Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the 10 largest startup funding rounds globally during the month of July. I have included some additional information such as industry, round type, location of the company, investors in the round, and date of funding to further the analysis. To maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, real estate and biotech companies were excluded.
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- ShopEx $103,739,436
Round: Series D
Focus/Industry: E-Commerce, Shopping, Software
Location: Shanghai
Date of Funding: 7/28
Investors in the round: Lead – Joy Capital, New Alliance Capital, China Broadband Capital, Tianxing Capital, Gopher Asset Management, K2VC
- Brain Corporation $114,000,000
Round: Series C
Focus/Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Software
Location: San Diego
Date of Funding: 7/19
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, Qualcomm Ventures
- Desktop Metal $115,000,000
Round: Series D
Focus/Industry: 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Precious Metals, Robotics
Location: Boston
Date of Funding: 7/17
Investors in the round: Lead – New Enterprise Associates, DCVC Opportunity, Lowe’s Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Shenzhen Capital Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV, Moonrise Venture Partners, Future Fund, Saudi Aramco, GE Ventures, Lux Capital, Tyche, Techtronic Industries
- Dashu Finance $118,000,000
Round: Series C
Focus/Industry: Finance, FinTech, Internet
Location: Shenzhen
Date of Funding: 7/10
Investors in the round: Lead – Primavera Capital Group, Lead – PAG
- Nauto, Inc. $159,000,000
Round: Series B
Focus/Industry: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, FinTech, Information Services, Mobile, Robotics
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 7/19
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, Lead – Greylock Partners, General Motors Ventures, Draper Nexus Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures
- Plenty Inc. $200,000,000
Round: Series B
Focus/Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Big Data, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Water
Location: SF Bay Area
Date of Funding: 7/19
Investors in the round: Lead – SoftBank, DCM Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective, Bezos Expeditions, Finistere Ventures, Louis Bacon
- Yimidida $300,000,000
Round: Series B
Focus/Industry: Logistics, Social Media, Social Network
Location: Shanghai
Date of Funding: 7/17
Investors in the round: Lead – CDH Investments, Global Logistic Properties, Source Code Capital, K2VC
- DotC $325,822,467
Round: Series B
Focus/Industry: Android, iOS, Mobile Apps, Software
Location: Hong Kong
Date of Funding: 7/26
Investors in the round: Lead – Dalian Zeus Entertainment
- SenseTime $410,000,000
Round: Series B
Focus/Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Software
Location: Hong Kong
Date of Funding: 7/11
Investors in the round: Lead – CDH Investments, Lead – Sailing Capital, CICC, Morningside Venture Capital, IDG Capital Partners, TCL Capital, Advantech Capital, Infore Group, Zhongping Guoyu Asset Management, StarVC, WANDA Group, Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund, Huarong International Financial Holdings, China Merchants Securities, Co-Stone Capital
- ofo $700,000,000
Round: Series E
Focus/Industry: CleanTech, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing
Location: CHN – Other
Date of Funding: 7/5
Investors in the round: Lead – Alibaba, CITIC PE, Hony Capital, Didi Chuxing, DST Global