US EditionBlack Forest Labs Announces Series B Investment to Accelerate Frontier Visual Intelligence
The $300 million Series B will accelerate development of FLUX multimodal image-generation models, with over tens of millions of downloads globally, the company said.
- Black Forest Labs said on Sunday that it raised $300M in a Series B valuing the company at $3.25 billion, according to the Dec. 01, 2025, Freiburg announcement.
- Black Forest Labs' open‑research strategy pairs foundational research with enterprise deployment to push the frontier of visual intelligence.
- The financing follows an earlier Series A and lifts total funds raised to over $450M, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Anjney Midha, and other investors, Black Forest Labs said.
- Black Forest Labs said the capital will support R&D, infrastructure, and hiring to accelerate FLUX models development, with Adobe, Canva, Deutsche Telekom, and Meta integrating FLUX into workflows.
- Since its August 2024 launch, FLUX.2 supports up to 10 reference images and 4K resolution, driving tens of millions of downloads and rapid adoption across platforms.
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Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation
The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.
Black Forest Labs Secures $300 Million Funding at $3.25 Billion Valuation
New Funding Round Boosts the German AI Lab’s MomentumGerman AI startup Black Forest Labs announced on Monday that it has raised $300 million in a Series B round, bringing the company’s valuation to $3.25 billion. The raise marks another rapid milestone for the firm, which launched in August 2024 and has since become a prominent developer of foundation image-generation models. Major Investors Join the RoundThe round was co-led by Salesforce Ventu…
Open-source image generator startup Black Forest Labs raises $300M
Black Forest Labs Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence models optimized for image generation tasks, has raised $300 million in funding. Salesforce Ventures and prominent venture capitalist Anjney Midha co-led the Series B round. They were joined by Nvidia Corp., Canva Pty, Figma Ventures, Temasek and over a half dozen venture capital firms. Black […] The post Open-source image generator startup Black Forest Labs raises $300M app…
The AI start-up from Freiburg has completed a new financing round: The creators of the Bild-KI "Flux 2" collect 300 million dollars. Among the investors are well-known namesThe Freiburg-based AI start-up Black Forest Labs (BFL) has completed a new financing round: 300 million dollars fresh money is to come, according to media reports, among others from Salesforce and investors Andreessen Horowitz and AMP. Some large BFL customers, such as Teleko…
The announcement of the raising of 300 million dollars by Black Forest Labs is a very positive signal for the European ecosystem. For the first time since Stable Diffusion, an actor based in Europe claims the ambition to build an image generation infrastructure capable of competing with the American models. With a valuation of 3.25 billion euros, it is possible to create its visual AI champion. The Black Forest Labs effect appeared first on FW.M…
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