Today, I take a look at the 15 largest Series C startup funding rounds in NYC history using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to dollar amount of the round, I have included industry focal point, year of funding, investors in the round, and total capital raised to further the analysis. This list only contains venture financings and does not include private equity and debt rounds.
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15. Teladoc $50.25M
Focus:
Health Care, Hospital, mHealth
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Icon Ventures, Trident Capital, FLAG Capital Management, New Capital Partners, Cardinal Partners, QuestMark Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, HLM Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates
Total Capital raised:
$172.85M
14. Fancy $53M
Focus:
E-Commerce, Shopping, Social Media
Investors in the Round:
Len Blavatnik, Will Smith, American Express
Total Capital raised:
$124.4M
13. Vroom $54M
Focus:
Automotive, Customer Service, E-Commerce, FinTech
Investors in the Round:
PICO Partners, John Elway, Robert Mylod, Jeffery Boyd, LCatterton, T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst Partners
Total Capital raised:
$218.25M
12. VTS $55M
Focus:
Commercial Real Estate, Enterprise Software, Real Estate, SaaS
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Insight Venture Partners, OpenView, Fifth Wall, Trinity Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$110.36M
12. Giphy $55M
Focus:
Internet, Photo Sharing, Search Engine
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA Ventures, RRE Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$150.95M
11. Warby Parker $60M
Focus:
E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Tiger Global Management, Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, Bullish, General Catalyst Partners, BoxGroup, First Round
Total Capital raised:
$215M
11. Kobalt $60M
Focus:
Independent Music, Marketing, Music
Investors in the Round:
Lead – GV, Michael Dell
Total Capital raised:
$116M
11. Compass $60M
Focus:
Local, Mobile, Real Estate
Investors in the Round:
Lead – IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), .406 Ventures, Founders Fund, Kenneth Chenault, Prudence Holdings, Advance Publications, Thrive Capital, Marc Benioff
Total Capital raised:
$208M
10. SeatGeek $62M
Focus:
Concerts, Search Engine, Sports, Ticketing, Vertical Search
Investors in the Round:
Lead – TCV, Sean Black, Fabrice Grinda, Mousse Partners, Jason Finger, Causeway Media Partners, Accel Partners, Jose Marin
Total Capital raised:
$102.97M
9. Quirky $68M
Focus:
Crowdsourcing, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Total Capital raised:
$175.33M
8. MediaMath $73.5M
Focus:
Advertising, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing
Investors in the Round:
Catalyst Investors, Spring Lake Equity Partners, Safeguard Scientifics, Observatory Capital
Total Capital raised:
$100M
7. Zocdoc $75M
Focus:
Dental, Health Care, Marketplace, Medical
Investors in the Round:
DST Global, Goldman Sachs
Total Capital raised:
$223M
7. IEX Group $75M
Focus:
Finance, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, Information Services, Price Comparison, Stock Exchanges
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Spark Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments, James Clark, TDF Ventures, Steve Wynn, Bain Capital Ventures, MassMutual Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$100.9M
6. Harry’s $75.6M
Focus:
E-Commerce, Fashion, Lifestyle, Price Comparison
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Wellington Management, blisce/, Bullish, Light Street Capital Management
Total Capital raised:
$287.1M
5. Via $100M
Focus:
Apps, Real Time, Software, Transportation, Travel
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Pitango Venture Capital, RiverPark Ventures, C4 Ventures, 83North, Ervington Investments, Poalim Capital Markets (PCM), Expansion Venture Capital, Hearst Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$137M
4. Fab (Acquired by PCH International) $105M
Focus:
Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle, Shopping
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Atomico, Menlo Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, First Round, RTP Ventures, Phenomen Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Baroda Ventures, Mayfield Fund
Total Capital raised:
$336.33M
3. Oscar $145M
Focus:
Health Care, Information Technology, Insurance
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Founders Fund, Wellington Management, Horizons Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Breyer Capital
Total Capital raised:
$727.5M
2. WeWork $150M
Focus:
Collaboration, Coworking, Real Estate, Social Media
Investors in the Round:
Aleph
Total Capital raised:
$3.69B
1. Flatiron Health $175M
Focus:
Cloud Computing, Health Care, Internet
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Roche, Casdin Capital, Stripes Group, Allen & Company, Baillie Gifford
Total Capital raised:
$3.13M
1. letgo $175M
Focus:
E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Investors in the Round:
New Enterprise Associates, Accel Partners, Naspers, Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, 14W, Eight Roads Ventures, FJ Labs
Total Capital raised:
$375M