Aperture AI funding rounds by month › May 2023
AI funding rounds in May 2023
Aperture Tracker recorded 107 AI funding rounds announced in May 2023, with $3.3B in disclosed capital raised (87 rounds with a disclosed amount). As of Nov 15, 2026.
Counted by announcement date. Rounds found later for this month are added to it, so these figures can change.
- Rounds announced
- 107
- Disclosed capital raised
- $3.3B across 87 rounds with a disclosed amount
- Median disclosed round
- $12M
- Largest company's share of disclosed capital
- 13.7%
- Top three companies' share of disclosed capital
- 31.9%
- AI classification
- 47 AI-native, 60 AI-enabled
| Measure | May 2023 | April 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rounds announced | 107 | 129 | −22 |
| Disclosed capital raised | $3.3B | $3.5B | −$170M |
| Rounds with a disclosed amount | 87 | 111 | −24 |
| Company | Stage | Amount | Region | Sector | Lead | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | Series C | $450M | North America | AI Models & Research | Spark Capital | May 23, 2023 | source |
| Gradiant | Series D | ~$300M | North America | Industry AI | BoltRock Holdings, Centaurus Capital (co-led) | May 17, 2023 | source |
| OpenAI | Stage not stated | $300M | North America | AI Models & Research | — | May 1, 2023 | source |
| CoreWeave | Series B | $200M | North America | AI Infrastructure | Magnetar Capital | May 31, 2023 | source |
| Lightmatter | Series C | $154M | North America | AI Hardware & Chips | — | May 31, 2023 | source |
| Eagle Eye Networks | Stage not stated | $100M | North America | Defense & Public Safety AI | — | May 17, 2023 | source |
| Zip | Series C | $100M | North America | Enterprise & Vertical AI | — | May 12, 2023 | source |
| UVeye | Series D | $100M | North America | Robotics & Physical AI | Hanaco VC | May 9, 2023 | source |
| Runway | Series D | $100M | — | AI Models & Research | — | May 5, 2023 | source |
| Mavenir | Stage not stated | $100M | North America | Industry AI | — | May 2, 2023 | source |
| Region | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 61 | 52 | $2.6B |
| Europe | 21 | 17 | $364M |
| Israel | 6 | 6 | $89M |
| China | 1 | 0 | None disclosed |
| India | 6 | 5 | $85M |
| SEA | 3 | 0 | None disclosed |
| Japan & South Korea | 1 | 0 | None disclosed |
| Rest of World | 7 | 6 | $23M |
| Stage | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 4 | $11M |
| Seed | 31 | 28 | $242M |
| Pre-A | 1 | 1 | $7.5M |
| Series A | 26 | 19 | $388M |
| Series B | 14 | 11 | $513M |
| Series C | 8 | 8 | $958M |
| Stage not stated | 18 | 12 | $600M |
| Series D | 4 | 4 | $570M |
| Sector | Rounds | With amount | Disclosed capital raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise & Vertical AI | 24 | 20 | $402M |
| Healthcare & Life Sciences | 18 | 16 | $291M |
| Industry AI | 16 | 14 | $533M |
| Fintech AI | 8 | 3 | $50M |
| Cybersecurity AI | 7 | 6 | $111M |
| Consumer & Media AI | 7 | 5 | $35M |
| Robotics & Physical AI | 6 | 6 | $414M |
| AI Developer Tools | 6 | 5 | $34M |
| AI Infrastructure | 5 | 4 | $268M |
| AI Hardware & Chips | 4 | 2 | $179M |
| AI Models & Research | 3 | 3 | $850M |
| AI Agents | 2 | 2 | $24M |
| Defense & Public Safety AI | 1 | 1 | $100M |
The full list of 107 rounds for May 2023 is in the round log. Rounds announced more than 90 days ago open with a free email sign-in.
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