Funding Rounds in May 2012

All 1,495 funding rounds announced during May 2012, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

1,495
Rounds announced
$14.2B
Total raised
$12.3M
Avg round
$7.2B
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in May 2012
Seed
453
Series Unknown
275
Series A
153
Angel
107
Grant
88
Debt Financing
79
Series B
61
Private Equity
41
Post Ipo Equity
38
Pre Seed
38
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
EP Energy
EP Energy produces natural oils and gases which help enrich people’s l…
Post Ipo Equity $7.2B Apollo +2 2012-05-24 Round →
2
Enovos
Enovos International engages in electricity, natural gas, mobility, an…
Secondary Market $427.2M Ardian 2012-05-09 Round →
3
Relativity Media
Relativity Media is focused on producing and distributing content in t…
Debt Financing $350.0M MESA +1 2012-05-29 Round →
4
Gigabit Squared
Gigabit Squared is a digital economic development company specializing…
Series Unknown $200.0M 2012-05-24 Round →
5
Fotolia
Fotolia is an image bank that offers a crowdsourced library, which inc…
Private Equity $150.0M Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. +2 2012-05-16 Round →
6
Lighting Science Group
Lighting Science Group designs, develops, manufactures, and markets ge…
Post Ipo Equity $140.0M Riverwood Capital +2 2012-05-29 Round →
7
Vubiquity
Vubiquity provides multi-platform video services for content owners an…
Private Equity $100.0M The Carlyle Group +2 2012-05-21 Round →
8
Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering crea…
Series C $100.0M Rakuten +7 2012-05-17 Round →
9
Castlight Health
Castlight Health provides a healthcare navigation platform with resour…
Series D $100.0M Wellcome Trust +7 2012-05-01 Round →
10
Constellation Software
Constellation Software is a provider of market leading software and se…
Post Ipo Secondary $89.5M OMERS Private Equity +2 2012-05-18 Round →
11
Avito
Avito is a classified advertisements platform that allows users to buy…
Series B $75.0M Accel +4 2012-05-01 Round →
12
Qualtrics
Qualtrics is a single system of record for all experience data, managi…
Series A $70.0M Accel +1 2012-05-15 Round →
13
Evernote
Evernote is a suite of software and services that allow users to captu…
Series D $70.0M Meritech Capital Partners +9 2012-05-03 Round →
14
LifeStreet Media
LifeStreet builds solutions to help mobile app developers find and gro…
Private Equity $66.0M Nautic Partners 2012-05-03 Round →
15
Agendia
Agendia provides molecular diagnostics and personalized treatment plan…
Private Equity $65.0M Debiopharm Group +4 2012-05-31 Round →
16
Maimaibao
MMB is a Chinese business-to-consumer phone shopping centre.
Series A $64.9M 2012-05-01 Round →
17
Sunrun
Sunrun provides residential solar electricity, storage solutions, and …
Series D $60.0M Madrone Capital Partners +3 2012-05-23 Round →
18
GlobalWide Media
GlobalWide Media is a data driven digital marketing leader, providing …
Private Equity $60.0M Endeavour Capital 2012-05-01 Round →
19
Pango
Pango provides digital consumer security solutions.
