Funding Rounds in January 2009

All 1,172 funding rounds announced during January 2009, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

1,172
Rounds announced
$4.8B
Total raised
$8.0M
Avg round
$400.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in January 2009
Series Unknown
312
Seed
268
Series A
130
Angel
94
Private Equity
86
Series B
58
Grant
37
Series C
33
Debt Financing
33
Non Equity Assistance
31
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Sentiment Strategies
Pioneer in large scale systematic trading based on the linguistic anal…
Private Equity $400.0M Millennium Partners 2009-01-01 Round →
2
Invenergy
Invenergy is a privately-held developer, operator, and investor in cle…
Private Equity $250.0M 2009-01-21 Round →
3
The New York Times
The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, informatio…
Post Ipo Debt $250.0M Carlos Slim 2009-01-20 Round →
4
Wheaton Precious Metals
Wheaton Precious Metals is a precious metals streaming company dealing…
Post Ipo Equity $235.2M 2009-01-26 Round →
5
Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications Company
Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications Company extends service i…
Debt Financing $140.0M GuarantCo +1 2009-01-01 Round →
6
Multilinks
Multilinks was a Nigerian private telecom operator providing fixed and…
Secondary Market $130.0M Telkom Sa 2009-01-21 Round →
7
S*BIO
S*BIO focused on the discovery and clinical development of targeted dr…
Series Unknown $112.5M Adastra Pharmaceuticals 2009-01-21 Round →
8
Range Fuels
Range Fuels is a venture capital firm focusing on alternative, clean e…
Debt Financing $80.0M 2009-01-19 Round →
9
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of fr…
Grant $62.0M 2009-01-01 Round →
10
Zero2IPO
Zero2IPO is an integrated service provider for the venture capital and…
Series Unknown $60.0M 2009-01-01 Round →
11
Northern Power Systems
Northern Power Systems develops wind turbine technology utilizing a co…
Series A $56.0M 2009-01-09 Round →
12
Boston Power
Boston Power manufactures portable power products such as application-…
Series D $55.0M Foundation Asset Management (FAM) +4 2009-01-01 Round →
13
CoalTek
CoalTek is a clean coal technology company.
Series D $50.0M Warburg Pincus +3 2009-01-20 Round →
14
Anacor Pharmaceutical
Anacor Pharmaceutical is a biopharmaceutical company developing small-…
Series E $50.0M Schering AG +5 2009-01-06 Round →
15
SolFocus
SolFocus is a manufacturer of solar energy systems based on concentrat…
Series C $47.5M New Enterprise Associates +2 2009-01-01 Round →
16
Exeger
Exeger develops and commecializes solar cell technology that can absor…
Series Unknown $45.1M 3T Invest 2009-01-01 Round →
17
eSolar
eSolar is focused on the development of concentrating solar power plan…
Series Unknown $40.0M General Electric 2009-01-01 Round →
18
TrueCar
TrueCar is an information and technology platform that enables its use…
Series E $37.4M USAA +5 2009-01-23 Round →
19
TaiGen Biotechnology
TaiGen is a pharmaceutical company discovering, developing and commerc…
Series C $37.0M MPM Capital +5 2009-01-01 Round →
20
Embedded Internet Solutions
Embedded Internet Solutions is a technology provider of embedded softw…
Series Unknown $36.6M Orchid Asia Group Management +1 2009-01-04 Round →
21
Mail.com Media Corporation
Mail.com, a web portal and web-based email service, offers news articl…
Series Unknown $36.0M Quadrangle Group +2 2009-01-12 Round →
22
DFine
DFine is a medical device company that develops therapeutic devices to…
Series Unknown $35.0M Highland Capital Management, LP. +3 2009-01-02 Round →
23
AC Immune
AC Immune is a biopharmaceutical company focused on neurodegenerative…
Series C $34.6M 2009-01-28 Round →
24
ZeaChem
