Funding Rounds in May 2008

All 516 funding rounds announced during May 2008, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

516
Rounds announced
$7.0B
Total raised
$17.0M
Avg round
$3.2B
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in May 2008
Series A
99
Series Unknown
88
Series B
72
Seed
69
Angel
37
Series C
33
Debt Financing
20
Private Equity
19
Series D
18
Grant
15
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
51
Mascoma
Mascoma is a biofuel company that produces cellulosic ethanol made fro…
Debt Financing $20.0M Pinnacle Ventures 2008-05-06 Round →
52
SmartSynch
SmartSynch provides smart grids for utilities, commercial and industri…
Series E $20.0M 2008-05-06 Round →
53
MarketLive
MarketLive, an e-commerce retail technology platform, helps fast-growi…
Series E $20.0M Sequoia Capital +4 2008-05-05 Round →
54
Competitive Power Ventures
Competitive Power Ventures is an electric power generation development…
Private Equity $19.5M Warburg Pincus 2008-05-30 Round →
55
Inuk Networks
Inuk is an internet protocol television (IPTV) provider that supplies …
Series B $18.6M S4C Digital Media +1 2008-05-02 Round →
56
Neterion
Neterion is a provider of 10 gigabit Ethernet hardware and software so…
Series E $18.2M Mezzanine Capital Partners +2 2008-05-30 Round →
57
Solar Junction
Solar Junction manufacturers III-V multi-junction solar cells based on…
Series A $18.0M Advanced Technology Ventures 2008-05-23 Round →
58
AddThis
AddThis provides social engagement tools, APIs and services personaliz…
Series C $18.0M New Enterprise Associates +2 2008-05-20 Round →
59
Argos Therapeutics
Argos Therapeutics develops immunotherapy treatments for cancers, infe…
Series C $17.1M Intersouth Partners 2008-05-20 Round →
60
Gevo
Gevo focuses on the production of isobutanol, thereby bringing renewab…
Series C $17.0M Burrill & Company +3 2008-05-13 Round →
61
CHiL Semiconductor
CHiL Semiconductor designs, develops and markets intelligent mixed-sig…
Series C $16.7M Panorama Capital +3 2008-05-07 Round →
62
Parature
Parature is a software company that offers cloud-based customer servic…
Series B $16.0M Accel +3 2008-05-07 Round →
63
Semac Consultants
Semac Consultants is a consulting firm that specializes in engineering…
Private Equity $16.0M MAPE Advisory Group 2008-05-01 Round →
64
Le Floch Depollution
Le Floch Depollution provides treatment of oil sludge, clean-up, and w…
Series A $15.5M Demeter Partners +2 2008-05-07 Round →
65
Cardiva Medical
Cardiva Medical is focused on developing and commercializing vascular …
Series D $15.5M Galen Partners +3 2008-05-05 Round →
66
Syndexa Pharmaceuticals
Syndexa Pharmaceuticals develops drugs to treat metabolic diseases.
