Today, we take a look at the 15 companies that have raised the largest startup funding rounds in the United States in 2018 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase. In addition to the dollar amount, we have included a brief description, industry, round type, total equity funding raised, and funding round details. Lastly, in order to maintain a focus on conventional tech-enabled startups, pharmaceutical, financing, real estate, and biotech companies were removed from the data.
Quick Findings:
The 15 largest startup funding rounds in the US in 2018 total $9.1B Tweet This
16.7% of the 15 largest startup rounds in the US in 2018 were for companies founded by at least 1 woman Tweet This
Only 8.3% of the 15 largest startup rounds in the US in 2018 were for companies with a single founder Tweet This
58.3% of the 15 largest startup funding rounds were for Bay Area companies, 16.7% for NYC startups, and 12.5% for LA companies Tweet This
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