Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 11 largest rounds in the US during the month of August. 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.
THE 11 LARGEST ROUNDS IN THE US IN AUGUST 2017
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- Appboy $50,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Analytics, Apps, Marketing Automation, Mobile, Software
Location: New York City
Date of funding: 08/09
Investors: Lead – ICONIQ Capital, InVision
- TrackR $50,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Android, Developer Tools, Insurance, Internet of Things, iOS, Mobile
Location: Santa Barbara
Date of funding: 08/02
Investors: Lead – Revolution, The Glenmede Trust Company, NA, Bespoke Strategies, Amazon Alexa Fund, Foundry Group, DoCoMo Capital
- Karius $50,000,000
Round: Series A
Industry: Information Technology
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/05
Investors: Lead – Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lead – Data Collective, Spectrum 28, Khosla Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Tencent Holdings
- TuneIn $50,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Internet Radio, Mobile, Music, News
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/11
Investors: Lead – IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Lead – Comcast Ventures, Lead – Marker, General Catalyst, Causeway Media Partners, Expanding Capital, Sequoia Capital
- Establishment Labs $55,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Location: New York City
Date of funding: 08/28
Investors: Lead – Madryn Asset Management
- ThoughtSpot $60,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/17
Investors: Lead – Lightspeed Venture Partners, Capital One Growth Ventures
- Rubicon Global $75,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Cloud Computing, Information Technology, Sustainability, Waste Management
Location: Atlanta
Date of funding: 08/29
- Impossible Foods $75,000,000
Round: Series E
Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Nutrition
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/01
Investors: Lead – Temasek Holdings, Khosla Ventures, Horizon Ventures, Bill Gates
- Druva $80,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Cloud Data Services, Compliance, Data Storage, Enterprise Software
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/22
Investors: Lead – Riverwood Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital
- Homology Medicines $83,500,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Alternative Medicine, Genetics, Health Care
Location: Boston
Date of funding: 08/01
Investors: Lead – Deerfield, Novartis, 5AM Ventures, Vida Ventures, Maverick Ventures Israel, ARCH Venture Partners, Vivo Capital, Fidelity Management and Research Company, HBM Healthcare Investments AG, Rock Springs Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, Temasek Holdings
- Coinbase $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, E-Commerce, FinTech, Personal Finance
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/10
Investors: Lead – IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Spark Capital, Section 32, Battery Ventures, Draper Associates, Greylock Partners
- Blend $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Enterprise, Financial Services, FinTech, Home Services
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/24
Investors: Lead – Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nyca Partners, Emergence Capital Partners
- Bread $126,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Consumer Lending, Financial Services, FinTech
Location: New York City
Date of funding: 08/02
Investors: Lead – Menlo Ventures, Victory Park Capital, Cue Ball, BoxGroup, Greycroft Partners, Colle Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, RRE Ventures
- Databricks $140,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Analytics, Enterprise Software, Open Source
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of funding: 08/22
Investors: Lead – Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Battery Ventures, Green Bay Ventures
- Reddit $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Content, News, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Network
Location: SF Bay Area
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
- Kabbage $250,000,000
Round: Series F
Industry: Credit, Finance, FinTech, Lending
Location: Atlanta
Date of funding: 08/03
Investors: Lead – SoftBank
