Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 20 largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of March. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, brief description of the company, location, date of funding, and total equity funding raised for the company to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, biotech and real estate companies were excluded.
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20. Pine Labs $82,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: Pine Labs is a provider of retail POS solutions that simplify payment acceptance.
Industry: Information Technology, Payments
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of funding: 03/13
Total equity funding: $82,000,000
19. eToro $100,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: eToro is a social trading and investment marketplace that allows users to trade currencies, commodities, indices, and stocks.
Industry: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Trading Platform
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Date of funding: 03/21
Total equity funding: $172,900,000
19. Scout Exchange $100,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Scout Exchange is a computer software company that offers talent acquisition services.
Industry: Software
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of funding: 03/12
Total equity funding: $100,000,000
19. Kujiale $100,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Kujiale, an online information and design platform, offers information and reviews on businesses related to home decoration and furnishing.
Industry: Home Decor, Interior Design, Internet
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Date of funding: 03/09
Total equity funding: $112,000,000
19. Bird $100,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: Bird is a dockless electric scooter company based in Santa Monica, California.
Industry: Car Sharing, Electric Vehicle, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Transportation
Location: Santa Monica, California
Date of funding: 03/09
Total equity funding: $115,000,000
18. Intercom $125,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Intercom is a computer software and messaging platform that helps businesses connect with customers.
Industry: Apps, CRM, Customer Service, Marketing Automation, Messaging, Mobile, SaaS, Software
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of funding: 03/27
Total equity funding: $240,750,000
18. Apptio $125,000,000
Round: Convertible Note
Description: Apptio is a provider of SaaS-based Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions for managing businesses in the IT field.
Industry: Enterprise Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Location: Bellevue, Washington
Date of funding: 03/23
Total equity funding: $136,000,000
17. Nubank $150,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: Nubank provides financial services in Brazil.
Industry: Credit Cards, Financial Services, FinTech
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date of funding: 03/01
Total equity funding: $328,300,000
17. Spaceflight Industries $150,000,000
Round: Series C
Description: Providing cost-effective small-satellite services and solutions to enable new applications through the commercialization of space
Industry: Aerospace, Apps, Service Industry
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date of funding: 03/13
Total equity funding: $203,500,000
16. UiPath $153,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: UiPath is a New York-based robotic process automation vendor.
Industry: Data Center Automation, Enterprise Software, Robotics
Location: New York, New York
Date of funding: 03/06
Total equity funding: $183,000,000
15. N26 $160,000,000
Round: Series C
Description: N26 is a Berlin-based fintech company that enables its customers to manage their bank accounts through their smartphones.
Industry: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Personal Finance, Product Design, Software, Software Engineering
Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Date of funding: 03/19
Total equity funding: $212,793,075
14. Oscar Health $165,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Oscar is a health insurance company that employs technology, design, and data to humanize health care.
Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Insurance
Location: New York, New York
Date of funding: 03/27
Total equity funding: $892,500,000
13. Coocaa ¥1,100,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: The Internet TV division of Chinese TV maker Skyworth Digital Holdings.
Industry:
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Date of funding: 03/16
Total equity funding: $217,731,758
12. Helix $200,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: Helix is a health company that focuses on personal genomics and connects people with insights into their own DNA.
Industry: Big Data, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health Care, Personal Health, Wellness
Location: San Carlos, California
Date of funding: 03/01
Total equity funding: $320,000,000
12. Qutoutiao $200,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: Qutoutiao news recommendation app
Industry: Apps
Location: Shanghai, China
Date of funding: 03/14
Total equity funding: $200,000,000
11. Atom Bank £149,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Atom Bank is a mobile banking application that offers a range of personal and business banking products.
Industry: Banking, FinTech, Mobile Apps
Location: Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
Date of funding: 03/07
Total equity funding: £339,000,000
10. Radiology Partners $234,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Radiology Partners is a healthcare service company focused on transforming how services are provided by radiologists.
Industry: Health Care
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Date of funding: 03/09
Total equity funding: $434,476,680
9. 17zuoye $250,000,000
Round: Series E
Description: 17zuoye is an online learning platform for students K-12, as well as teachers, and parents.
Industry: Education, Internet, Language Learning
Location: Shanghai, China
Date of funding: 03/21
Total equity funding: $585,000,000
8. Robinhood $350,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell U.S. listed stocks and ETFs with zero commission.
Industry: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile, Personal Finance
Location: Palo Alto, California
Date of funding: 03/15
Total equity funding: $526,000,000
7. Magic Leap $461,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.
Industry: Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, Consumer Electronics, Software, Video, Wearables
Location: Plantation, Florida
Date of funding: 03/07
Total equity funding: $2,348,500,000
6. Huya.com $461,600,000
Round: Series B
Description: Huya.com is China’s leading interactive broadcast platform.
Industry: E-Commerce, Online Games, Video Games
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Date of funding: 03/08
Total equity funding: $536,600,000
5. CHJ Automotive (Chehejia) ¥3,000,000,000
Round: Series B
Description: To create a new urban transport for the future of energy, products, services, ecology.
Industry: Automotive, Energy, Transportation
Location: Beijing, China
Date of funding: 03/22
Total equity funding: ¥3,780,000,000
4. DoorDash $535,000,000
Round: Series D
Description: DoorDash enables small businesses to provide its customers with local delivery services.
Industry: Delivery, Food Delivery, Local, Logistics, Mobile, Small and Medium Businesses
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of funding: 03/01
Total equity funding: $721,700,000
3. Douyu TV ¥4,000,000,000
Round: Venture
Description: Douyu TV is an online platform for live videos of people playing games.
Industry: Media and Entertainment, Online Games, Video Games
Location: Wuhan, Hubei, China
Date of funding: 03/08
Total equity funding: $1,130,804,988
2. Chehaoduo $818,000,000
Round: Series C
Description: Chehaoduo is a rapidly growing, leading C2C used car trading platform
Industry: Automotive, E-Commerce, Trading Platform
Location: Beijing, China
Date of funding: 03/01
Total equity funding: $1,708,000,000
1. ofo $866,000,000
Round: Series F
Description: Ofo is the world’s leading station-free bike-sharing platform operated via an online mobile application.
Industry: Cycling, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
Location: Haidian, Beijing, China
Date of funding: 03/13
Total equity funding: $2,151,231,991