Funding Rounds in November 2008

All 450 funding rounds announced during November 2008, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

450
Rounds announced
$5.4B
Total raised
$16.1M
Avg round
$1.0B
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in November 2008
Series Unknown
105
Series A
80
Seed
61
Series B
47
Private Equity
31
Series C
28
Debt Financing
22
Angel
19
Grant
17
Post Ipo Equity
10
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Ladder Capital Finance
Ladder Capital Finance is a specialty finance company that provides co…
Private Equity $1.0B GI Partners +1 2008-11-12 Round →
2
Xiabu Xiabu
Xiabu Xiabu is a fast food hot pot restaurant chain in China.
Series A $508.6M ZJU Joint Innovation Investment 2008-11-01 Round →
3
MidCap Financial
MidCap Financial is a middle market-focused, specialty finance firm th…
Private Equity $500.0M Genstar Capital +2 2008-11-25 Round →
4
Vital Renewable Energy Company
Vital Renewable Energy Company focuses on the production of ethanol an…
Private Equity $257.0M Paladin Capital Group +1 2008-11-10 Round →
5
HomeAway
HomeAway is a vacation rental booking platform that offers vacation pr…
Series D $250.0M TCV +2 2008-11-12 Round →
6
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company developing novel th…
Series B $154.0M Phase4 Ventures +8 2008-11-04 Round →
7
Sunrun
Sunrun provides residential solar electricity, storage solutions, and …
Debt Financing $105.0M U.S. Bancorp 2008-11-20 Round →
8
Silicor Materials
Silicor Materials manufactures solar-grade silicon and aluminum produc…
Series B $101.8M Hudson Sustainable Group +2 2008-11-03 Round →
9
Pocket Communications Northeast
Pocket Communications Northeast offers wireless telecommunications ser…
Series Unknown $100.0M Battery Ventures +2 2008-11-01 Round →
10
Pacira Pharmaceuticals
Pacira Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated…
Series A $85.0M OrbiMed +3 2008-11-17 Round →
11
Ganymed Pharmaceuticals
Ganymed Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical developing therapeutic …
Series D $81.8M MIG Capital +1 2008-11-19 Round →
12
Infinity Pharmaceuticals
Infinity Pharmaceuticals engages in the discovery and development of m…
Series Unknown $75.0M Purdue Pharma 2008-11-20 Round →
13
Orient Green Power
Orient Green Power is a company focused on power generation through re…
Private Equity $55.0M Olympus Capital Holdings Asia +1 2008-11-26 Round →
14
Blyk
Blyk is an ad-supported mobile phone network that offers text messagin…
Series C $50.5M 2008-11-18 Round →
15
Helomics
Helomics provides comprehensive tumor profiling utilizing proprietary …
Series Unknown $43.0M Longitude Capital +5 2008-11-11 Round →
16
Coskata
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company producing ethanol …
Series C $40.0M Blackstone Group +3 2008-11-12 Round →
17
Miles Electric Vehicles
Miles Electric Vehicles manufactures zero-emission, full electric cars…
Series B $40.0M 2008-11-06 Round →
18
Alereon
Alereon is a fabless semiconductor company developing Ultrawideband wi…
Series Unknown $40.0M Pharos Capital Partners +6 2008-11-05 Round →
19
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides el…
Debt Financing $40.0M Valor Equity Partners +4 2008-11-03 Round →
20
Accera
Accera is a biotechnology company that engages in the discovery and de…
Series C $35.0M Inventages Venture Capital Investment Inc. +1 2008-11-12 Round →
21
Willowbrook Healthcare
Willowbrook Healthcare is provides healthcare homes.
Private Equity $34.1M Graphite Capital 2008-11-13 Round →
22
Sezmi
Sezmi is a cloud-based video delivery platform for television provider…
Series B $33.0M Advanced Equities +4 2008-11-25 Round →
23
Medlogics
Medlogics has vertically integrated drug eluting coating, stent and ca…
Series D $30.0M UBS +1 2008-11-04 Round →
24
Montrusco Bolton Investments
Montrusco Bolton Investments is an investment management firm.
