<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/US-Startups-Most-Capital-q4-2016.001.jpeg" rel="attachment wp-att-60387"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60387" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/US-Startups-Most-Capital-q4-2016.001.jpeg" alt="us-startups-most-capital-q4-2016-001" /></a></p> Armed with some data from our friends at <a class="" href="https://crunchbase.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CrunchBase</a>, I broke down the 20 largest rounds in the US during the fourth quarter of 2016. 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 to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, biotechnology companies were excluded. <h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.alleywatch.com/2017/01/20-us-startups-raised-amount-capital-q4/2/"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 20 LARGEST ROUNDS IN US IN Q4 2016</strong></a></h2> <div id="tps_slideContainer_51647" class="theiaPostSlider_slides"> <div> <hr /> <em>The AlleyWatch audience is driving progress and innovation at a global scale. Reaching more individuals in a single month than every other tech-focused organization in NYC combined, AlleyWatch is the highway for technology and entrepreneurship in New York. </em><em>There are a number of options to reach this audience of the <em>world’s most innovative organizations and startups</em> at scale. Find out more <a class="" href="https://advertising.alleywatch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em> </div> </div> <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Oblong_Industries.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60362"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60362" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Oblong_Industries.png" alt="oblong_industries" /></a></p> <ol start="20"> <li><strong> Oblong Industries $65M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Product Design <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, UTIMCO, Foundry Group, Morgan Stanley, Industry Ventures, Greenspring Associates <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$148.7M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Flexport.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60363"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60363" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Flexport.png" alt="flexport" /></a></p> <ol start="20"> <li><strong> Flexport $65M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series B <strong>Industry: </strong>Logistics <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Founders Fund (lead), Fabrice Grinda, FJ Labs, First Round, Joe Lonsdale, Yuri Milner, Susa Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Bloomberg Beta <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$94M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Defy_Media.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60364"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60364" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Defy_Media.png" alt="defy_media" /></a></p> <ol start="19"> <li><strong> Defy Media $70M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series B <strong>Industry: </strong>Media <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Wellington Management <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$70M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screenshot-2017-01-10-15.26.26.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60365"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60365" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screenshot-2017-01-10-15.26.26.png" alt="screenshot-2017-01-10-15-26-26" /></a></p> <ol start="19"> <li><strong> Renew Financial $70M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Finance <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>NGEN Partners, Prelude Ventures, LLC, Angeleno Group, LL Funds, Claremont Creek Ventures, Apollo Global Management, LLC <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$302M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/C3_IoT.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60366"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60366" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/C3_IoT.png" alt="c3_iot" /></a></p> <ol start="19"> <li><strong> C3 IoT $70M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Machine Learning <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Thomas Siebel, InterWest Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, TPG Growth <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$110.8M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SauceLabs.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60367"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60367" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SauceLabs.png" alt="saucelabs" /></a></p> <ol start="19"> <li><strong> Sauce Labs $70M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Venture <strong>Industry: </strong>Web Development <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Centerview Capital (lead), Adams Street Partners, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$101M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Giphy.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60368"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60368" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Giphy.png" alt="giphy" /></a></p> <ol start="18"> <li><strong> Giphy $72M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Photo Sharing <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Draper Fisher Jurvetson (lead), GV, Glynn Capital Management, China Media Capital (CMC), IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$150.95M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DTI_Management.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60369"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60369" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DTI_Management.png" alt="dti_management" /></a></p> <ol start="17"> <li><strong> DTI Management $70M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series C <strong>Industry: </strong>Ecommerce <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Undisclosed <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$300M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Iora_Health.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60370"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60370" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Iora_Health.png" alt="iora_health" /></a></p> <ol start="17"> <li><strong> Iora Health $75M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Health Care <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Temasek Holdings (lead), Rice Management Company, Polaris Partners, Khosla Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners, GE Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, .406 Ventures <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$123.25M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Royole_Corporation.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60371"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60371" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Royole_Corporation.png" alt="royole_corporation" /></a></p> <ol start="16"> <li><strong> Royole Corporation $80M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Mobile Manufacturing <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Warmsun Holding Group <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$252M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Carbon.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60372"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60372" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Carbon.png" alt="carbon" /></a></p> <ol start="15"> <li><strong> Carbon $81M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series C <strong>Industry: </strong>3D Printing <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>General Electric (lead), BMW Group (lead), BMW i Ventures, Sequoia Capital, GV, JSR Corp, Nikon <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$222M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screenshot-2017-01-10-15.29.58.