Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 20 largest rounds in the US during the fourth quarter of 2016. 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 to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, biotechnology companies were excluded.
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- Oblong Industries $65M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Product Design
Investors in the Round:
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, UTIMCO, Foundry Group, Morgan Stanley, Industry Ventures, Greenspring Associates
Total Capital raised:
$148.7M
- Flexport $65M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Logistics
Investors in the Round:
Founders Fund (lead), Fabrice Grinda, FJ Labs, First Round, Joe Lonsdale, Yuri Milner, Susa Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Bloomberg Beta
Total Capital raised:
$94M
- Defy Media $70M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Media
Investors in the Round:
Wellington Management
Total Capital raised:
$70M
- Renew Financial $70M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Finance
Investors in the Round:
NGEN Partners, Prelude Ventures, LLC, Angeleno Group, LL Funds, Claremont Creek Ventures, Apollo Global Management, LLC
Total Capital raised:
$302M
- C3 IoT $70M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Machine Learning
Investors in the Round:
Thomas Siebel, InterWest Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, TPG Growth
Total Capital raised:
$110.8M
- Sauce Labs $70M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Web Development
Investors in the Round:
Centerview Capital (lead), Adams Street Partners, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Total Capital raised:
$101M
- Giphy $72M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Photo Sharing
Investors in the Round:
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (lead), GV, Glynn Capital Management, China Media Capital (CMC), IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Total Capital raised:
$150.95M
- DTI Management $70M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
Undisclosed
Total Capital raised:
$300M
- Iora Health $75M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Temasek Holdings (lead), Rice Management Company, Polaris Partners, Khosla Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners, GE Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, .406 Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$123.25M
- Royole Corporation $80M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Mobile Manufacturing
Investors in the Round:
Warmsun Holding Group
Total Capital raised:
$252M
- Carbon $81M
Round: Series C
Industry:
3D Printing
Investors in the Round:
General Electric (lead), BMW Group (lead), BMW i Ventures, Sequoia Capital, GV, JSR Corp, Nikon
Total Capital raised:
$222M
- Apttus $88M
Round: Series D
Industry:
CRM
Investors in the Round:
Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (GII) (lead), K1, Kia Motors, Iconiq Capital
Total Capital raised:
$274M
- Crossover Health $92M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Gurnet Point Capital
Total Capital raised:
$113.5M
- Kernel Co $100M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Augmented Reality
Investors in the Round:
Bryan Johnson
Total Capital raised:
$100
- Affirm $100M
Round: Series D
Industry:
FinTech
Investors in the Round:
Founders Fund (lead), Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jefferies
Total Capital raised:
$520
- JetSmarter $105M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Travel
Investors in the Round:
KZ Capital, XOJET, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Saudi Royal Family
Total Capital raised:
$157M
- Zymergen $130M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Robotics
Investors in the Round:
SoftBank (lead), Prelude Ventures, LLC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Data Collective, Tao Capital Partners, Iconiq Capital, Two Sigma Investments, Obvious Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$174M
- Postmates $140M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Food Delivery
Investors in the Round:
Founders Fund
Total Capital raised:
$278M
- Stripe $150M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Payments
CapitalG (lead), General Catalyst Partners (lead), Sequoia Capital
Total Capital raised:
$440M
- DraftKings $153M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Fantasy Sports
Investors in the Round:
Revolution
Total Capital raised:
$599.4M
- Payoneer $270M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
TCV (lead), Susquehanna Growth Equity
Total Capital raised:
$289.2
- Opendoor $210M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Real Estate
Investors in the Round:
Norwest Venture Partners – NVP (lead), New Enterprise Associates, Felicis Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, SVB Capital, Lakestar, Fifth Wall, Access Industries, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$319.95M
- WeWork $260M
Round: Series F
Industry:
Coworking
Investors in the Round:
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels
Total Capital raised:
$1.69B
- Gett $300M
Round: Undisclosed
Industry:
Transportation
Investors in the Round:
Volkswagen Group
Total Capital raised:
$522M
- Wish $500M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
Temasek Holdings
Total Capital raised:
$1.08B