German AI startup Black Forest Labs announced a $300m Series B round on Monday, led by AMP and Salesforce, valuing the company at $3.25bn.
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December 1, 2025
German AI startup Black Forest Labs raises $300m Series B
The funding round values the image generation startup at $3.25bn
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Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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