Series C $52.0M Goldman Sachs +2 2012-05-21 Round →
20
Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a biotechnology company that develops …
Series Unknown $50.8M Invesco +2 2012-05-03 Round →
21
Sangart
Sangart is a biopharmaceutical company developing global scientific, c…
Series G $50.0M Jefferies Financial Group 2012-05-24 Round →
22
Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer platform that allows users to ask and a…
Series B $50.0M Adam D’Angelo +5 2012-05-14 Round →
23
Utopia
Utopia is an enterprise data solutions provider that leverages its pro…
Private Equity $50.0M FTV Capital +1 2012-05-11 Round →
24
MAKO Surgical
MAKO Surgical is a medical device company specializing in robotic- arm…
Post Ipo Debt $50.0M Deerfield 2012-05-07 Round →
25
Tinkoff
Tinkoff is a mobile app that offers financial and lifestyle services f…
Series C $50.0M Baring Vostok Capital Partners 2012-05-01 Round →
26
ChargePoint
ChargePoint is an electric vehicle (EV) charging network that offers c…
Series D $47.5M Toyota Tsusho +4 2012-05-07 Round →
27
Tag Oil
Tag Oil is a development-stage Australasian focussed oil and gas produ…
Post Ipo Equity $46.3M Research Capital Corporation 2012-05-15 Round →
28
QMX Gold
QMX Gold is a dynamic and aggressive mineral exploration and developme…
Post Ipo Debt $45.0M Credit Suisse 2012-05-30 Round →
29
Digital Domain Media Group
Digital Domain Media Group is a digital visual effects and computer-ge…
Post Ipo Equity $43.0M 2012-05-17 Round →
30
MongoDB
MongoDB is a global database software company offering NoSQL, cloud da…
Series E $42.0M New Enterprise Associates +3 2012-05-29 Round →
31
MobileIron
MobileIron offers a mobile-centric, zero trust security approach that …
Series E $40.0M IVP +5 2012-05-29 Round →
32
Ulmart
Ulmart is a consumer electronics and computer online retailer.
Undisclosed $40.0M 2012-05-21 Round →
33
Etsy
Etsy is an e-commerce site and a smartphone application for buying and…
Series F $40.0M Index Ventures +7 2012-05-09 Round →
34
NeoPhotonics
NeoPhotonics offers optical components, modules and subsystems for the…
Post Ipo Equity $39.8M RUSNANO 2012-05-07 Round →
35
Neotract
NeoTract develops surgical devices for urological and gynecological di…
Series C $37.0M Windham Venture Partners 2012-05-31 Round →
36
Sahyadri Hospitals
Sahyadri Hospitals is a multi-specialty healthcare services in the Wes…
Secondary Market $35.6M IDFC Private Equity 2012-05-03 Round →
37
Machinima
Machinima is an online entertainment network that features clips and t…
Series C $35.0M Google +2 2012-05-21 Round →
38
Mitralign
Mitralign is focused on developing a catheter-based technology for the…
Series D $35.0M Forbion Capital Partners +5 2012-05-16 Round →
39
Aquantia
Aquantia is a semiconductor company developing Ethernet connectivity s…
Series F $35.0M RUSNANO +5 2012-05-14 Round →
40
MacroCure
MacroCure is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on solutions to chro…
Series A $35.0M Jerusalem Global Ventures 2012-05-14 Round →
41
SilkRoad Technology
SilkRoad Technology provides software and services solutions which hel…
Series C $35.0M Crossroads Capital +6 2012-05-14 Round →
42
Quikr
Quikr is a free classifieds and online marketplace that helps users to…
Series E $32.0M Warburg Pincus +2 2012-05-22 Round →
43
Net Element
Net Element is a technology-driven group specializing in mobile paymen…
Series Unknown $32.0M Kenges Rakishev 2012-05-01 Round →
44
Echo360
Echo360 combines all of the video capabilities into a single, smart so…
Series Unknown $31.0M Revolution +1 2012-05-29 Round →
45
Kona Medical
Kona Medical develops treatments for alleviating the suffering and hea…
Series C $30.0M Western Digital +4 2012-05-30 Round →
46
SecureKey Technologies
SecureKey is the identity and authentication service provider that giv…
Series B $30.0M Intel Capital +5 2012-05-25 Round →
47
Secoo
Secoo is an online and offline boutique lifestyle store that offers ba…
Series B $30.0M IDG Capital +1 2012-05-09 Round →
48
SunSun Lighting
SunSun Lighting is involved in research and development, manufacturing…
Series B $30.0M GSR Ventures +1 2012-05-08 Round →
49
Telesign
Telesign connects, protects, and defends companies, customers, and the…
Series A $29.0M Summit Partners 2012-05-11 Round →
50
Mood Media
Mood Media is a digital marketing firm focusing on the customer experi…
Post Ipo Equity $27.5M 2012-05-17 Round →