Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 15 NYC startup largest rounds during the third quarter of 2017. I have included some additional information as well such as industry, date of funding, and investors in the round, to further the analysis. For the purposes of this analysis to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, financing, real estate, and biotechnology companies were excluded.
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- Turo $92,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Car Sharing, Marketplace, Peer to Peer, Transportation
Date of Funding: 09-06
Investors in the round: Lead – Daimler, Lead – SK Holdings, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, August Capital, Trinity Ventures, GV, Shasta Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Canaan Partners, Founders Circle Capital
- Coinbase $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, E-Commerce, FinTech, Personal Finance
Date of Funding: 08-10
Investors in the round: Lead – IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Battery Ventures, Draper Associates, Tusk Ventures, Greylock Partners, Section 32, Expanding Capital, Spark Capital
- letgo $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Date of Funding: 09-28
Investors in the round: FJ Labs, Eight Roads Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Accel Partners, 14W, New Enterprise Associates
- Blend $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Enterprise, Financial Services, FinTech, Home Services
Date of Funding: 08-24
Investors in the round: Lead – Greylock Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, Nyca Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jake Seid
- Toast $101,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Analytics, Mobile, Point of Sale, Restaurants
Date of Funding: 07-25
Investors in the round: Lead – Lead Edge Capital, Lead – Generation Investment Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, GV
- Flexport $110,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Logistics, SaaS, Shipping, Supply Chain Management
Date of Funding: 09-21
Investors in the round: DST Global
- Brain Corporation $114,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Software
Date of Funding: 07-19
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, Qualcomm Ventures
- Desktop Metal $115,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Precious Metals, Robotics
Date of Funding: 07-17
Investors in the round: Lead – New Enterprise Associates, Vertex Ventures, DCVC Opportunity, Techtronic Industries, Future Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV, Shenzhen Capital Group, Lux Capital, Lowe’s Ventures, Moonrise Venture Partners, GE Ventures, Saudi Aramco, Tyche
- Databricks $140,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Analytics, Enterprise Software, Open Source
Date of Funding: 08-22
Investors in the round: Lead – Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Green Bay Ventures
- Indigo $156,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Agriculture, Farming, GreenTech
Date of Funding: 09-26
Investors in the round: Lead – Baillie Gifford, Lead – Activant Capital, Alaska Permanent Fund, Flagship Pioneering
- Nauto, Inc. $159,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Information Services, Mobile, Robotics
Date of Funding: 07-19
Investors in the round: Lead – Greylock Partners, Lead – SoftBank, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, General Motors Ventures, Draper Nexus Ventures
- WuXi NextCODE $165,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Big Data, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics
Date of Funding: 09-05
Investors in the round: Lead – Sequoia Capital, 3W Partners, Temasek Holdings, YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital)
- Plenty Inc. $200,000,000
Round: Series B
Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Big Data, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Water
Date of Funding: 07-19
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, Bezos Expeditions, Innovation Endeavors, Louis Bacon, Finistere Ventures, DCM Ventures, Data Collective
- vXchnge $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Information Services, Information Technology, Software, Web Hosting
Date of Funding: 09-26
Investors in the round:
- Reddit $200,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: Content, News, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Network
Date of Funding: 08-01
Investors in the round: Bracket VC, Vy Capital, Coatue Management, Edward Lando, Sam Altman, VentureSouq, Sequoia Capital, Ronald Conway, Fidelity Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, Alrai Capital
- Vets First Choice $223,000,000
Round: Venture
Industry: E-Commerce, Pharmaceutical, Veterinary
Date of Funding: 07-19
Investors in the round: Lead – Hillhouse Capital Group, Lead – Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Wellington Management, Viking Global Investors, Sequoia Capital, Rock Springs Capital
- Royole Corporation $240,000,000
Round: Series D
Industry: Electronics, Manufacturing, Mobile Devices
Date of Funding: 09-27
Investors in the round: Lead – Zhongtai Chuanghui Equity Investment Fund, Tanshi Capital, Hanfor Capital Management, Warmsun Holding Group, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
- Slack $250,000,000
Round: Series G
Industry: Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Messaging, Real Time
Date of Funding: 09-17
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, Accel Partners
- Gogoro $300,000,000
Round: Series C
Industry: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Energy Efficiency
Date of Funding: 09-20
Investors in the round: Lead – Temasek Holdings, Stephanie Smith, Generation Investment Management, Engie, Sumitomo Corporation