The 10 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of August 2017

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase , I broke down the 10 largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of August. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, location of the company, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, biotech companies were excluded.

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10. Zuoyebang $150,000,000 Round: Series C Industry: Education, Q&A, Web Browsers Location: Beijing Date of funding: 08/14 Investors: Lead - H Capital, Legend Capital, Xianghe Capital, Tiger Global Mauritius Fund, Sequoia Capital, GGV Capital

9. Qiniu $151,251,836 Round: Series E Industry: Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Web Hosting Location: Shanghai Date of funding: 08/30 Investors: Lead - Alibaba, Lead - YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital)

8. SoundCloud $169,500,000 Round: Series F Industry: Apps, Independent Music, Music Location: Date of funding: 08/11 Investors: Lead - Temasek Holdings, Lead - The Raine Group

7. Future Mobility $200,000,000 Round: Venture Industry: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing Location: Shenzhen Date of funding: 08/09 Investors: Lead - Fullshare Holdings, Lead - Suning

7. Reddit $200,000,000 Round: Venture Industry: Content, News, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Network Location: San Francisco Date of funding: 08/01 Investors: Coatue Management, Ronald Conway, Alrai Capital, VentureSouq, Fidelity Investments, Andreessen Horowitz, Sam Altman, Edward Lando, Sequoia Capital, Vy Capital

7. VIPKID $200,000,000 Round: Series D Industry: Education, E-Learning, Internet Location: Beijing Date of funding: 08/23 Investors: Lead - Sequoia Capital, Lead - Tencent Holdings, YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital), Sinovation Ventures

6. Dianrong $220,000,000 Round: Series D Industry: Credit, Finance, FinTech, Internet Location: Shanghai Date of funding: 08/02 Investors: Lead - GIC, Simone Investment Managers, CMIG Leasing, EG Capital Advisors

5. Kabbage $250,000,000 Round: Series F Industry: Credit, Finance, FinTech, Lending Location: Atlanta Date of funding: 08/03 Investors: Lead - SoftBank

4. Yiguo.com $300,000,000 Round: Series D Industry: E-Commerce, Grocery, Online Portals, Retail Location: Changning Date of funding: 08/03 Investors: Lead - Alibaba

3. WeWork Southeast Asia $500,000,000 Round: Venture Industry: Collaboration, Coworking, Real Estate Location: Singapore Date of funding: 08/07 Investors:

2. Tokopedia $1,100,000,000 Round: Series F Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace, Shopping Location: Jakarta Date of funding: 08/17 Investors: Lead - Alibaba

1. BAIC BJEV $1,663,333,340 Round: Series B Industry: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Transportation Location: Beijing Date of funding: 08/15 Investors: China Cinda Asset Management, Zhongji Investment

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