Series B $15.0M Yalcin Ayasli 2008-05-30 Round →
67
Entellus Medical
Entellus Medical develops technology-based treatment solutions for ENT…
Series C $15.0M Greenspring Associates +2 2008-05-29 Round →
68
Pelago
Pelago offers Whrrl v2.0, an app that enables people to capture and sh…
Series B $15.0M Reliance Technology Ventures +5 2008-05-27 Round →
69
Flock
Flock is a web browser providing social networking and Web 2.0 facilit…
Series D $15.0M Fidelity Ventures +3 2008-05-22 Round →
70
Aprimo
Aprimo offers industry-leading digital asset management & work managem…
Series Unknown $15.0M Sigma Partners 2008-05-19 Round →
71
Yuanpei Translation
Yuanpei Translation is a Chinese professional organization providing l…
Series A $15.0M Matrix Partners China 2008-05-16 Round →
72
Piksel
Piksel designs, builds, develops and manages successful video solution…
Series B $15.0M KIT Capital +1 2008-05-08 Round →
73
PurePlay
PurePlay is a social casino site that enables players to win prizes wi…
Series C $15.0M Bay Partners +2 2008-05-06 Round →
74
ZettaCore
ZettaCore, pioneering the field of molecular electronics, is focused o…
Series C $15.0M Kleiner Perkins +1 2008-05-21 Round →
75
AeroGrow International
AeroGrow International offers indoor gardening products in multiple mo…
Post Ipo Debt $14.5M 2008-05-22 Round →
76
FireEye
FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customer…
Series B $14.5M DAG Ventures +5 2008-05-12 Round →
77
EnzymeRx
EnzymeRx is a biotechnology company developing uricase-PEG 20 for the …
Series Unknown $14.0M Pequot Capital 2008-05-28 Round →
78
Prematics
Prematics, Inc. provides managed information technology (IT) services …
Series B $14.0M 2008-05-02 Round →
79
GreenFuel
GreenFuel develops systems to recycle carbon dioxide emissions, and pr…
Series C $13.9M Polaris Partners 2008-05-01 Round →
80
mSilica
Smart mixed-signal integrated circuits
Series B $13.2M Sierra Ventures 2008-05-15 Round →
81
Skyfire Labs
Skyfire, acquired by Opera Software in 2013, is now the Network Soluti…
Series B $13.0M Lightspeed Venture Partners +2 2008-05-28 Round →
82
FRS
FRS offers a line of nutritional products that include ready-to-drink …
Series B $13.0M Radical Investments +1 2008-05-22 Round →
83
Nexxo Financial
Nexxo offers an everyday financial services (EFS) platform that helps …
Series D $12.9M Menlo Ventures +2 2008-05-23 Round →
84
Molecular Imprints
Molecular Imprints offers nanopatterning systems and solutions for the…
Series Unknown $12.9M Wafra +3 2008-05-19 Round →
85
SearchMe
SearchMe is a search engine that uses visual search and category refin…
Series E $12.6M Deep Fork Advisors +7 2008-05-01 Round →
86
NorthPark
NorthPark develops land area and operates it as a business park for va…
Debt Financing $12.6M Advantage Capital 2008-05-31 Round →
87
Sierra Oncology
Sierra Oncology is a clinical-stage drug development company that adva…
Series Unknown $12.5M Michigan Economic Development Corporation +1 2008-05-30 Round →
88
Multigig
Multigig is a fabless, high performance analog and mixed-signal semico…
Series B $12.5M Sierra Ventures +1 2008-05-12 Round →
89
Schoolnet
Schoolnet, is the leader in Data-Driven Decision Making for K12 school…
Debt Financing $12.5M TriplePoint Capital +1 2008-05-06 Round →
90
Ecast
Ecast, a place-based interactive media company, offers advertising, di…
Series D $12.3M Crosslink Capital +4 2008-05-07 Round →
91
AeroScout
AeroScout provides unified asset visibility solutions for the healthca…
Series D $12.0M Menlo Ventures +4 2008-05-20 Round →
92
HubSpot
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows b…
Series B $12.0M Matrix +1 2008-05-16 Round →
93
Sunovia
Sunovia is a clean-tech company developing energy-efficient, highly sc…
Series Unknown $12.0M 2008-05-01 Round →
94
Autoquake
Autoquake is an e-commerce company remarketing used cars on behalf of …
Series B $11.9M Accel +1 2008-05-11 Round →
95
Ocean Outdoor
Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic l…
Series A $11.6M Smedvig Ventures 2008-05-13 Round →
96
Adesto Technologies
Adesto Technologies is a semiconductor company developing ultralow-pow…
Series A $11.5M Applied Ventures +3 2008-05-05 Round →
97
Mozes
Mozes enables marketers and event planners to create, manage, promote,…
Series B $11.5M Maveron +2 2008-05-01 Round →
98
Oportun
Oportun is a digital banking platform that offers personal loans and f…
Series C $11.0M Financial Health Network +6 2008-05-28 Round →
99
Steaz
Steaz is a beverage company that manufactures green tea made from orga…
Series Unknown $11.0M Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc. +1 2008-05-07 Round →
100
R
Roberts Hotels CWE
Roberts Hotels CWE operates hotels and motels for accommodation servic…
Debt Financing $10.6M Advantage Capital 2008-05-31 Round →