Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of August. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, location of the company, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, biotech companies were excluded.
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10. Zuoyebang $150,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Education, Q&A, Web Browsers
Location: Beijing
Date of funding: 08/14
Investors: Lead – H Capital, Legend Capital, Xianghe Capital, Tiger Global Mauritius Fund, Sequoia Capital, GGV Capital
9. Qiniu $151,251,836
Round: Series E
Industry: Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Web Hosting
Location: Shanghai
Date of funding: 08/30
Investors: Lead – Alibaba, Lead – YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital)
8. SoundCloud $169,500,000
Round: Series F
Industry: Apps, Independent Music, Music
Location:
Date of funding: 08/11
Investors: Lead – Temasek Holdings, Lead – The Raine Group
7. Future Mobility $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing
Location: Shenzhen
Date of funding: 08/09
Investors: Lead – Fullshare Holdings, Lead – Suning
7. Reddit $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Content, News, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Network
Location: San Francisco
Date of funding: 08/01
Investors: Coatue Management, Ronald Conway, Alrai Capital, VentureSouq, Fidelity Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, Sam Altman, Edward Lando, Sequoia Capital, Vy Capital
7. VIPKID $200,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Education, E-Learning, Internet
Location: Beijing
Date of funding: 08/23
Investors: Lead – Sequoia Capital, Lead – Tencent Holdings, YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital), Sinovation Ventures
6. Dianrong $220,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Credit, Finance, FinTech, Internet
Location: Shanghai
Date of funding: 08/02
Investors: Lead – GIC, Simone Investment Managers, CMIG Leasing, EG Capital Advisors
5. Kabbage $250,000,000
Round: Series F
Industry: Credit, Finance, FinTech, Lending
Location: Atlanta
Date of funding: 08/03
Investors: Lead – SoftBank
4. Yiguo.com $300,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: E-Commerce, Grocery, Online Portals, Retail
Location: Changning
Date of funding: 08/03
Investors: Lead – Alibaba
3. WeWork Southeast Asia $500,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Collaboration, Coworking, Real Estate
Location: Singapore
Date of funding: 08/07
Investors:
2. Tokopedia $1,100,000,000
Round: Series F
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace, Shopping
Location: Jakarta
Date of funding: 08/17
Investors: Lead – Alibaba
1. BAIC BJEV $1,663,333,340
Round: Series B
Industry: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Transportation
Location: Beijing
Date of funding: 08/15
Investors: China Cinda Asset Management, Zhongji Investment