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60373"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60373" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screenshot-2017-01-10-15.29.58.png" alt="screenshot-2017-01-10-15-29-58" /></a></p> <ol start="14"> <li><strong> Apttus $88M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>CRM <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Gulf Islamic Investments LLC (GII) (lead), K1, Kia Motors, Iconiq Capital <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$274M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Crossover_Health.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60374"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60374" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Crossover_Health.png" alt="crossover_health" /></a></p> <ol start="13"> <li><strong> Crossover Health $92M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round</strong>: Venture <strong>Industry: </strong>Health Care <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Gurnet Point Capital <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$113.5M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Kernel.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60375"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60375" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Kernel.png" alt="kernel" /></a></p> <ol start="12"> <li><strong> Kernel Co $100M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Venture <strong>Industry: </strong>Augmented Reality <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Bryan Johnson <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$100 <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Affirm.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60376"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60376" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Affirm.png" alt="affirm" /></a></p> <ol start="12"> <li><strong> Affirm $100M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round</strong>: Series D<strong> Industry: </strong>FinTech <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Founders Fund (lead), <a href="https://www.alleywatch.com/2014/08/the-complete-guide-to-venture-capital-firms-in-nyc/50/">Spark Capital</a>, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Jefferies <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$520 <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JetSmarter.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60377"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60377" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JetSmarter.png" alt="jetsmarter" /></a></p> <ol start="11"> <li><strong> JetSmarter $105M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series C <strong>Industry: </strong>Travel <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>KZ Capital, XOJET, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Saudi Royal Family <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$157M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Zymergen.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60378"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60378" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Zymergen.png" alt="zymergen" /></a></p> <ol start="9"> <li><strong> Zymergen $130M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series B <strong>Industry: </strong>Robotics <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>SoftBank (lead), Prelude Ventures, LLC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Data Collective, Tao Capital Partners, Iconiq Capital, Two Sigma Investments, Obvious Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, AME Cloud Ventures <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$174M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Postmates.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60379"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60379" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Postmates.png" alt="postmates" /></a></p> <ol start="8"> <li><strong> Postmates $140M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Food Delivery <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Founders Fund <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$278M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Stripe.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60380"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60380" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Stripe.png" alt="stripe" /></a></p> <ol start="7"> <li><strong> Stripe $150M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Payments CapitalG (lead), General Catalyst Partners (lead), Sequoia Capital <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$440M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DraftKings.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60381"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60381" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/DraftKings.png" alt="draftkings" /></a></p> <ol start="6"> <li><strong> DraftKings $153M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Venture <strong>Industry: </strong>Fantasy Sports <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Revolution <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$599.4M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Payoneer.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60382"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60382" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Payoneer.png" alt="payoneer" /></a></p> <ol start="5"> <li><strong> Payoneer $270M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series E <strong>Industry: </strong>Ecommerce <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>TCV (lead), Susquehanna Growth Equity <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$289.2 <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Opendoor.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60383"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60383" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Opendoor.png" alt="opendoor" /></a></p> <ol start="4"> <li><strong> Opendoor $210M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Series D <strong>Industry: </strong>Real Estate <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Norwest Venture Partners – NVP (lead), New Enterprise Associates, Felicis Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, SVB Capital, Lakestar, Fifth Wall, Access Industries, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$319.95M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WeWork.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60384"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60384" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WeWork.png" alt="wework" /></a></p> <ol start="3"> <li><strong> WeWork $260M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round</strong>: Series F <strong>Industry: </strong>Coworking <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$1.69B <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gett.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60385"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60385" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Gett.png" alt="gett" /></a></p> <ol start="2"> <li><strong> Gett $300M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round</strong>: Undisclosed <strong>Industry: </strong>Transportation <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Volkswagen Group <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$522M <!--nextpage--> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wish.png" rel="attachment wp-att-60386"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-60386" src="https://www.latechwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Wish.png" alt="wish" /></a></p> <ol> <li><strong> Wish $500M </strong></li> </ol> <strong>Round:</strong> Venture <strong>Industry: </strong>Ecommerce <strong>Investors in the Round: </strong>Temasek Holdings <strong>Total Capital raised: </strong>$1.08B
