Today I take a look at the 10 Largest Funding Rounds of the first quarter of 2017 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. To further the analysis, I have included the funding round, location and industry of the company, date of funding, and the investors participating in the round. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate financings and biotechnology fundings were excluded. The findings also only reflect venture rounds and do not include private equity or debt.
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- Proterra $140,000,000
Round: Series E
Industry: Battery, Energy Storage, Public Transportation, Renewable Energy
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 1/3/17
Investors in the round: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Constellation Technology Ventures, Constellation Ventures, VentureSouth, Obvious Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, GM ventures, 88 Green Ventures, Upstate Carolina Angel Network, Edison Energy
- Centerfield Media $156,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SEM
Location: Los Angeles
Date of Funding: 1/31/17
Investors in the round: Lead – H.I.G. Growth Partners
- Tricentis $165,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Virtualization
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 1/23/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Insight Venture Partners
- SmartSky Networks $170,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Telecommunications, Web Hosting, Wireless
Location: Charlotte
Date of Funding: 3/28/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Goldman Sachs
- letgo $175,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Location: New York City
Date of Funding: 1/17/17
Investors in the round: Mangrove Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, 14W, Eight Roads Ventures, Naspers, Accel Partners, FJ Labs
- Instacart $400,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Same Day Delivery
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 3/7/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Sequoia Capital, Whole Foods Market, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Airbnb $447,800,000
Round: Series F
Industry: Hospitality, Marketplace, Sharing Economy, Travel, Travel Accommodations
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 3/9/17
Investors in the round: Lead – TCV, Lead – CapitalG, Jeff Jordan, Alfred Lin
- SoFi $500,000,000
Round: Series F
Industry: Education, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Personal Finance, Wealth Management
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 2/24/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Silver Lake Partners, SoftBank, RSC Capital, Third Point Ventures, DCM Ventures
- Verily $800,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Data Mining, Health Care, Personal Health
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 1/26/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Temasek Holdings
- GRAIL $900,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Device
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 3/2/17
Investors in the round: Lead – ARCH Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation