Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest rounds in the US during the month of May. I have included some additional information as well such as industry and investors in the round, to further the analysis. For the purposes of this analysis only equity funding rounds were considered.
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- Bark and Co $60M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Pet commerce
Investors in the Round:
Lead – August Capital, RRE Ventures, Resolute Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$75M
- Personal Capital $75M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Fintech
Investors in the Round:
Lead – IGM Financial
Total Capital raised:
$175.3M
- Viptela $75M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Network Hardware
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Redline Capital, Northgate Capital, Sequoia Capital
Total Capital raised:
$108.5M
- Hyperloop One $80M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Transporation
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Redline Capital, Northgate Capital, Sequoia Capital
Total Capital raised:
$92.6M
- Kateeva $88M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Electronics
Investors in the Round:
Cybernaut Venture Capital, Veeco Instruments, BOE, Redview Capital, New Science Ventures, Spark Capital, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, DBL Partners, Sigma Partners, Madrone Capital Partners, Shanghai GP Capital, TCL Capital
Total Capital raised:
$126M
- Fractal Analytics $100M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Analytics, Big Data
Investors in the Round:
Aimia, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Total Capital raised:
$125M
- Via $100M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Transportation
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Pitango Venture Capital, Poalim Capital Markets (PCM), Ervington Investments, Hearst Ventures, Expansion Venture Capital, 83North, C4 VenturesVenture Partners
Total Capital raised:
$137.06M
- Musical.ly $100M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Internet, Video
Investors in the Round:
Lead – GGV Capital, Lead – Qiming Venture Partners, DCM Ventures, Greylock Partners
Capital raised:
$116.6M
- Age of Learning $150M
Round: Venture
Industry:
EdTech
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Iconiq Capital
Total Capital raised:
$150M
- Clover Health $160M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Greenoaks Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, FLOODGATE, First Round, Wildcat Venture Partners, Refactor Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Arena Ventures, Social Capital, Spark Capital, Casdin Capital
Total Capital raised:
$295M
- Pivotal Software $253M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Big Data, Business Intelligence
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Ford Motor Company, VMware, EMC, General Electric (GE), Microsoft
Total Capital raised:
$358M
- Gett $300M
Round: Private Equity
Industry:
Transportation
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Volkswagen Group
Total Capital raised:
$520M
- Snapchat $1.8B
Round: Series F
Industry:
Messaging
Investors in the Round:
Glade Brook Capital Partners, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Investments, GSV Capital, General Atlantic, Coatue Management, T. Rowe Price, York Capital Management, Lone Pine Capital
Total Capital raised:
$2.63B
