Agentic AI startups raise $2.8B in VC funding in 2025: Prosus report
The report, in partnership with Dealroom.co, positions agentic AI as the third major wave of AI, following predictive and generative models.
Global venture capital investment in agentic AI startups reached $2.8 billion in the first half of 2025, according to a report by Prosus, in partnership with Dealroom.co.
The report titled 'The Rise of the Agentic Workforce: How Autonomous AI Agents Will Transform the Workplace' highlights how companies will soon have AI colleagues working alongside human employees at the workplace, fundamentally changing the future of work. It also positions agentic AI as the third major wave of AI, following predictive and generative models.
“The rise of agentic AI represents a foundational change in how we’ll work with AI technology in the coming years,” said Fabricio Bloisi, CEO of Prosus.
“We are past the tipping point of AI agent adoption and it is now firmly rooted in the workplace. Agentic AI companies are attracting billions of dollars of venture capital investment. At Prosus, we plan to hire the largest AI workforce in the industry this year, with AI agents working across our organisation from HR to customer support,” he added.
In the report, more than 1,500+ AI agentic startups have been mapped and categorised by application sectors, as well as platforms to build AI agents and tools to enhance their operations.
Key findings include how agentic AI has already crossed the adoption tipping point and how AI agents are expected to become digital co-workers rather than just tools.
The report says coding agents have emerged as early winners, with companies including Cursor achieving rapid product-market fit.
Venture capital interest is rising sharply, with agentic AI projected to account for 10% of all AI funding rounds in 2025—an estimated $6.7 billion. Europe is emerging as a crucial player in this segment.
Customer service and healthcare platforms are the most funded application areas, while robotic process automation and AI agent builders have outperformed within the category of ‘AI agent enablers’.
The report also anticipates a multi-agent workplace structure where people will guide teams of digital colleagues, requiring a shift in human skill sets towards strategic thinking, creativity, and the ability to work with AI systems.
Prosus is a technology investor powering the world’s leading lifestyle ecommerce brands, across Europe, India, and Latin America. Dealroom.co is a platform for startup and venture capital data and intelligence in Europe and beyond.
Edited by Swetha Kannan