What happened to the tech companies that raised the largest VC or growth equity rounds in 2007? In our first ever, VC-edition of Throwback Thursday, we dig in to find that nine of the 20 companies exited and 2 went under. The other 9 are still alive and kicking.
| Company Name | Logo | Round Amount (M) | Select Round Investors | Where are they now? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook* |
|
$300 | Microsoft, Horizons Ventures | IPO (2011) |
| Integra Telecom |
|
$245 | Warburg Pincus | Alive |
| Zayo Group |
|
$225 | Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures, Columbia Capital, Centennial Ventures, M/C Venture Partners | Alive |
| VMware* |
|
$219 | Intel Capital | IPO (2007) |
| Kayak |
|
$196 | Oak Investment Partners, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Trident Capital, General Catalyst Partners | IPO (2011)
Acquired by Priceline (2012) |
| Motricity |
|
$185 | New Enterprise Associates, Advanced Equities Financial, Cyrus Capital Partners | IPO (2011) |
| Force10 Networks |
|
$125 | US Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Worldview Technology Partners | Acquired by Dell (2011) |
| Telecom Transport Management |
 |
$120 | Ignition Partners, Battery Ventures, Columbia Capital, Rally Capital and SeaPoint Ventures | Alive |
| Orbcomm |
|
$114 | Northwood Venture Partners, Ridgewood Capital, OHB Technology AG, and Bukfenc | IPO (2007) |
| Amp’d Mobile |
|
$107 | Highland Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Columbia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Tudor Ventures | Defunct (2007) |
| Specific Media |
|
$100 | Francisco Partners | Alive |
| OANDA Corporation |
|
$100 | New Enterprise Associates, Cascade Investment, T. Rowe Price, Index Ventures, Legg Mason | Alive |
| Demand Media |
|
$100 | Oak Investment Partners, 3i Group, Goldman Sachs, Spectrum Equity Investors, Generation Partners | IPO (2011) |
| Arcadian |
|
$90 | Clal Industries and Investments, Gilo Ventures, Special Situations Group Private Equity | Defunct (2011) |
| Good Technology (Visto) |
 |
$86 | Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Rustic Canyon Partners, Venrock, Blueprint Ventures | Alive |
| Vantage Media |
|
$70 | Scale Venture Partners, Integral Capital Partners, Tudor Ventures, Montgomery & Co | Merged with BrokersWeb (2011) |
| ServiceSource |
|
$66 | General Atlantic | Alive |
| ACTIVE Network |
 |
$65 | North Bridge Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, CRV, ABS Ventures, Tao Venture Partners, Comdisco Ventures | IPO (2011)
Acquired by Vista Equity (2013) |
| Kineto Wireless |
|
$63 | Oak Investment Partners, Storm Ventures, 3i Group, Venrock, Sutter Hill Ventures, SeaPoint Ventures | Alive |
| Goodman Networks |
|
$62 | The Stephens Group, Incline Equity Partners | Alive |
*VMware also had a $150M funding round from Cisco Systems
The companies in this list are all venture-backed.
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