These are the 10 US Startups That Raised the Most Amount of Capital in May

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest rounds in the US during the month of May. I have included some additional information as well such as industry and investors in the round, to further the analysis.  For the purposes of this analysis only equity funding rounds were considered.

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10. Bark and Co   $60M  

Round: Series C
Industry:
Pet commerce

Investors in the Round:
Lead – August Capital, RRE Ventures, Resolute Ventures

Total Capital raised:
$75M 

9. Personal Capital   $75M

Round: Series E
Industry:
Fintech
Investors in the Round:
Lead – IGM Financial
Total Capital raised:
$175.3M

9. Viptela   $75M  

Round: Series B
Industry:
Network Hardware
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Redline Capital, Northgate Capital, Sequoia Capital

Total Capital raised:
$108.5M

8. Hyperloop One   $80M  

Round: Series B
Industry:
Transporation
Investors in the Round:
Lead – Redline Capital, Northgate Capital, Sequoia Capital

Total Capital raised:
$92.6M 

7. Kateeva  $88M  

Round: Series E
Industry:
Electronics

Investors in the Round:
Cybernaut Venture Capital, Veeco Instruments, BOE, Redview Capital, New Science Ventures, Spark Capital, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, DBL Partners, Sigma Partners, Madrone Capital Partners, Shanghai GP Capital, TCL Capital
Total Capital raised:
$126M

6.  Fractal Analytics   $100M  

Round: Venture
Industry:
Analytics, Big Data
Investors in the Round:
Aimia, Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Total Capital raised:
$125M 

6. Via   $100M  

Round: Series C
Industry:
Transportation

Investors in the Round:
Lead – Pitango Venture Capital, Poalim Capital Markets (PCM), Ervington Investments, Hearst Ventures, Expansion Venture Capital, 83North, C4 VenturesVenture Partners

Total Capital raised:
$137.06M

6. Musical.ly   $100M  

Round: Venture
Industry:
Internet, Video

Investors in the Round:

Lead – GGV Capital, Lead – Qiming Venture Partners, DCM Ventures, Greylock Partners

Capital raised:
$116.6M

5. Age of Learning   $150M  

Round: Venture
Industry:
EdTech

Investors in the Round:
Lead – Iconiq Capital

Total Capital raised:
$150M 

4. Clover Health   $160M  

Round: Series C
Industry:
Health Care

Investors in the Round:
Lead – Greenoaks Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, FLOODGATE, First Round, Wildcat Venture Partners, Refactor Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Arena Ventures, Social Capital, Spark Capital, Casdin Capital

Total Capital raised:
$295M

3. Pivotal Software   $253M  

Round: Series C
Industry:
Big Data, Business Intelligence

Investors in the Round:
Lead – Ford Motor Company, VMware, EMC, General Electric (GE), Microsoft

Total Capital raised:
$358M

2. Gett   $300M  

Round: Private Equity
Industry:
Transportation

Investors in the Round:
Lead – Volkswagen Group

Total Capital raised:
$520M

1. Snapchat   $1.8B  

Round: Series F
Industry:
Messaging

Investors in the Round:
Glade Brook Capital Partners, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Investments, GSV Capital, General Atlantic, Coatue Management, T. Rowe Price, York Capital Management, Lone Pine Capital

Total Capital raised:
$2.63B