Zea2 formerly ZeaChem will change the world by creating high margin an…
Series B $34.0M Globespan Capital Partners +4 2009-01-08 Round →
25
Mevion Medical Systems
Mevion Medical Systems develops radiation therapies for the treatment …
Series Unknown $33.0M Venrock +2 2009-01-01 Round →
26
Synosia Therapeutics
Synosia Therapeutics develops and commercializes products for unmet me…
Series B $29.0M Investor Growth Capital Limited +6 2009-01-01 Round →
27
Acclarent
Acclarent is a medical device company that develops new technologies t…
Series Unknown $26.0M New Enterprise Associates +4 2009-01-12 Round →
28
Ze-gen
Ze-gen, a renewable energy company, utilizes proprietary gasification …
Series B $25.6M MassVentures 2009-01-13 Round →
29
Omniture
Omniture is an online marketing and web analytics business unit enabli…
Post Ipo Equity $25.0M WPP 2009-01-29 Round →
30
Melinta Therapeutics
Melinta Therapeutics is an antibiotics-focused company that develops a…
Series D $25.0M Warburg Pincus +6 2009-01-25 Round →
31
Bird Rock Bio
Bird Rock Bio is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on…
Series A $25.0M 5AM Ventures +2 2009-01-07 Round →
32
Anaphore
Anaphore develops protein therapeutics that address unmet medical need…
Series A $25.0M 5AM Ventures +2 2009-01-07 Round →
33
Pelikan Technologies
Pelikan Technologies develops hand-held diagnostic and monitoring devi…
Series Unknown $25.0M 2009-01-01 Round →
34
Anjan Drug
Anjan Drug is a manufacturers of unique Active Pharmaceutical Ingredie…
Private Equity $25.0M InvAscent 2009-01-01 Round →
35
N-Trig
N-Trig is a startup that develops touch screens and pen styluses.
Series D $24.0M Microsoft +3 2009-01-12 Round →
36
Vivaldi Biosciences
Vivaldi Biosciences develops influenza vaccines and therapeutics for s…
Series A $23.0M Bay City Capital +1 2009-01-21 Round →
37
Anobit Technologies
Anobit Technologies develops semiconductors for storage solutions used…
Series B $23.0M 2009-01-01 Round →
38
Stion
Stion is a solar photovoltaics company developing high-efficiency thin…
Series C $22.5M 2009-01-01 Round →
39
ELIIY Power
ELIIY Power is a manufacturing and sales of large lithium-ion batterie…
Corporate Round $22.0M DaiwaHouse 2009-01-01 Round →
40
Hydra Biosciences
Hydra Biosciences develops novel drugs to treat pain, inflammation, ca…
Series D $22.0M MedImmune Ventures +6 2009-01-16 Round →
41
Satori Pharmaceuticals
Satori Pharmaceuticals develops disease-modifying therapies for alzhei…
Series A $22.0M New Enterprise Associates +3 2009-01-08 Round →
42
Intradigm Corporation
Intradigm Corporation is a biotechnology company developing systematic…
Series B $21.4M Astellas Venture Management +7 2009-01-07 Round →
43
JD.com
JD.com is an internet company and online consumer electronics retailer…
Series B $21.0M Capital Today +2 2009-01-14 Round →
44
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a biotechnology company that develops …
Corporate Round $20.7M Illumina 2009-01-12 Round →
45
Carrier IQ
Carrier IQ is a mobile service intelligence platform providing diagnos…
Series C $20.0M Intel Capital +4 2009-01-27 Round →
46
ZoomSystems
ZoomSystems is the global leader in automated retail, providing an end…
Series E $20.0M Goldman Sachs +4 2009-01-22 Round →
47
4INFO
4INFO is an identity and media solutions company, solving the digital …
Series Unknown $20.0M Gannett +5 2009-01-22 Round →
48
avVenta
avVenta offers digital production services to address the demands of d…
Series A $20.0M TZP Group 2009-01-14 Round →
49
BiPar Sciences
BiPar Sciences is a pharmacological company developing PARP inhibitors…
Series C $20.0M Canaan Partners +6 2009-01-12 Round →
50
SiTime
SiTime is an analog semiconductor company that offers MEMS-based silic…
Series D $20.0M New Enterprise Associates +2 2009-01-09 Round →