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 such as industry, round type, location of the startup, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate and biotech companies were excluded.
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- Convene $68,000,000
Round: Series C
Location: New York
Industry/Focus: Enterprise Software, Events, Information Technology, Meeting Software
Date Funded: 5/1
Investors in the round: Lead – ArrowMark Partners, Lead – Conversion Ventures LLC, The Durst Organization, Elysium Capital Management
- WuXi NextCODE $75,000,000
Round: Series B
Location: Cambridge
Industry/Focus: Big Data, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
Date Funded: 5/2
Investors in the round: Lead – Temasek Holdings, Lead – YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital), Amgen Ventures, 3W Partners
- Kobalt $75,000,000
Round: Series D
Location: New York
Industry/Focus: Independent Music, Marketing, Music
Date Funded: 5/7
Investors in the round: Lead – Hearst Entertainment, Balderton Capital, MSD Capital
- Outset Medical $76,500,000
Round: Series C
Location: San Jose
Industry/Focus: Health Diagnostics, Medical, Medical Device
Date Funded: 5/3
Investors in the round: Lead – T. Rowe Price, Partner Fund Management, Perceptive Advisors, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Warburg Pincus, The Vertical Group
- Pocket Gems $90,000,000
Round: Series B
Location: San Francisco
Industry/Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Virtualization
Date Funded: 5/11
Investors in the round: Lead – Tencent Holdings
- CrowdStrike $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Location: Irvine
Industry/Focus: Cyber Security, Network Security, Security
Date Funded: 5/17
Investors in the round: Lead – Accel Partners, CapitalG, March Capital Partners, Warburg Pincus, Telstra
- Grammarly $110,000,000
Round: Venture
Location: San Francisco
Industry/Focus: Apps, Blogging Platforms, EdTech, Education, Language Learning
Date Funded: 5/8
Investors in the round: Lead – General Catalyst, Breyer Capital, Spark Capital, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), SignalFire
- Clover Health $130,000,000
Round: Series D
Location: San Francisco
Industry/Focus: Health Care, Health Insurance, Hospital
Date Funded: 5/10
Investors in the round: Lead – Greenoaks Capital, Refactor Capital, GV, Expanding Capital, Nexus Venture Partners
- Radiology Partners $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Location: Manhattan Beach
Industry/Focus: Health Care
Date Funded: 5/3
Investors in the round: Lead – Future Fund, Lead – New Enterprise Associates
- Peloton $325,000,000
Round: Series E
Location: New York
Industry/Focus: Cycling, Fitness, Video Streaming
Date Funded: 5/24
Investors in the round: Lead – Fidelity Investments, Lead – True Ventures, Lead – Wellington Management, Lead – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, QuestMark Partners, GGV Capital, Balyasny Asset Management, Comcast NBC Universal
- Outcome Health $500,000,000
Round: Series A
Location: Chicago
Industry/Focus: Advertising Platforms, Broadcasting, Content, Digital Media, Health Care, Information Technology, Publishing
Date Funded: 5/31
Investors in the round: Lead – Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, CapitalG
