There are now 10 companies that have raised $1B+ rounds of equity financing. See the full list.
In the words of Sean Parker in the movie, “The Social Network”: “A million dollars isn’t cool, you know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”
And that’s what these companies raised in one round: A billion dollars.
Didi Kuaidi, Uber, and Social Finance all raised $1B+ round financings in Q3’15, with both Didi Kuaidi and Uber raising multiple billion-dollar rounds in the quarter. Didi Kuaidi and Social Finance’s rounds made them the 10th and 11th companies to raise $1B or more in a single round. Also of note, Social Finance’s $4B valuation is the lowest disclosed valuation for any of the companies involved in the $1B+ financings.
Overall, there have now been a total of 16 $1B+ financings to VC-backed companies since 2010, including 6 to Uber, and 2 to Didi Kuaidi.
The full list is below.
B+ Round
| Company | Latest | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Disclosed Valuation | Date | Select Round Investors | ||
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$1B (Series F-II) |
$16.5B | 09/2015 | Alibaba Group, Capital International Private Equity Funds, Coatue Management, Tencent |
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$1.2B (Private Equity) |
$51B | 08/2015 | Baidu, CITIC Securities International, Hillhouse Capital Management, Ping An Insurance |
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$1B (Series E) |
$4B | 08/2015 | Baseline Ventures, DCM Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Softbank Corp., Third Point |
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$1.5B (Growth Equity) |
$25.5B | 06/2015 | Fidelity Investments, General Atlantic, GGV Capital, Hillhouse Capital Management |
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$1B (Series E) |
$5B | 06/2015 | Softbank Corp |
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$1B (Series D) |
$12B | 01/2015 | Fidelity Investments, Google |
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$1.1B (Series E) |
$46B | 12/2014 | All-Stars Investment, Digital Sky Technologies, GIC Special Investments, Yunfeng Capital |
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$1B (Series G) |
$15B | 07/2014 | Accel Partners, Digital Sky Technologies, GIC Special Investments, Tiger Global Management |
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$1.5B (Venture Capital) |
Undisclosed | 04/2011 | Digital Sky Technologies, Tiger Fund, Walmart |
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$1.5B (Series D) |
$50B | 01/2011 | Digital Sky Technologies, Goldman Sachs |
* Alibaba’s 2011 $1.6B round was not included as it was secondary market transaction, not an investment into the company.
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