Funding Rounds in August 2018

All 4,078 funding rounds announced during August 2018, sorted by deal size. Includes lead investors, stage, and total raised.

4,078
Rounds announced
$60.2B
Total raised
$20.0M
Avg round
$3.8B
Largest
Round-type breakdown
Investment types in August 2018
Seed
1,134
Series Unknown
526
Series A
428
Pre Seed
382
Grant
341
Angel
217
Series B
172
Post Ipo Equity
133
Private Equity
116
Debt Financing
115
# Company Round Raised Lead Investor Date
1
Canopy Growth
Canopy Growth is a cannabis consumer product company that manufactures…
Post Ipo Equity $3.8B Constellation Brands Canada 2018-08-15 Round →
2
FS/KKR Advisor
FS/KKR Advisor is an investment adviser which is a partnership between…
Post Ipo Debt $3.4B JP Morgan Chase +3 2018-08-14 Round →
3
Avolon Holdings
Avolon is an international aircraft leasing company, headquartered in …
Secondary Market $2.2B ORIX Aviation 2018-08-08 Round →
4
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides el…
Post Ipo Secondary $2.0B 2018-08-07 Round →
5
Grab Financial Group
Grab Financial Group provides financial services across payments, rewa…
Series Unknown $2.0B Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund +7 2018-08-02 Round →
6
Line
LINE develops calling and messaging applications for mobile phones in …
Post Ipo Equity $1.3B 2018-08-04 Round →
7
WeWork
WeWork is a platform for creators that transforms buildings into dynam…
Debt Financing $1.0B SoftBank 2018-08-09 Round →
8
Quibi
Quibi is a media company developing short-form media content designed …
Series Unknown $1.0B Madrone Capital Partners +11 2018-08-07 Round →
9
Catapult
Catapults are not-for-profit, independent physical centres which conne…
Grant $992.0M 2018-08-14 Round →
10
BeiGene
BeiGene is a global oncology company.
Post Ipo Secondary $903.0M 2018-08-02 Round →
11
BC Partners
BC Partners is an international alternative investment firm focused pr…
Debt Financing $759.8M Ares Management 2018-08-10 Round →
12
Graybar
Graybar is a distributor of electrical, communications and data networ…
Debt Financing $750.0M 2018-08-13 Round →
13
GoodRx
GoodRx collects drug prices from pharmacies across the U.S. and helps …
Private Equity $748.8M Silver Lake +2 2018-08-06 Round →
14
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is committed to providing world class s…
Debt Financing $711.9M Deutsche Bank 2018-08-07 Round →
15
NortonLifeLock
NortonLifeLock provides security, storage, and systems management solu…
Post Ipo Secondary $670.0M Starboard Value 2018-08-16 Round →
16
AirTrunk
AirTrunk develops and operates wholesale hyperscale data center soluti…
Debt Financing $623.6M Goldman Sachs +1 2018-08-20 Round →
17
Taibang Biological Group
Taibang Biologic Group is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company that pro…
Post Ipo Equity $590.0M Hillhouse Investment +2 2018-08-27 Round →
18
Xpeng Motors
Xiaopeng Motors is an electric vehicle and technology company that des…
Series B $584.5M Primavera Capital Group +5 2018-08-02 Round →
19
Nokia
Nokia manufactures mobile devices, network infrastructure, and locatio…
Post Ipo Debt $584.2M European Investment Bank 2018-08-27 Round →
20
Ximalaya FM
Ximalaya FM is an online audio-sharing platform that offers audiobooks…
Series Unknown $580.6M Goldman Sachs +2 2018-08-14 Round →
21
Peloton
Peloton is an interactive fitness platform reinventing fitness with li…
Series F $550.0M TCV +12 2018-08-02 Round →
22
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application…
Corporate Round $500.0M Toyota Motor 2018-08-27 Round →
23
letgo
letgo is a digital marketplace based in Turkey for buying and selling …
Series E $500.0M Prosus 2018-08-08 Round →
24
Dada Group
Dada Group (NASDAQ: DADA) is a leading platform of local on-demand ret…
Corporate Round $500.0M Walmart +1 2018-08-08 Round →
25
Biosplice Therapeutics
Biosplice Therapeutics is in the medical research and development for …
Series B $438.0M Starling Group +2 2018-08-06 Round →
26
Slack
Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for te…
Series H $427.0M General Atlantic +7 2018-08-21 Round →
27
JOLED
JOLED is specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and …
Corporate Round $422.0M Denso +5 2018-08-23 Round →
28
Bitmain
Bitmain is a design and manufacture of high performance computing chip…
Series B $422.0M Crimson Ventures +5 2018-08-07 Round →
29
HEC Pharm
HEC Pharm is a Chinese drugmaker company.