Series Unknown $30.0M Fonds de solidarité FTQ 2008-11-03 Round →
25
eriQoo
eriQoo.com is a search engine that focuses on service and product comp…
Series B $30.0M 2008-11-01 Round →
26
Interact Public Safety
Interact Public Safety provides software that enables responders to co…
Series Unknown $28.0M Foundation Capital +2 2008-11-19 Round →
27
Engie Solar
Solairedirect is an integrated solar power provider delivering home-ba…
Series C $25.3M Aster +2 2008-11-17 Round →
28
Qteros
Qteros is a biofuels company focused on developing microbe technologie…
Series B $25.0M Battery Ventures +2 2008-11-19 Round →
29
SWS Environmental Services
SWS Environmental Services is the nation's premier turnkey environment…
Series Unknown $23.7M Norwest Mezzanine Partners 2008-11-17 Round →
30
Arroweye Solutions
Arroweye Solutions provides card marketing and production solutions fo…
Private Equity $23.5M Adams Street Partners +1 2008-11-30 Round →
31
Ludgate Environmental Fund
Ludgate Environmental Fund invests in a diverse portfolio of resource …
Series Unknown $23.0M 2008-11-14 Round →
32
Splash Pharmaceuticals
Splash Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage oncology company.
Series B $22.5M 2008-11-13 Round →
33
Finjan Holdings
Finjan owns and licenses patents on various cybersecurity processes to…
Series Unknown $22.0M Cisco +3 2008-11-19 Round →
34
Locata Corporation
Locata Corporation is specialized in the development of local position…
Series A $22.0M Khaleeji Commercial Bank 2008-11-03 Round →
35
ARYx Therapeutics
ARYx is a pharmaceutical company focused on retrometabolic drug design…
Post Ipo Equity $21.6M New Enterprise Associates +2 2008-11-12 Round →
36
Tengion
Tengion is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing neo-organ…
Series C $21.0M Bain Capital +7 2008-11-19 Round →
37
Goodmail Systems
Goodmail Systems provides an email service for consumers to identify a…
Series C $20.0M SoftBank Group +3 2008-11-21 Round →
38
Staccato Communications
Staccato Communications is a UWB wireless tech company designing and d…
Series Unknown $20.0M Khosla Ventures +9 2008-11-20 Round →
39
Project Playlist
Project Playlist is a commercial-free Internet Radio Service
Series B $20.0M Pilot Group 2008-11-10 Round →
40
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited is a mass market focused bank in In…
Seed $19.0M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation +4 2008-11-21 Round →
41
iSkoot
iSkoot is an application that extends the reach of PC calling by allow…
Series C $19.0M Vision Capital +4 2008-11-07 Round →
42
be2
be2 is an online matchmaking website for single individuals who seek l…
Series Unknown $19.0M Index Ventures 2008-11-13 Round →
43
RECUPYL
RECUPYL develops recycling technologies for used batteries and many ot…
Series C $18.7M Idinvest Partners +1 2008-11-27 Round →
44
IARC
IARC is a securitization and reconstruction company.
Series Unknown $18.2M Standard Bank +4 2008-11-18 Round →
45
Cellular Dynamics International
Cellular Dynamics International develops stem cell technologies for dr…
Series A $18.0M Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures +1 2008-11-24 Round →
46
IntelePeer
IntelePeer develops a CPaaS-based cloud platform to offer IP communica…
Series C $18.0M VantagePoint Capital Partners +1 2008-11-11 Round →
47
Angi
Angi is a technology-based tool that helps homeowners find home improv…
Series Unknown $18.0M 2008-11-08 Round →
48
WiChorus
WiChorus develops software for network management in telecommunication…
Series C $18.0M Pinnacle Ventures +3 2008-11-04 Round →
49
RockYou
RockYou is an interactive media company that owns and partners with do…
Series C $17.0M SoftBank Group +1 2008-11-03 Round →
50
PlaySpan
PlaySpan is a payment company that maintains a payment platform to han…
Series B $16.8M Menlo Ventures +3 2008-11-25 Round →