Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that develops multimodal models for image, video, audio, and action prediction.
Black Forest Labs has raised €286M across 2 funding rounds from 22 investors, most recently a Series B round in Dec 2025. Based in Freiburg, Germany; active in AI. Data as of 28 Oct 2026.
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Total raised
€286M
€286,000,459
Funding rounds
2
Investors
22
distinct backers
Active since
2024-08
latest 2025-12
Funding by year
EUR raised per yearBlack Forest Labs — funding by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Black Forest Labs — funding by year | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | €28M |
| 2025 | €258M |
Signals
High confidenceRaise-next likelihood63
base rate 48% for Series B
- ▲ In typical raise window
- ▲ Up-round momentum
- ▼ Low backer re-investment
Exit likelihood23
base rate 11% (2+ rounds)
- ▲ €100M+ raised
- ▼ Young (<3y)
- ▲ Recently backed by strong-exit-track investors
Timing: in window vs cohort gap · momentum up. Funding-only estimates, not predictions and not investment advice — see signals.
Funding rounds
2 rounds| Date | Stage | Amount | Investors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | Series B | €258M | a16z,Air Street Capital,Anjney Midha,Bain Capital Ventures,BroadLight Capital,Canva+9 more | View deal → |
| 2024-08-06 | Other | €28M | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z),Brendan Iribe,Garry Tan,General Catalyst,Mätch VC,Michael Ovitz+2 more | View deal → |
Investors
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