Post Ipo Equity $400.0M Blackstone Group 2018-08-15 Round →
30
Amazon Seller Services
Amazon Seller Services operates a marketplace that helps sellers to se…
Corporate Round $385.9M Amazon 2018-08-14 Round →
31
Oscar Health
Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family …
Corporate Round $375.0M Alphabet 2018-08-14 Round →
32
Youxia Motors
Youxia Motors designs and manufactures electric vehicles.
Series B $350.0M 2018-08-22 Round →
33
Nayara Energy
Nayara Energy is an integrated downstream oil and petrochemicals compa…
Debt Financing $349.8M 2018-08-07 Round →
34
Segro
SEGRO is a real estate investment trust that owns, manages, and develo…
Post Ipo Debt $345.7M 2018-08-09 Round →
35
Jones Lang LaSalle
Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm, specia…
Post Ipo Debt $331.0M 2018-08-09 Round →
36
Vivint Solar
Vivint Solar is a provider of solar solutions and a growing residentia…
Post Ipo Equity $327.0M 2018-08-08 Round →
37
Hyperoptic
Hyperoptic is a fiber-based internet service provider.
Debt Financing $325.1M ING Group +6 2018-08-03 Round →
38
Weimob
Weimob Inc. (stock code: 2013. HK) is a Chinese cloud-based business a…
Series E $321.0M Tencent +2 2018-08-07 Round →
39
Zogenix
Zogenix develops and commercializes products for the treatment of cent…
Post Ipo Equity $312.0M 2018-08-07 Round →
40
Jet Airways
Jet Airways is an India based airline operating both international and…
Post Ipo Debt $300.0M 2018-08-29 Round →
41
One97 Communications
One97 Communications is a mobile payments services company that delive…
Series Unknown $300.0M Berkshire Hathaway 2018-08-27 Round →
42
Getaround
Getaround is a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that enables car o…
Series D $300.0M SoftBank Vision Fund +8 2018-08-21 Round →
43
Chemclin
Chemclin Biotech is a Chinese provider that is focused on in-vitro dia…
Private Equity $293.1M Legend Capital +7 2018-08-01 Round →
44
C
China Diagnostic Medical Corporation (CDMC)
China Diagnostic Medical Corporation is a diagnostic testing reagents …
Private Equity $292.7M China Renaissance Group's Healthcare Fund. +1 2018-08-07 Round →
45
Stagwell
Stagwell is a private equity firm led by ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballme…
Private Equity $260.0M Carlyle AlpInvest 2018-08-14 Round →
46
Road King Expressway International
Road King Expressway International is an expressway investor and opera…
Private Equity $255.0M CVC Capital Partners 2018-08-02 Round →
47
Sanyu Education (Better Sun Education)
Sanyu Education is a mid-to-high-end direct chain kindergarten group.
Corporate Round $250.0M Legend Holdings 2018-08-31 Round →
48
Clear Blue Insurance Group
Clear Blue Insurance Group specializes in property and casualty insura…
Private Equity $250.0M Pine Brook Partners 2018-08-30 Round →
49
DoorDash
DoorDash is a food delivery platform that connects customers with loca…
Series E $250.0M Coatue +1 2018-08-16 Round →
50
TaskUs
TaskUs is a customer care and back office support company that helps c…
Private Equity $250.0M Blackstone Group 2018-08-09 Round →