Funding Rounds in December 2012

All 1,612 funding rounds announced during December 2012, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

1,612
Rounds announced
$8.3B
Total raised
$7.0M
Avg round
$805.0M
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in December 2012
Seed
455
Series Unknown
278
Series A
150
Grant
134
Angel
108
Debt Financing
91
Private Equity
88
Series B
68
Post Ipo Equity
43
Series C
36
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
TOPSHOP TOPMAN
TOPSHOP TOPMAN is a latest women's fashion and new season trends compa…
Private Equity $805.0M Leonard Green & Partners 2012-12-06 Round →
2
Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Entertainment is an entertainment company focused on produci…
Private Equity $443.0M Waddell & Reed 2012-12-18 Round →
3
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Atlantic Airways is a British airline that serves different des…
Secondary Market $360.0M Delta Air Lines 2012-12-11 Round →
4
Aston Martin
Aston Martin is a luxury car manufacturer that offers luxury sports ca…
Private Equity $246.0M InvestIndustrial Holdings 2012-12-07 Round →
5
BGI Tech
BGI Tech is a life sciences technology and scientific partner to the g…
Secondary Market $222.9M China Everbright Investment Management +6 2012-12-01 Round →
6
Linden Capital Partners
Linden Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private equity group focuse…
Debt Financing $205.0M Ares Capital +4 2012-12-05 Round →
7
GoPro
GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video phot…
Private Equity $200.0M FIH Mobile 2012-12-20 Round →
8
XP Investimentos
XP Investimentos is a brokerage firm providing financial education fro…
Private Equity $171.0M General Atlantic 2012-12-05 Round →
9
Cloud Imperium
Cloud Imperium aims to pave new ground in game development by sharing …
Product Crowdfunding $117.7M 2012-12-23 Round →
10
CHINA DRAGON SECURITIES
CHINA DRAGON SECURITIES provides brokerage, investment consulting, sec…
Series B $116.6M Fengye Guoji Touzi +1 2012-12-27 Round →
11
Peyto Exploration & Development
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp is an explorer and producer of un…
Post Ipo Equity $116.6M 2012-12-11 Round →
12
Manipal Hospitals
Manipal Hospitals is part of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (…
Private Equity $100.0M True North +1 2012-12-02 Round →
13
Nook Media
Nook Media is a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble and includes their Nook d…
Corporate Round $89.5M Pearson 2012-12-29 Round →
14
Continental Gold
Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; OTCQX: CGOOF) is a well-funded advanced-st…
Post Ipo Equity $86.3M 2012-12-04 Round →
15
Nuron Biotech
Nuron Biotech develops vaccines and specialty biologics for the preven…
Private Equity $80.0M HealthCare Royalty Partners 2012-12-26 Round →
16
Monument Mining
Monument Mining is a precious metal company that focuses on gold produ…
Post Ipo Equity $80.0M 2012-12-17 Round →
17
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical focuses on the development of various produc…
Series B $75.0M Adage Capital Management +5 2012-12-31 Round →
18
Dafiti
Dafiti is an e-commerce website created to promote footwear, fashion, …
Series C $65.0M Quadrant Capital Advisors +2 2012-12-10 Round →
19
Cloudera
Cloudera is a software development company that offers data management…
Series E $65.0M Accel +4 2012-12-07 Round →
20
Sharp
Sharp is engaged in the manufacture and sale of electric telecommunica…
Post Ipo Equity $60.0M Qualcomm 2012-12-04 Round →
21
Towry Holdings
Towry Holdings Limited provides wealth advice and investment managemen…
Private Equity $57.0M Carlyle AlpInvest 2012-12-19 Round →
22
Compass-EOS
Compass-EOS is a company that enables data transfer between microchips…
Series F $56.5M Marker 2012-12-17 Round →
23
Accurate Group
Accurate Group provides real estate appraisal, title and compliance se…
Private Equity $55.0M ABS Capital Partners +1 2012-12-11 Round →
24
Regado Biosciences
Regado Biosciences develops antithrombotic drug systems for acute and …
Series E $51.0M RUSNANO +7 2012-12-17 Round →
25
Innergex
Innergex Renewable Energy is a hydro, wind and solar energy resources.
