Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI (10/10/25)

By Christopher Robbins · Oct 9, 2025 Views: 3

Our Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI featured funding announcements from Feedzai, EvenUp, Cybercube, DualEntry and Empower Semiconductor

This week we continue our series on the top 5 VC-funded deals in AI.

This week's venture capital funding announcements maintained strong momentum, with three transactions in excess of the $100 million threshold.

The top reported deal, per FinSMEs, came from San Francisco-based Cybercube, which raised $180 million in growth funding from Spectrum Equity in part to "expand operations and its development efforts," according to the risk modeler's announcement. Cybercube offfers a SAAS solution to quantify cyber risk in financial terms. Our second announcement comes from another San Francisco-based company, lawtech provider EvenUp, brought in its own $150 million Series E. EvenUp is an operations platform for personal injury firms. The top five also included companies in the AI infrastructure, enterprise AI and financial crime prevention sectors.

Smaller funding raises that did not quite make our top 5 this week included announcements from the healthcare, agentic AI, and customer support spaces.

Below, we highlight the top five venture capital deals, ranked from the highest to the lowest funding amounts, showcasing the companies at the forefront of the AI revolution...

Top 5 Venture Capital Deals from Oct. 2-Oct. 8

1. CyberCube

Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: A leading cyber risk modeling and analytics company providing solutions to insurers and reinsurers for cyber risk quantification.
Funding Amount: Over $180 million
Funding Round: Growth funding from Spectrum Equity

2. EvenUp

Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: Specializes in using AI to help plaintiff law firms automate and optimize personal injury settlement processes.
Funding Amount: $150 million
Funding Round: Series E

3. Empower Semiconductor

Location: San Jose, CA
Description: Focuses on designing and manufacturing advanced power management solutions for AI processors and high-performance computing systems.
Funding Amount: Over $140 million
Funding Round: Series D

4. DualEntry

Location: New York City, NY
Description: An AI-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform built to modernize back-office workflows with intelligent automation.
Funding Amount: $90 million
Funding Round: Series A

5. Feedzai

Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Description: Offers an AI-native RiskOps platform for real-time fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML), and financial crime prevention.
Funding Amount: $75 million
Funding Round: Not specified

Make sure to check out our Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in AI right here!

Written & Researched by DWN Staff

VC Deals Synopsized by ChatGPT Research Source: FinSMEs