The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 9/20/25 featuring funding details for Groq, Divergent, MarqVision, and twenty other deals representing $3.3B in new funding that you need to know about. Founded by Kevin Czinger in 2013, Divergent has now raised a total of $843.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Rochefort. Founded by Ben Dell in 2022, Chestnut Carbon has now raised a total of $450.0M in total equity funding and is backed by CPP Investments. Founded by Danny Shader in 2009, PayNearMe has now raised a total of $155.7M in total equity funding and is backed by AVP.