We’re launching the Anthology ... groundbreaking AI applications. The Fund is a $100 million initiative financed by Menlo to support startups innovating broadly with Anthropic technology....

September 8, 2025 - We’re thrilled to launch the Anthology Fund, a groundbreaking $100 million initiative created through a partnership between Menlo Ventures and Anthropic. We created this fund to fuel the next generation of AI startups through the powerful ...

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February 24, 2025 - Feb 24 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic is seeking $3.5 billion in a funding round that would value it at $61.5 billion, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

January 8, 2025 - The San Francisco artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic is in talks to raise a new round of funding that could value the company at $60 billion, up from about $16 billion less than a year ago, according to two people with knowledge of the ...

September 10, 2025 - Anthropic has now raised $33.7 billion since its inception in 2021, per Crunchbase. Its funding also illustrates the extent to which venture investment has increasingly concentrated into larger rounds for already well-capitalized startups.

With this foundation, Anthropic is focused on developing AI systems that can serve as true collaborators, working alongside teams to tackle complex projects, synthesize information across fields, and help organizations achieve outsized impact. Businesses across industries—from fast-growing startups like Cursor and Codeium to global corporations like Zoom, Snowflake and Pfizer—are turning to Claude to transform their operations.

July 19, 2024 - Anthropic, one of the fastest-growing artificial intelligence companies in the world, launched on Wednesday a $100 million startup fund in partnership with investor Menlo Ventures to “fuel the next generation of AI startups.” Startups can ...

1 week ago - Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a Series E funding round in March 2025, achieving a post-money valuation of $61.5 billion, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from several major investors.

March 3, 2025 - Led by the venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, the new round will pump an additional $3.5 billion into the company. Since its founding in 2021, Anthropic has raised more than $14.8 billion from venture firms like Menlo Ventures ...

July 23, 2024 - Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI developer behind Claude, is partnering with Menlo Ventures to launch a $100 million fund to invest in AI startups.

September 2, 2025 - Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence start-up, said on Tuesday that it had completed a new funding round that valued it at $183 billion, up nearly three times from about $61.5 billion six months ago.

The new Anthology Fund for AI startups debuted on Wednesday as a joint initiative between Anthropic and venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.

July 17, 2024 - Anthropic and one of its biggest investors are taking a page from Apple's playbook. The artificial intelligence startup and Menlo Ventures are launching a $100 million fund on Wednesday to back early-stage startups, and get them using the AI ...

December 18, 2024 - Just five months after announcing a new $100 million fund called Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups.

September 2, 2025 - Anthropic on Tuesday announced it has closed a $13 billion funding round at a $183 billion post-money valuation, roughly triple what the artificial intelligence startup was worth as of its last raise in March.

January 8, 2025 - Jan 7 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic is near a deal to raise an additional $2 billion at a price that values the company at $60 billion, sources said, months after its $4 billion funding from Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab.

September 2, 2025 - The "investment will expand our capacity to meet growing enterprise demand, deepen our safety research, and support international expansion as we continue building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems," Anthropic said in a blog post. The startup, backed by Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab and Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab, has distinguished its work, in part, by building AI models that excel at coding.

September 2, 2025 - This latest fundraise comes after reports that Anthropic was nearing a deal to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in funding at a $170 billion valuation. It also follows impressive growth from the AI startup, which reported a jump in annual ...

We consider multiple factors when ... of the fund’s AI investment strategy, and existing Claude adoption and integration among portfolio companies. Anthropic reserves the right to modify these criteria or reject any application without providing specific reasons for such determination. Anthropic works with venture capital firms and startup accelerators ...