Funding Rounds in December 2009

All 906 funding rounds announced during December 2009, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

906
Rounds announced
$7.0B
Total raised
$9.4M
Avg round
$525.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in December 2009
Series Unknown
286
Seed
131
Series A
110
Debt Financing
90
Series B
58
Post Ipo Equity
40
Private Equity
38
Angel
37
Grant
36
Series C
21
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Quintiles
Quintiles is a provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercia…
Debt Financing $525.0M 2009-12-21 Round →
2
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery and development of …
Post Ipo Equity $443.0M Morgan Stanley +3 2009-12-03 Round →
3
Horizon Wind Energy
Horizon Wind Energy develops, constructs, owns and operates wind farms…
Series Unknown $228.0M GE Energy Financial Services 2009-12-03 Round →
4
Isagen
Isagen is a cleantech company dedicated to energy generation, construc…
Debt Financing $140.0M CAF 2009-12-11 Round →
5
Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite servic…
Post Ipo Equity $133.0M 2009-12-23 Round →
6
Wistron InfoComm
Wistron InfoComm manufactures mainboards, graphic cards, desktop compu…
Undisclosed $120.0M Wistron Corporation 2009-12-15 Round →
7
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company that identi…
Post Ipo Debt $120.0M 2009-12-07 Round →
8
A
AC Holdco
AC Holdco is a Finance company.
Debt Financing $115.0M 2009-12-08 Round →
9
Union Chimique Belge
UCB is a biopharma company that focuses on the research and developmen…
Post Ipo Equity $100.0M Paul Capital 2009-12-22 Round →
10
Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks offers Smart Energy Platform™, enabling utiliti…
Series Unknown $100.0M Kleiner Perkins +4 2009-12-15 Round →
11
Horizon Wind Energy
Horizon Wind Energy develops, constructs, owns and operates wind farms…
Private Equity $90.0M J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 2009-12-29 Round →
12
Sunrun
Sunrun provides residential solar electricity, storage solutions, and …
Debt Financing $90.0M U.S. Bancorp 2009-12-15 Round →
13
Algonquin
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a provider of rate regulated wate…
Post Ipo Equity $86.3M 2009-12-02 Round →
14
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim produces and distributes electrical energy an…
Post Ipo Debt $83.3M TSKB 2009-12-22 Round →
15
Internet Gold - Golden Lines
Internet Gold provides communication and internet media services to in…
Post Ipo Equity $79.1M 2009-12-09 Round →
16
Ram Power
Ram Power is a renewable energy company engaged in the acquisition, de…
Series Unknown $77.0M Export Development Canada +3 2009-12-29 Round →
17
Clear2Pay
Clear2Pay is a payments technology company providing payment and payme…
Private Equity $73.5M Aquiline Capital Partners 2009-12-07 Round →
18
ExactTarget
ExactTarget provides on-demand one-to-one email marketing software app…
Private Equity $70.0M TCV 2009-12-03 Round →
19
Icera
Icera develops a high performance soft modem technology for mobile bro…
Private Equity $60.0M Accel +3 2009-12-12 Round →
20
MEMC Electronic Materials
MEMC Electronic Materials manufactures and distributes wafers and rela…
Series Unknown $60.0M 2009-12-04 Round →
21
Westport
Westport is an automotive firm that engineers the world's most advance…
Post Ipo Equity $57.4M 2009-12-08 Round →
22
Sapphire Energy
Sapphire Energy develops products and processes based on photosyntheti…
Grant $54.5M U.S. Department of Agriculture 2009-12-07 Round →
23
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create…
Secondary Market $51.6M Tiger Global Management 2009-12-01 Round →
24
Coastal Projects
Coastal Projects is a construction company that specializes in undergr…
Private Equity $50.3M BPEA EQT +1 2009-12-01 Round →
25
Rocket Internet
Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology compa…
Series Unknown $50.1M Kinnevik 2009-12-21 Round →
26
PTC Therapeutics
PTC Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the di…
Series Unknown $50.0M The Column Group +4 2009-12-22 Round →
27
GC Innovation America
GC Innovation America manufactures environment-friendly biochemicals f…
Grant $50.0M US Department of Energy 2009-12-08 Round →
28
Açúcar Guarani
Açucar Guarani cultivates, produces, and sells sugar, ethanol, and oth…
Series Unknown $45.4M BTG Pactual 2009-12-11 Round →
29
Molecular Partners
Molecular Partners is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company.
Series B $44.2M Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners +4 2009-12-16 Round →
30
Aquantia
Aquantia is a semiconductor company developing Ethernet connectivity s…
Series D $44.0M New Enterprise Associates +4 2009-12-04 Round →
31
dbMotion
dbMotion develops and provides connected healthcare solutions to healt…
Series C $41.0M Vertex Ventures +5 2009-12-31 Round →
32
Migao
Migao is a chemical manufacturing company that provides sourcing, proc…
Series Unknown $40.3M 2009-12-01 Round →
33
Youku
Youku is a video-sharing website that enables users to search, view, a…
Series E $40.0M Chengwei Capital +3 2009-12-21 Round →
34
Regado Biosciences
Regado Biosciences develops antithrombotic drug systems for acute and …
Series D $40.0M Andera Partners +4 2009-12-17 Round →
35
Massage Envy
Massage Envy is a network of franchised therapeutic massage clinics.
Series A $40.0M Princeton Ventures 2009-12-01 Round →
36
FirstLight
FirstLight provides fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud, an…
Grant $39.7M National Telecommunications and Information Administration 2009-12-23 Round →
37
GreenHunter Energy
GreenHunter is a greentech investor focused on acquisition and develop…
Post Ipo Debt $37.6M 2009-12-18 Round →
38
Guangzhou Digital Media
Guangzhou Digital Media provides the construction, operation, and mana…
Series Unknown $36.6M Hezhihe Chuangtou 2009-12-18 Round →
39
Zogenix
Zogenix develops and commercializes products for the treatment of cent…
Series B $35.0M Chicago Growth Partners 2009-12-15 Round →
40
Loehmann's
Loehmann’s operates as an off-price retailer of designer fashion produ…
Series Unknown $35.0M GE Capital 2009-12-21 Round →
41
Cavium
Cavium Networks develops and markets semiconductor processors for inte…
Post Ipo Equity $33.7M Menlo Ventures +2 2009-12-22 Round →
42
General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a defense industry contractor for shipbuilding, ma…
Grant $33.6M 2009-12-30 Round →
43
New Earth Solutions
New Earth Solutions is a biological waste treatment and recycling comp…
Debt Financing $32.6M Carbon Trust 2009-12-08 Round →
44
XRS
XRS is engaged in the development, marketing and service of onboard fl…
Post Ipo Debt $30.0M TCV +1 2009-12-18 Round →
45
IVERIC bio
IVERIC bio is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies f…
Series B $30.0M Clarus Ventures +3 2009-12-15 Round →
46
Small Bone Innovations
Small Bones Innovations makes devices for small bones and joints, part…
Debt Financing $30.0M Fortress Investment Group 2009-12-14 Round →
47
Raser Technologies
Raser Technologies operates as a geothermal power development and tech…
Post Ipo Equity $30.0M 2009-12-08 Round →
48
Groupon
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certi…
Series B $30.0M Accel +2 2009-12-01 Round →
49
STX Healthcare Management Services
STX Healthcare Management Services is a biotech company operating pedi…
Series Unknown $29.9M 2009-12-23 Round →
50
Shenzhen SEG Navigation
SEG Navigation is a Chinese company engaged in the GPS application and…
Series B $29.3M 2009-12-01 Round →