Post Ipo Equity $50.7M 2012-12-11 Round →
26
23andMe
23andMe is a DNA testing technology company that enables its users to …
Series D $50.0M New Enterprise Associates +5 2012-12-21 Round →
27
Raptor Pharmaceuticals
Raptor is a NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company with the mission t…
Post Ipo Debt $50.0M 2012-12-20 Round →
28
One Kings Lane
One Kings Lane is an e-commerce platform that offers members access to…
Series D $50.0M IVP +3 2012-12-12 Round →
29
BCI Minerals
BCI Minerals is an Australian-based company that is developing the Mar…
Post Ipo Equity $49.3M 2012-12-10 Round →
30
Blue Rubicon
Blue Rubicon is an award-winning consultancy that transforms the reput…
Private Equity $48.6M LDC 2012-12-17 Round →
31
Biocartis
Biocartis develops a diagnostics technology platform for the multiplex…
Series D $45.0M Philips Venture Capital Fund +8 2012-12-12 Round →
32
Corium International
Corium International engages in the development of advanced transderma…
Convertible Note $45.0M CRG 2012-12-01 Round →
33
1stdibs
1stdibs is an internet company that offers a marketplace for rare and …
Series B $42.0M Spark Capital +2 2012-12-03 Round →
34
Cloud Sherpas
Cloud Sherpas is a global cloud advisory and technology services compa…
Series C $40.0M Greenspring Associates +3 2012-12-20 Round →
35
Moderna
Moderna Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that specializes in va…
Series Unknown $40.0M Flagship Pioneering 2012-12-06 Round →
36
Core Minerals
Core Minerals is a privately held, independent producer and processor …
Private Equity $40.0M Post Oak Energy Capital 2012-12-03 Round →
37
Naurex
Naurex is a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics for d…
Series B $38.0M Baxter International +9 2012-12-17 Round →
38
Maker Studios
Maker Studios is a next-generation, talent first media company providi…
Series C $36.0M Warner Media +7 2012-12-22 Round →
39
Wayfair
Wayfair is a retail store that offers a wide range of home products su…
Series Unknown $36.0M Spark Capital +3 2012-12-10 Round →
40
Comverge
Comverge delivers software, hardware, and services to help utilities d…
Debt Financing $34.0M Hercules Capital 2012-12-19 Round →
41
MicroGREEN Polymers
MicroGREEN Polymers provide the plastics industry environmentally soun…
Series Unknown $33.7M 2012-12-28 Round →
42
Medrobotics
Medrobotics is a medical robotics company developing and commercializi…
Series D $33.6M 2012-12-20 Round →
43
Ceterix Orthopaedics
Ceterix Orthopaedics develops novel surgical tools for arthroscopic pr…
Series Unknown $31.3M 2012-12-21 Round →
44
WhipTail
WhipTail Technologies commercializes an all-flash enterprise storage a…
Series C $31.0M Silicon Valley Bank +4 2012-12-13 Round →
45
InSightec
InSightec develops and manufactures MR-guided ultrasound technology de…
Series C $30.9M GE Healthcare 2012-12-11 Round →
46
FREE NOW
FREENOW is a European multi-mobility platform offering taxis, car-shar…
Series B $30.6M Union Square Ventures +7 2012-12-31 Round →
47
Workiva
Workiva created Wdesk, a cloud-based platform for enterprises to colle…
Series C $30.2M Bluestem Capital 2012-12-27 Round →
48
SpaceX
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures…
Secondary Market $30.0M Rothenberg Ventures 2012-12-21 Round →
49
Plex Systems
Plex Systems delivers a smart manufacturing platform for making produc…
Series A $30.0M Accel +1 2012-12-18 Round →
50
CipherCloud
CipherCloud is a cloud security company that provides a platform that …
Series A $30.0M Andreessen Horowitz 2012-12-05 Round →