Round-type breakdown
Investment types in December 2018
Seed
1,028
Series Unknown
438
Pre Seed
402
Series A
382
Grant
349
Series B
168
Angel
143
Non Equity Assistance
128
Private Equity
117
Post Ipo Equity
108
| # | Company | Round | Raised | Lead Investor | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JUUL
JUUL is a manufacturer and distributor of electronic nicotine vaporize…
|
Corporate Round | $12.8B | Altria | 2018-12-21 | Round → |
| 2 |
Du Xiaoman Financial
Du Xiaoman Financial is Baidu's fintech arm that provides short-term l…
|
Debt Financing | $2.9B | — | 2018-12-19 | Round → |
| 3 |
Acrisure
Acrisure offers financial services solutions for insurance, reinsuranc…
|
Private Equity | $2.0B | Blackstone Group | 2018-12-10 | Round → |
| 4 |
Cronos Group
Cronos Group cultivates, manufactures, and markets cannabis and cannab…
|
Post Ipo Equity | $1.8B | Altria | 2018-12-07 | Round → |
| 5 |
CityFibre
CityFibre operates as an independent provider of fiber infrastructure …
|
Debt Financing | $1.4B | Lloyds Banking Group | 2018-12-18 | Round → |
| 6 |
Lufax
Lufax is an investment and financing platform that provides investment…
|
Series C | $1.3B | Primavera Capital Group | 2018-12-15 | Round → |
| 7 |
Medici Living Group
The Medici Living Group develops and operates innovative and digitaliz…
|
Series Unknown | $1.1B | CORESTATE Capital Group | 2018-12-11 | Round → |
| 8 |
FSTC
FSTC is an aviation company that provides comprehensive pilot training…
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Private Equity | $1.1B | Xponentia Capital Partners | 2018-12-07 | Round → |
| 9 |
Swiggy
Swiggy is a food delivery platform that offers food service solutions …
|
Series H | $1.0B | Prosus Ventures | 2018-12-20 | Round → |
| 10 |
REEF
REEF Technology is a company that transforms urban real estate such as…
|
Private Equity | $800.0M | SoftBank Vision Fund | 2018-12-04 | Round → |
| 11 |
SBI Life
SBI Life is one of the life insurance company that offers a range of l…
|
Post Ipo Equity | $742.0M | The Carlyle Group | 2018-12-27 | Round → |
| 12 |
Hello TransTech
Hello TransTech (formerly HelloBike) develops smart-sharing bikes for …
|
Series G | $581.5M | Ant Group | 2018-12-28 | Round → |
| 13 |
BYJU'S
BYJU'S is an educational technology company that develops personalized…
|
Series Unknown | $540.0M | Prosus | 2018-12-11 | Round → |
| 14 |
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Cambridge Mobile Telematics develops DriveWell, a complete telematics …
|
Private Equity | $500.0M | SoftBank Vision Fund | 2018-12-19 | Round → |
| 15 |
SpaceX
SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that designs, manufactures…
|
Series J | $486.2M | Baillie Gifford | 2018-12-19 | Round → |
| 16 |
Israel Discount Bank
Israel Discount Bank is a retail bank that provides personal banking, …
|
Post Ipo Equity | $403.1M | — | 2018-12-01 | Round → |
| 17 |
Relay Therapeutics
Relay therapeutics is a developer of an allosteric drug-discovery plat…
|
Series C | $400.0M | SoftBank Vision Fund | 2018-12-20 | Round → |
| 18 |
Zymergen
Zymergen is a biotechnology company that specializes in machine learni…
|
Series C | $400.0M | SoftBank Vision Fund | 2018-12-13 | Round → |
| 19 |
Fair
Fair is a car leasing company that provides a vehicle leasing platform…
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Series B | $385.0M | SoftBank Vision Fund | 2018-12-20 | Round → |
| 20 |
GM Daewoo
General Motors is a vehicle manufacturer that creates new vehicles and…
|
Series Unknown | $358.2M | Korea Development Bank | 2018-12-13 | Round → |
| 21 |
Woowa Bros
WOOWA BROS is a Korean developer of smartphone applications and advert…
|
Series G | $320.0M | Hillhouse Investment | 2018-12-20 | Round → |
| 22 |
G7
G7 is a fleet management service provider in China that offers IoT/AI …
|
Private Equity | $320.0M | HOPU Investment Management Company | 2018-12-10 | Round → |
| 23 |
Amazon Seller Services
Amazon Seller Services operates a marketplace that helps sellers to se…
|
Corporate Round | $311.4M | Amazon | 2018-12-05 | Round → |
| 24 |
Click Therapeutics
Click Therapeutics develops software as a medical treatment prescripti…
|
Undisclosed | $302.0M | Otsuka Holdings | 2018-12-11 | Round → |
| 25 |
Yuanfudao
Yuanfudao provides live courses and tutoring through an online platfor…
|
Series F | $300.0M | Tencent | 2018-12-26 | Round → |
| 26 |
Mucfc.com
Mucfc.com is an online platform that offers financial services.
