fal Announces $1.65B Across Series E and F for Generative Media Inference, Led by Sequoia and Bessemer with NVIDIA
fal, which hosts inference for image, video and audio models, announced on its official X account and blog on November 3 that it raised a combined $1.65B across Series E and Series F. Sequoia Capital led the Series E, closed earlier this year, and Bessemer Venture Partners led the Series F with continued investment from NVIDIA. fal did not disclose valuation or per-round amounts; Bloomberg reported the Series F at $1.3B at a $16B valuation, double the $8B from April. fal says the money funds inference capacity, hiring, and research and platform work in 2027.
Key Takeaways
- Confirmed by fal: $1.65B combined across Series E and F, Sequoia led E, Bessemer led F, NVIDIA continued investing (fal blog)
- fal did not disclose valuation; Bloomberg reported the Series F at $1.3B at a $16B valuation and the Series E at $350M at $8B
- Per Bloomberg, CEO Burkay Gur said demand spiked so much over the summer that fal had to rate limit customers, driving the large raise
- Funds go to inference capacity, team growth and new research in 2027; fal hosts many third-party media models such as Seedance, Kling, Veo and FLUX
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