Funding Rounds in January 2012

All 2,717 funding rounds announced during January 2012, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

2,717
Rounds announced
$9.7B
Total raised
$6.3M
Avg round
$785.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in January 2012
Seed
818
Series Unknown
624
Series A
223
Private Equity
204
Angel
181
Grant
131
Debt Financing
113
Pre Seed
84
Series B
83
Series C
47
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Third Point Reinsurance
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., through its class 4 reinsurance company,…
Private Equity $785.0M Pine Brook Partners 2012-01-25 Round →
2
Chr. Hansen
Chr. Hansen is a bioscience company that develops natural solutions fo…
Post Ipo Secondary $711.3M Novo Holdings 2012-01-11 Round →
3
Forge Energy
Forge Energy is an independent exploration and production company that…
Private Equity $400.0M EnCap Investments +1 2012-01-11 Round →
4
Coopérative Capel Bovidoc
Capel is an agricultural production and breeding cooperative that uses…
Private Equity $313.3M Unigrains 2012-01-01 Round →
5
SquareTrade
SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electroni…
Private Equity $238.0M Bain Capital +2 2012-01-24 Round →
6
LianLian Pay
Lianlian Pay is a cross-border payment solution provider.
Series Unknown $125.0M American Express 2012-01-18 Round →
7
Warp Drive Bio
Warp Drive Bio develops genomic search engine and customized search qu…
Private Equity $125.0M Sanofi +2 2012-01-11 Round →
8
Operator Group Delft
Operator Group Delft provides computer support and services.
Private Equity $103.6M Bolster Investment Partners 2012-01-01 Round →
9
Cruzeiro do Sul
Cruzeiro do Sul educacional offers vocational distance vocational cour…
Private Equity $102.0M Actis 2012-01-23 Round →
10
Yeehoo Group
YEEHOO GROUP is a company focused on the design, manufacturing, and sa…
Private Equity $100.0M Lunar Capital 2012-01-11 Round →
11
Donuts
Donuts is a domain name registry offering new domain names in multiple…
Series A $100.0M Adams Street Partners +5 2012-01-01 Round →
12
Peyto Exploration & Development
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp is an explorer and producer of un…
Post Ipo Debt $98.9M 2012-01-03 Round →
13
Constellation Pharmaceuticals
Constellation Pharmaceuticals develops drugs in the field of epigeneti…
Series C $95.0M Genentech 2012-01-17 Round →
14
ConforMIS
ConforMIS develops personalized, patient-specific implants, and instru…
Series E $89.0M AGC Equity Partners +1 2012-01-30 Round →
15
NanoInk
NanoInk is specialized in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applicatio…
Series E $88.0M Lurie Investment Fund 2012-01-06 Round →
16
Beyond Oblivion
Beyond Oblivion, a music and technology company, offers Bonic, a socia…
Series Unknown $87.0M 2012-01-03 Round →
17
Joyent
Joyent is a cloud infrastructure service provider that enables its cus…
Series D $85.0M Orascom TMT Investments +6 2012-01-23 Round →
18
Trion Worlds
Trion Worlds develops games and delivers social content across video g…
Series D $85.0M Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan +1 2012-01-19 Round →
19
Kior
At home Medical Grade Laser Hair Removal Machine.
