What happened to the tech companies that raised the largest VC or growth equity rounds in 2009? In this latest installment of Throwback Thursday, we dig in. Nine of the 20 companies on the list exited and one company went defunct after a particularly bad scandal. Check out our other editions of TBT looking at 2007 and 2008.
Here’s how TBT 2009 stacks up.
| Company | Logo | Amount (M) | Select Round Investors | Where Are They Now? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
$200 | Digital Sky Technologies | IPO (2012) | |
| Zynga |
|
$180 | Kevin Rose, Tiger Global Management, Digital Sky Technologies, A16Z, Institutional Venture Partners | IPO (2011) |
| Zayo Group |
|
$128 | Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Morgan Stanley | Alive |
|
$100 | Insight Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, Institutional Venture Partners | IPO (2013) | |
| Rocket Software |
|
$92 | Court Square Ventures | Alive |
| Ubidyne |
|
$91 | BayTech Venture Capital, Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures, TVM Capital, Gimv | Alive |
| Meru Networks |
|
$88 | Clearstone Venture Partners, D.E. Shaw & Co., BlueStream Ventures, Tenaya Capital | IPO (2010) |
| Workday |
|
$75 | New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Dave Duffield | IPO (2012) |
| ExactTarget* |
|
$75 | Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates, Technology Crossover Ventures | IPO (2012) Acquired by SalesForce (2013) |
| Mode Media |
 |
$75 | Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, Growth Capital, Mizuho Capital | Alive |
| Tabula |
|
$74 | New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners | Alive |
| GCT Semiconductor |
|
$72 | Parakletos Ventures | Alive |
| Obopay |
|
$70 | ONSET Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Nokia, Citigroup | Alive |
| Bridgelux |
|
$63 | Doll Capital Management, El Dorado Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners | Alive |
| Canopy Financial |
|
$63 | GGV Capital, Foundation Capital, Spectrum Equity Investors | Defunct (2009) |
| Spring Mobile Solutions |
|
$58 | New Enterprise Associates, Ideiasnet and SAP Ventures | Alive |
| Chegg |
|
$57 | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Insight Venture Partners, Foundation Capital | IPO (2013) |
| RuffaloCODY |
|
$55 | North Bridge Venture Partners, AAVIN Venture Capital and WestView Capital Management | Financial Acquisition Summit Partners (2013) |
| RockYou |
|
$50 | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Doll Capital Management, Softbank Capital | Alive |
| Calix Networks |
|
$50 | Menlo Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Redpoint Ventures | IPO (2010) |
*These companies had multiple large rounds during this time period
The companies in this list are all in the US and venture-backed. Multiple deals within a series were grouped together. Debt and Grant rounds were not included.
Photo credit for the featured image goes to Adrian Clark
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