Today, I take a look at the 20 companies that have raised the largest startup funding rounds in the US in 2016 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to dollar amount, I have included industry, round, investors in the round, and total capital raised to further the analysis. Lastly, in order to maintain a focus on conventional tech-enabled startups, pharmaceutical and biotech companies were removed from the data. This list only contains venture financings.
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- DraftKings $153M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Fantasy Sports
Investors in the Round:
Revolution
Total Capital raised:
$599.4M
- Awesomeness TV $159M
Round: Undisclosed
Industry:
Media and Entertainment
Investors in the Round:
Verizon Wireless
Total Capital raised:
$162.5M
- Clover Health $160M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Greenoaks Capital (lead), Summit Action, Casdin Capital, Refactor Capital, Arena Ventures, First Round, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Wildcat Venture Partners, Social Capital, FLOODGATE, Spark Capital
Total Capital raised:
$295M
18. Carvana $160M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
Undisclosed
Total Capital raised:
$300M
- Flatiron Health $175M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Roche (lead), Baillie Gifford, Allen & Company, Casdin Capital, Stripes Group
Total Capital raised:
$313M
- Payoneer $270M
Round: Series E
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
TCV (lead), Susquehanna Growth Equity
Total Capital raised:
$289.2
- Unity Technologies $181M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Logistics
Investors in the Round:
DFJ Growth (lead), iGlobe Partners, Thrive Capital, Max Levchin, China Investment Corporation, FREES FUND, Sequoia Capital, WestSummit Capital
Total Capital raised:
$289.2M
- Slack $200M
Round: Series F
Industry:
Messaging
Investors in the Round:
Thrive Capital (lead), Accel Partners, GGV Capital, Index Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Social Capital
Total Capital raised:
$539.95
- Opendoor $210M
Round: Series D
Industry:
Real Estate
Investors in the Round:
Norwest Venture Partners – NVP (lead), New Enterprise Associates, Felicis Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, SVB Capital, Lakestar, Fifth Wall, Access Industries, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures
Total Capital raised:
$319.95M
- Human Longevity $220M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Health Care
Investors in the Round:
Illumina (lead), Amino Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), StartUp Health, GE Ventures, Celgene
Total Capital raised:
$300
- OTG Management $250M
Round: Undisclosed
Industry:
Travel
Investors in the Round:
Harvest Partners
Total Capital raised:
$250M
- Desert Sunlight Investment $258M
Round: Undisclosed
Industry:
Renewable Energy
Investors in the Round:
NextEra Energy Partners
Total Capital raised:
$258M
- WeWork $260M
Round: Series F
Industry:
Coworking
Investors in the Round:
Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels
Total Capital raised:
$1.69B
- Advance Disposal Services $280M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Environmental Consulting
Investors in the Round:
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Total Capital raised:
$280M
- Gett $300M
Round: Undisclosed
Industry:
Transportation
Investors in the Round:
Volkswagen Group
Total Capital raised:
$522M
- RocketSpace $336M
Round: Series B
Industry:
Consulting
Investors in the Round:
HNA Group
Total Capital raised:
$336M
- Wish $500M
Round: Venture
Industry:
Ecommerce
Investors in the Round:
Temasek Holdings
Total Capital raised:
$1.08B
- Pivotal $653M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Cloud Computing
Investors in the Round:
EMC (lead), Ford Motor Company (lead), Microsoft, VMware, General Electric (GE)
Total Capital raised:
$1.7B
- Magic Leap $793.5M
Round: Series C
Industry:
Wearables
Investors in the Round:
Alibaba (lead), Wellington Management, Google, Fidelity Investments, Qualcomm Ventures, Warner Bros., Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, T. Rowe Price
Total Capital raised:
$1.39B
- Snap Inc. $1.8B
Round: Series F
Industry:
Social Media
Investors in the Round:
Geodesic Capital, GSV Ventures, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Fidelity Investments, General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Lone Pine Capital, Coatue Management, York Capital Management, GSV Capital, Meritech Capital Partners
Total Capital raised:
$1.08B