Post Ipo Debt $75.0M Khosla Ventures +1 2012-01-27 Round →
20
iPipeline
Pipeline is an on-demand service providing suite of sales distribution…
Private Equity $71.4M TCV 2012-01-31 Round →
21
Joule Unlimited Technologies
Joule Unlimited produces infrastructure-compatible alternative energy …
Series C $70.0M Flagship Pioneering 2012-01-17 Round →
22
Park Resorts
A leading UK caravan park operator with 35 parks situated in coastal a…
Debt Financing $69.9M Epiris 2012-01-17 Round →
23
PlayPhone
PlayPhone is a social gaming developer providing solutions to wireless…
Private Equity $67.2M Menlo Ventures +3 2012-01-01 Round →
24
Coherus Biosciences
Coherus Biosciences develops, manufactures, and commercializes biologi…
Series B $61.5M Daiichi Sankyo +4 2012-01-01 Round →
25
Telestream
Telestream provides live and on-demand digital video tools and workflo…
Private Equity $54.3M 2012-01-18 Round →
26
Khoros(formerly Lithium Technologies)
Khoros builds community and social media management software that help…
Series D $53.4M New Enterprise Associates +10 2012-01-05 Round →
27
Ariosa Diagnostics
Ariosa Diagnostics is a molecular diagnostics company focused on impro…
Series C $52.7M Meritech Capital Partners +2 2012-01-09 Round →
28
Code42
Code42 provides data loss protection, visibility, and recovery solutio…
Series A $52.5M Accel +1 2012-01-17 Round →
29
Jumia Group
Jumia Group is an e-commerce ecosystem that provides innovative, conve…
Series A $51.8M Blakeney Management +2 2012-01-01 Round →
30
Sion Power
Sion Power develops and commercializes advanced energy storage technol…
Corporate Round $50.0M BASF 2012-01-12 Round →
31
Vical
Vical researches and develops biopharmaceutical products based on its …
Post Ipo Equity $50.0M 2012-01-06 Round →
32
Renmatix
Renmatix is a global technology licensor that enables the low-cost pro…
Series C $50.0M BASF Venture Capital +1 2012-01-05 Round →
33
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and shar…
Series C $50.0M Kleiner Perkins +2 2012-01-03 Round →
34
TriVascular
TriVascular develops new medical devices providing optimal solutions f…
Debt Financing $50.0M 2012-01-01 Round →
35
Roka Bioscience
Roka Bioscience develops molecular assays and instrument systems for t…
Series D $47.5M Aisling Capital +3 2012-01-08 Round →
36
Mevion Medical Systems
Mevion Medical Systems develops radiation therapies for the treatment …
Series Unknown $45.0M ProQuest Investments +2 2012-01-24 Round →
37
BioFire Diagnostics
BioFire Diagnostics is a biotech company that detects pathogens and mu…
Debt Financing $45.0M 2012-01-01 Round →
38
Supernus Pharmaceuticals
Supernus Pharmaceuticals is focused on developing and commercializing …
Private Equity $42.0M 2012-01-08 Round →
39
Corium International
Corium International engages in the development of advanced transderma…
Debt Financing $41.0M 2012-01-01 Round →
40
TrialPay
TrialPay is an offer-based payments platform enabling customers to pay…
Series C $40.0M Visa +8 2012-01-31 Round →
41
Amplitude
AMPLITUDE TECHNOLOGIES is the global expert in the science, design and…
Series B $39.1M CDC Enterprises +3 2012-01-25 Round →
42
BeachMint
BeachMint is an e-commerce platform providing fashionable clothing, je…
Series Unknown $36.2M Accel +8 2012-01-01 Round →
43
Sevage Sports Corporation
Savage Sports Corporation is one of the world’s premier providers of o…
Private Equity $35.8M Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) 2012-01-24 Round →
44
iCIMS
ICIMS is a talent cloud company that helps organizations to attract, e…
Series Unknown $35.0M Susquehanna Growth Equity 2012-01-11 Round →
45
Edward Jones
Edward Jones provides personalized investment advisory, brokerage, and…
Undisclosed $35.0M 2012-01-13 Round →
46
Perpetua Resources
Perpetua Resources deals with exploring for gold, antimony, and other …
Post Ipo Equity $34.6M 2012-01-24 Round →
47
CytoPherx
CytoPherx is a medical device company offering a proprietary selective…
Series C $34.0M Capital Midwest Fund +8 2012-01-04 Round →
48
Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines is a regional airline running domestic scheduled …
Debt Financing $34.0M Crystal Financial +1 2012-01-02 Round →
49
Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences
Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences is a multi-specialty tertiary car…
Series Unknown $33.9M OrbiMed +1 2012-01-25 Round →
50
Arena Pharmaceuticals
Arena Pharmaceuticals is focused on delivering solutions for cardiovas…
Post Ipo Equity $33.0M 2012-01-11 Round →