Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest rounds in the US during the month of January. I have included some additional information such as industry, company description, round type, location of the startup, total equity funding raised, 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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10. Front App $66,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: Front App is the shared inbox for teams
Industry: Apps, Collaboration, Email, SaaS, Software, Unified Communications
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of funding: 01/24
Total equity funding: $79,250,000
9. Alkami Technology $70,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Alkami Technology is a software company focused on providing digital banking solutions to the financial services industry.
Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Location: Plano, Texas
Date of funding: 01/09
Total equity funding: $173,400,000
8. PrecisionHawk $75,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Precision Hawk offers a fully autonomous UAV performing low altitude aerial data collection and subsequent data management and analysis.
Industry: Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Date of funding: 01/24
Total equity funding: $104,000,000
8. Asana $75,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Asana provides productivity and collaboration tracking service.
Industry: Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Mobile Apps, Task Management
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of funding: 01/31
Total equity funding: $163,200,000
8. Wealthfront $75,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: Wealthfront is an automated investment service provider, with over $9 billion in assets under management.
Industry: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Personal Finance, Stock Exchanges, Wealth Management
Location: Redwood City, California
Date of funding: 01/04
Total equity funding: $204,500,000
7. Stem $80,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Stem brings and optimizes energy consumption to business through its distributed storage technology.
Industry: Enterprise Software, Information Services, Information Technology
Location: Millbrae, California
Date of funding: 01/23
Total equity funding: $292,200,000
6. MinuteKey $83,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: MinuteKey provides a self-service, key duplication machine that is accurate, reliable and easy-to-use.
Industry: Consumer, Enterprise Software, Hardware
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Date of funding: 01/10
Total equity funding: $141,295,767
6. Etagen $83,000,000
Round: Series C
Description: Etagen is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered
Industry:
Location: Menlo Park, California
Date of funding: 01/24
Total equity funding: $83,000,000
5. Nuro $92,000,000
Round: Series A
Description: NURO is a technology company which aims to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life.
Industry: Electronics, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Robotics
Location: Mountain View, California
Date of funding: 01/30
Total equity funding: $92,000,000
4. Pony.ai $112,000,000
Round: Series A
Description: Pony.ai is a developer of AI-based robot designed for autonomous driving.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation
Location: Fremont, California
Date of funding: 01/15
Total equity funding: $112,000,000
3. Snowflake Computing $263,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: Snowflake is the only data warehouse built for the cloud.
Industry: Analytics, Cloud Data Services, SaaS
Location: San Mateo, California
Date of funding: 01/25
Total equity funding: $473,000,000
2. Wag $300,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Wag is a mobile application used to instantly find trusted and certified dog walkers.
Industry: Apps, Crowdsourcing, Pet
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date of funding: 01/30
Total equity funding: $361,450,000
1. Katerra $865,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Katerra is a Silicon Valley startup that is redefining the multi-trillion dollar construction industry.
Industry: Architecture, Construction, Logistics, Mechanical Engineering, Procurement, Product Design, Software, Supply Chain Management
Location: Menlo Park, California
Date of funding: 01/24
Total equity funding: $1,070,573,028
