Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest US startup funding rounds from August 2019. I have included some additional information such as industry, company description, round type, founders, and total equity funding raised to further the analysis.
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Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
15. Latch $56M
Round: Series B
Description: New York-based Latch specializes in keyless entry security systems to open and manage every door in an apartment building from a smartphone. Founded by Brian Jones, Luke Schoenfelder, and Thomas Meyerhoffer in 2014, Latch has now raised a total of $152M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Brookfield Asset Management, Lux Capital, PCH International, RRE Ventures, and Techstars.
Industry: Apps, Hardware, Security, Smart Home, Software
Founders: Brian Jones, Luke Schoenfelder, Thomas Meyerhoffer
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $152M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
14. Ethos Life $60M
Round: Series C
Description: San Francisco-based Ethos Life is an insurance that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. Founded by Lingke Wang and Peter Colis in 2016, Ethos Life has now raised a total of $106.5M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accel, Goldman Sachs, Robert Downey Jr., Sequoia Capital, and Stanford University.
Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, InsurTech, Life Insurance
Founders: Lingke Wang, Peter Colis
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $106.5M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
14. ScaleFactor $60M
Round: Series C
Description: Austin-based ScaleFactor provides accounting and finance software with automated bookkeeping, proactive alerts, and other features. Founded by Kurt Rathmann in 2014, ScaleFactor has now raised a total of $102.87M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Bessemer Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Coatue Management, Right Side Capital Management, and Techstars.
Industry: Accounting, Business Intelligence, Finance, Software
Founders: Kurt Rathmann
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $102.87M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
14. Scoop Technologies $60M
Round: Series C
Description: San Francisco-based Scoop brings commuters together in convenient carpools by partnering with their employers. Founded by Jonathan Sadow and Robert Sadow in 2015, Scoop Technologies has now raised a total of $95.7M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include G2VP, Index Ventures, NGP Capital, Signia Venture Partners, and Total Ventures.
Industry: Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation
Founders: Jonathan Sadow, Robert Sadow
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $95.7M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
13. HawkEye 360 $70M
Round: Series B
Description: Herndon-based HawkEye 360 is a data analytics company that develops space-based radio frequency mapping. Founded by Charles Clancy, Chris DeMay, and Robert McGwier in 2015, HawkEye 360 has now raised a total of $99.3M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Airbus, Allied Minds, Raytheon, Space Angels, and Sumitomo Corporation.
Industry: Aerospace, Analytics, Wireless
Founders: Charles Clancy, Chris DeMay, Robert McGwier
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $99.3M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
13. Savage X Fenty $70M
Round: Venture
Description: El Segundo-based Savage X Fenty is a lingerie brand company that offers a variety of underwear ranging from everyday basics to more provocative pieces. Founded by Rihanna in 2017, Savage X Fenty has now raised a total of $70M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Avenir Growth Capital and Marcy Venture Partners.
Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Founders: Rihanna
Founding year: 2017
Total equity funding raised: $70M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
12. Webflow $72M
Round: Series A
Description: San Francisco-based Webflow allows the user to design, build, and launch responsive websites visually, while writing clean, semantic code. Founded by Bryant Chou, Sergie Magdalin, and Vlad Magdalin in 2012, Webflow has now raised a total of $74.9M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accel, Amino Capital, FundersClub, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator.
Industry: Content, Enterprise Software, Web Design
Founders: Bryant Chou, Sergie Magdalin, Vlad Magdalin
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $74.9M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
11. H2O.ai $72.5M
Round: Series D
Description: Mountain View-based H2O.ai is an open source machine learning platform that makes it easy to build smart applications. Founded by Cliff Click and SriSatish Ambati in 2012, H2O.ai has now raised a total of $146.1M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Crane Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Nexus Venture Partners, Ping An Global Voyager Fund, and Wells Fargo.
Industry: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Software
Founders: Cliff Click, SriSatish Ambati
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $146.1M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
10. Puris $75M
Round: Venture
Description: Minneapolis-based Puris cultivates plant-based foods and ingredients from organic and non-GMO sources. Founded by Jerry Lorenzen in 1985, Puris has now raised a total of $112.5M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Cargill.
Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming, Food and Beverage, Organic, Organic Food
Founders: Jerry Lorenzen
Founding year: 1985
Total equity funding raised: $112.5M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
9. Inari $89M
Round: Series C
Description: Cambridge-based Inari assembles profound changes in the industry for growers, consumers, and the environment. Founded by Laura Lande-Diner in 2016, Inari has now raised a total of $129M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Acre Venture Partners, Alexandria Venture Investments, EDBI, and Flagship Pioneering.
Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering
Founders: Laura Lande-Diner
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $129M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
8. Lucidworks $100M
Round: Series F
Description: San Francisco-based Lucidworks is a company that builds enterprise search solutions. Founded by Grant Ingersoll and Yonik Seeley in 2007, Lucidworks has now raised a total of $203M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include AllegisCyber, Francisco Partners, Shasta Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, and TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP).
Industry: Analytics, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Search Engine
Founders: Grant Ingersoll, Yonik Seeley
Founding year: 2007
Total equity funding raised: $203M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
8. thredUP $100M
Round: Series F
Description: San Francisco-based thredUP is a fashion resale marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell clothing for women and children. Founded by Chris Homer, James Reinhart, and Oliver Lubin in 2009, thredUP has now raised a total of $306.12M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Founder Collective, Highland Capital Partners, Irving Investors, Redpoint, and Trinity Ventures.
Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail, Retail Technology, Shopping, Sustainability
Founders: Chris Homer, James Reinhart, Oliver Lubin
Founding year: 2009
Total equity funding raised: $306.12M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
8. Scale $100M
Round: Series C
Description: San Francisco-based Scale is an API for training data, providing access to human-powered data for a multitude of use cases. Founded by Alexandr Wang in 2016, Scale has now raised a total of $122.62M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accel, Coatue Management, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and Y Combinator.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Image Recognition, Machine Learning
Founders: Alexandr Wang
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $122.62M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
7. Tala $110M
Round: Series D
Description: Santa Monica-based Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets. Founded by Shivani Siroya in 2011, Tala has now raised a total of $201.44M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include GGV Capital, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Lowercase Capital, Revolution, and Ribbit Capital.
Industry: Big Data, Credit, Financial Services, Information Technology, Mobile, Software
Founders: Shivani Siroya
Founding year: 2011
Total equity funding raised: $201.44M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
6. Wheels Up $128M
Round: Series D
Description: New York-based Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing upfront cost to fly privately. Founded by Bill Allard, Gary Spitalnik, Justin Firestone, and Kenny Dichter in 2013, Wheels Up has now raised a total of $416.2M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Alumni Ventures Group, Franklin Templeton Investments, New Enterprise Associates, T. Rowe Price, and Total Access Fund.
Industry: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Travel
Founders: Bill Allard, Gary Spitalnik, Justin Firestone, Kenny Dichter
Founding year: 2013
Total equity funding raised: $416.2M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
5. Enjoy $150M
Round: Series C
Description: Menlo Park-based Enjoy is a platform that offers same-day delivery services. Founded by Ron Johnson and Tom Suiter in 2014, Enjoy has now raised a total of $230M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, G Squared, Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, and L Catterton.
Industry: Consumer, Delivery, Shopping
Founders: Ron Johnson, Tom Suiter
Founding year: 2014
Total equity funding raised: $230M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
4. Cybereason $200M
Round: Series E
Description: Boston-based Cybereason is an endpoint detection and response platform that identifies cyber attacks for effective response. Founded by Lior Div, Yonatan Amit, and Yossi Naar in 2012, Cybereason has now raised a total of $388.6M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include CRV, Lockheed Martin, SoftBank, and Spark Capital.
Industry: Computer, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Real Time
Founders: Lior Div, Yonatan Amit, Yossi Naar
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $388.6M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
4. Plus.ai $200M
Round: Series B
Description: Cupertino-based Plus.ai develops self-driving trucks to enable large-scale commercialization of autonomous transport. Founded by David Liu, Hao Zheng, Shawn Kerrigan, and Tim Daly in 2016, Plus.ai has now raised a total of $200M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include China Growth Capital | CGC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Sequoia Capital China, and TSVC.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning
Founders: David Liu, Hao Zheng, Shawn Kerrigan, Tim Daly
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $200M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
3. ThoughtSpot $248M
Round: Series E
Description: Sunnyvale-based ThoughtSpot is a business intelligence platform that helps anyone explore, analyze, and share real-time business analytics data easily. Founded by Abhishek Rai, Ajeet Singh, Amit Prakash, Priyendra Deshwal, Sanjay Agrawal, Shashank Gupta, and Vijay Ganesan in 2012, ThoughtSpot has now raised a total of $543.7M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and ServiceNow.
Industry: Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Founders: Abhishek Rai, Ajeet Singh, Amit Prakash, Priyendra Deshwal, Sanjay Agrawal, Shashank Gupta, Vijay Ganesan
Founding year: 2012
Total equity funding raised: $543.7M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
2. Wish $300M
Round: Series H
Description: San Francisco-based Wish is shopping app, putting a digital shopping mall of affordable goods directly in the pockets of consumers worldwide. Founded by Danny Zhang and Peter Szulczewski in 2010, Wish has now raised a total of $1.63B in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include CRV, DST Global, Felicis Ventures, General Atlantic, and GGV Capital.
Industry: Computer, Content Discovery, E-Commerce, Machine Learning, Mobile, Software
Founders: Danny Zhang, Peter Szulczewski
Founding year: 2010
Total equity funding raised: $1.63B
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
1. Root Insurance $350M
Round: Series E
Description: Columbus-based Root is an insurance carrier that uses an app to rate drivers based on how they drive. Founded by Alex Timm and Dan Manges in 2015, Root Insurance has now raised a total of $527.5M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include Coatue Management, DST Global, Ribbit Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Industry: Auto Insurance, Automotive, Insurance, InsurTech, Mobile Apps
Founders: Alex Timm, Dan Manges
Founding year: 2015
Total equity funding raised: $527.5M
Marketing Architects is an advertising agency with a 22-year history of helping companies reach major milestones. By investing our own capital into each TV campaign, we disrupt the high costs and low accountability of traditional agencies to move performance brands forward and company growth upward. Fast-growing brands such as Touch of Modern, Brandless, Coursera, and Simple Habit work with us to drive high-impact business results from TV. For more information, visit Marketing Architects.
