These 10 Startups Raised the Most Capital in Q1 of 2017

Today I take a look at the 10 Largest Funding Rounds of the first quarter of 2017 using some data from our friends at Crunchbase . To further the analysis, I have included the funding round, location and industry of the company, date of funding, and the investors participating in the round. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate financings and biotechnology fundings were excluded. The findings also only reflect venture rounds and do not include private equity or debt.

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Proterra $140,000,000 Round: Series E Industry: Battery, Energy Storage, Public Transportation, Renewable Energy Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 1/3/17 Investors in the round: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Constellation Technology Ventures, Constellation Ventures, VentureSouth, Obvious Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, GM ventures, 88 Green Ventures, Upstate Carolina Angel Network, Edison Energy

Centerfield Media $156,000,000 Round: Venture Industry: Advertising, Marketing Automation, SEM Location: Los Angeles Date of Funding: 1/31/17 Investors in the round: Lead - H.I.G. Growth Partners

Tricentis $165,000,000 Round: Series B Industry: Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Virtualization Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 1/23/17 Investors in the round: Lead - Insight Venture Partners

SmartSky Networks $170,000,000 Round: Series B Industry: Telecommunications, Web Hosting, Wireless Location: Charlotte Date of Funding: 3/28/17 Investors in the round: Lead - Goldman Sachs

letgo $175,000,000 Round: Series C Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Location: New York City Date of Funding: 1/17/17 Investors in the round: Mangrove Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, 14W, Eight Roads Ventures, Naspers, Accel Partners, FJ Labs

Instacart $400,000,000 Round: Series D Industry: Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Same Day Delivery Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 3/7/17 Investors in the round: Lead - Sequoia Capital, Whole Foods Market, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Airbnb $447,800,000 Round: Series F Industry: Hospitality, Marketplace, Sharing Economy, Travel, Travel Accommodations Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 3/9/17 Investors in the round: Lead - TCV, Lead - CapitalG, Jeff Jordan, Alfred Lin

SoFi $500,000,000 Round: Series F Industry: Education, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Personal Finance, Wealth Management Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 2/24/17 Investors in the round: Lead - Silver Lake Partners, SoftBank, RSC Capital, Third Point Ventures, DCM Ventures

Verily $800,000,000 Round: Venture Industry: Data Mining, Health Care, Personal Health Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 1/26/17 Investors in the round: Lead - Temasek Holdings

GRAIL $900,000,000 Round: Series B Industry: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical Device Location: SF Bay Area Date of Funding: 3/2/17 Investors in the round: Lead - ARCH Venture Partners, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation

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