Armed with some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we’ve broken down the 10 largest Series C+ rounds of all time in NYC. I have included some additional information as well, such as year of funding, industry, investors in the round, and current status of the company, to further the analysis. In order to maintain a focus on conventional tech startups, pharmaceutical and biotech companies were removed from the data.
Quick Findings:
9/10 of the 10 largest late stage rounds in NYC history were raised after 2011 TWEET THIS
4 out of 10 of the largest late stage financing rounds for startups in NYC were in ecommerce TWEET THIS
4 out of the 10 largest late stage rounds in NYC were in advertising TWEET THIS
Only 1 out of the 10 companies that raised the largest late stage rounds in NYC has exited TWEET THIS
6 out of 10 of the largest late stage rounds in NYC included “non-traditional” venture investors TWEET THIS
2 companies in NYC have raised 4 out of the 10 largest late stage rounds in NYC history. One is thriving and the other is rumored to be dying TWEET THIS
Andreessen Horowitz has participated in 4 out of the 10 largest late stage rounds in NYC; more than any other firm TWEET THIS
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10. Datran Media $60M Series F (2005)
Industry:
Advertising
Investors in the Round:
VantagePoint Capital Partners
Total Venture Capital raised:
$69.5M
Current status:
Merged with ContextWeb to form Pulsepoint in 2011.
10. AppNexus $60M Series E (2014)
Industry:
Advertising
Investors in the Round:
“large, Boston-based public equity and asset management firm.”
Total Venture Capital raised:
$200.5M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
10. Warby Parker $60M Series C (2013)
Industry:
E-Commerce
Investors in the Round:
BoxGroup
Spark Capital
General Catalyst Partners
First Round
Thrive Capital
Tiger Global Management
Total Venture Capital raised:
$115.5M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
9. Quirky $68M Series C (2012)
Industry:
Crowdsourcing
Investors in the Round:
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Andreessen Horowitz
Spark Capital
General Catalyst Partners
First Round
Thrive Capital
Tiger Global Management
Total Venture Capital raised:
$175.3M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
8. MediaMath $73.5M Series C (2014)
Industry:
Advertising
Investors in the Round:
Spring Lake Equity Partners
Total Venture Capital raised:
$195M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
7. AppNexus $75M Series D (2013)
Industry:
Advertising
Investors in the Round:
Technology Crossover Ventures
Venrock
Tribeca Venture Partners
Total Venture Capital raised:
$200.5M
Current status:
The company is operational and private. The company just closed a $60M Series E round.
7. ZocDoc $75M Series C (2011)
Industry:
Healthcare
Investors in the Round:
Digital Sky Technologies
Goldman Sachs
Total Venture Capital raised:
$97.9M
Current status:
According to Forbes, ZocDoc is actively raising its next around (rumored to be around ~$150M) at a $1.6B valuation.
6. Quirky $79M Series D (2013)
Industry:
Crowdsourcing
Investors in the Round:
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
RRE Ventures
General Electric
Norwest Venture Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Total Venture Capital raised:
$175.3M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
5. Tumblr $85M Series E (2011)
Industry:
Web
Investors in the Round:
CrunchFund
Union Square Ventures
Spark Capital
Insight Venture Partners
Greylock Partners
Sequoia Capital
DFJ Growth
The Chernin Group
Total Venture Capital raised:
$125.3M
Current status:
Acquired by Yahoo in 2013 for $1.1B
4. Fab $120M Series C (2012)
Industry:
E-commerce
Investors in the Round:
First Round
Baroda Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
Atomico
Pinnacle Ventures
RTP Ventures
Mayfield Fund
DoCoMo Capital
Menlo Venture
Phenomen Ventures
VTB Capital Investment Management
Total Venture Capital raised:
$336.3M
Current status:
The company is operational and private; for now.
3. Gilt Groupe $138M Series E (2011)
Industry:
E-commerce
Investors in the Round:
SoftBank Capital
General Atlantic
Goldman Sachs
New Enterprise Associates
DFJ Growth
Pinnacle Ventures
TriplePoint Capital
Eastward Capital Partners
Matrix Partners
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
Total Venture Capital raised:
$236M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
2. Mongo DB $150M Series F (2013)
Industry:
Cloud computing
Investors in the Round:
Salesforce
Fidelity Investments
T. Rowe Price
Altimeter Capital
Intel Capital
New Enterprise Associates
Sequoia Capital
EMC
Red Hat
Total Venture Capital raised:
$231M
Current status:
The company is operational and private.
1. Fab $175M Series D (2013)
Industry:
E-commerce
Investors in the Round:
Atomico
Menlo Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
Tencent
Itochu Technology Ventures
German Startups Group
DoCoMo Capital
RTP Ventures
Pinnacle Ventures
ITOCHU Corporation
Total Venture Capital raised:
$336.3M
Current status:
The company is operational and private; for now.
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Since you made it this far, might as well round it out with the 10 Largest Seed Rounds in NYC history.