|
Series Unknown | $292.5M | China Merchants Bank | 2018-12-04 | Round → |
| 27 |
Futur
Futur Pension provides occupational pension, contractual pension, endo…
|
Private Equity | $287.1M | Acathia Capital | 2018-12-18 | Round → |
| 28 |
Nokia
Nokia manufactures mobile devices, network infrastructure, and locatio…
|
Post Ipo Debt | $283.9M | Nordic Investment Bank | 2018-12-03 | Round → |
| 29 |
Cava Group
Cava Group is a Mediterranean culinary brand that offers chef-crafted …
|
Series E | $283.7M | — | 2018-12-04 | Round → |
| 30 |
V3 Group
V3 Group is a leading Asian luxury group that creates, develops, and o…
|
Private Equity | $268.1M | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. | 2018-12-04 | Round → |
| 31 |
Ecore Group
Ecore Group manages the whole recycling process chain for companies an…
|
Debt Financing | $255.5M | — | 2018-12-03 | Round → |
| 32 |
Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby is the organising body of the Gallagher Premiership …
|
Private Equity | $252.5M | CVC Capital Partners | 2018-12-19 | Round → |
| 33 |
Plaid
Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applic…
|
Series C | $250.0M | Index Ventures | 2018-12-11 | Round → |
| 34 |
SURA Asset Management
SURA Asset Management is a company specialized in Savings, Protection …
|
Private Equity | $247.0M | La Caisse | 2018-12-24 | Round → |
| 35 |
Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers designs and develops data center campuses to larg…
|
Debt Financing | $225.0M | — | 2018-12-04 | Round → |
| 36 |
CH-Auto Technology
CH-Auto Technology is an automotive design and vehicle development sol…
|
Post Ipo Equity | $218.2M | — | 2018-12-07 | Round → |
| 37 |
Aura Financial
Aura is a financial service company that provides affordable, credit-b…
|
Debt Financing | $210.0M | — | 2018-12-17 | Round → |
| 38 |
Minted
Minted is a design marketplace that connects users with artists to hel…
|
Series E | $208.0M | T. Rowe Price | 2018-12-14 | Round → |
| 39 |
Graphcore
Graphcore develops a microprocessor designed for AI and machine learni…
|
Series D | $200.0M | Microsoft | 2018-12-18 | Round → |
| 40 |
Avantus
Avantus develops large-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects to …
|
Private Equity | $200.0M | J.P. Morgan Asset Management | 2018-12-13 | Round → |
| 41 |
Luckin Coffee
Luckin Coffee is a tech-driven retail model designed to provide coffee…
|
Series B | $200.0M | GIC | 2018-12-12 | Round → |
| 42 |
Bakkt
Bakkt is a trusted digital asset platform that enables its customers t…
|
Series A | $182.5M | Goldfinch Partners | 2018-12-31 | Round → |
| 43 |
Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Liquid Intelligent Technologies is an independent data, voice, and IP …
|
Series Unknown | $180.0M | British International Investment | 2018-12-11 | Round → |
| 44 |
Eoroom Technology
Eoroom Technology is a home automation builder.
|
Series A | $174.0M | CICC | 2018-12-17 | Round → |
| 45 |
SCALE AI
Scale AI is a business-led consortium that supports business building …
|
Grant | $171.7M | Government of Canada | 2018-12-06 | Round → |
| 46 |
Fuyou Kache
Fuyoukache provides long distance truck logistics services to enterpri…
|
Series D | $170.0M | Matrix Partners China | 2018-12-17 | Round → |
| 47 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is a global financial services group …
|
Post Ipo Debt | $169.6M | — | 2018-12-14 | Round → |
| 48 |
Discord
Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform des…
|
Series F | $150.0M | Greenoaks | 2018-12-21 | Round → |
| 49 |
Cavalcade Midstream
Cavalcade Midstream is a midstream company
|
Private Equity | $150.0M | Pearl Energy Investments | 2018-12-17 | Round → |
| 50 |
Grab
Grab is a mobile application that provides taxi, payment, lending, and…
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Series H | $150.0M | Yamaha Motor | 2018-12-12 | Round → |