at scale. Round: Series C Description: Bellevue-based Statsig provides tools for A/B testing, feature management, and product analytics to help teams optimize product development. Founded by Vijaye Raji in 2021, Statsig has now raised a total of $153.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Madrona, ICONIQ Growth, Gokul Rajaram, and Dylan Field. Investors in the round: ICONIQ Growth, Madrona, Sequoia Capital Industry: Analytics, Big Data, SaaS Founders: Vijaye Raji Round: Series D Description: Redwood City-based Snorkel AI is an AI platform that accelerates data labeling by using machine learning for faster model training. Founded by Alexander Ratner, Braden Hancock, Chris Re, Henry Ehrenberg, Manas Joglekar, Paroma Varma, and Vincent Sunn Chen in 2019, Snorkel AI has now raised a total of $235.3M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, BlackRock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Walden International, and Greylock. Investors in the round: Addition, BNY, Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Prosperity7 Ventures, QBE Ventures Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Collection and Labeling, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning Founders: Alexander Ratner, Braden Hancock, Chris Re, Henry Ehrenberg, Manas Joglekar, Paroma Varma, Vincent Sunn Chen Founding year: 2019 Round: Series C Description: Palo Alto-based Owner is a technology company that provides tools for local restaurant owners to enhance sales and online presence. Founded by Adam Guild and Dean Bloembergen in 2018, Owner has now raised a total of $182.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Y Combinator, Headline, Activant Capital, GTMfund, and Alt Capital. Investors in the round: Alex Bard, Alt Capital, Andrew Steele, Brett Schulman, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Fidji Simo, Garrett Langley, Headline, Jack Altman, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Josh Reeves, Matt Maloney, Max Mullen, Meritech Capital Partners, Y Combinator Industry: CRM, Restaurants, Software Founding year: 2018 Round: Series H Description: New York-based Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Founded by Brandon Krieg, David Ronick, and Ed Robinson in 2015, Stash has now raised a total of $572.3M in total equity funding and is backed by StepStone Group, Union Square Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Coatue, and Founders Fund. Investors in the round: Goodwater Capital, Serengeti Asset Management, StepStone Group, T. Rowe Price, Union Square Ventures, University of Illinois Foundation Industry: Apps, Banking, FinTech, Mobile Apps, Personal Finance Founders: Brandon Krieg, David Ronick, Ed Robinson Founding year: 2015 Total equity funding raised: $572.3M Round: Series C Description: Palo Alto-based ClickHouse provides an open-source database system for real-time analytical reporting. Founded by Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, Alexey Milovidov, Yury Izrailevsky, and Yury Izrailevsky in 2021, ClickHouse has now raised a total of $650.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Nebius Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Index Ventures. Investors in the round: Battery Ventures, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bond, Coatue, FirstMark, Geodesic Capital, GIC, Index Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nebius Group Industry: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Database, Software Founders: Aaron Katz, Alexey Milovidov, Alexey Milovidov, Yury Izrailevsky, Yury Izrailevsky Founding year: 2021 Round: Venture Description: San Francisco-based Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that provides grammar checking, plagiarism detection, and generative text suggestions. Founded by Alex Shevchenko, Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider, and Max Lytvyn in 2009, Grammarly has now raised a total of $1.4B in total equity funding and is backed by General Catalyst, BlackRock, Spark Capital, IVP, and SignalFire. Investors in the round: General Catalyst Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Copywriting, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Virtual Assistant Founders: Alex Shevchenko, Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider, Max Lytvyn Founding year: 2009 Total equity funding raised: $1.4B The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation on a global scale. With its regional media properties, AlleyWatch serves as the highway for technology and entrepreneurship. There are a number of options to reach this audience of the world’s most innovative organizations and startups at scale including developing prominent brand placement, driving demand generation, and building thought leadership among the vast majority of key decision-makers in the New York business community and beyond. Learn more about advertising to NYC Tech at scale.