While bigger funding rounds may not always be better, they definitely dominate the headlines. According to Crunchbase, this year over $163.5 billion has been invested in startups globally. Investors have been making big bets across a broad range of industries, including everything from real estate companies to food delivery technologies. These 11 startup companies are breaking records and have had the biggest funding rounds so far.
Methodology
We looked at the companies based in the United States who raised a seed, early-stage venture, or late-stage venture funding round in 2019. This list of companies was curated with Crunchbase Pro’s funding round search.
Top 11 Companies Who’ve Raised The Most Money in 2019
HQ: New York, New York
Last Equity Funding: $400M Series B
Notable investors: Foundry Group, RRE Ventures
Founded in 2015, Knock is an online home selling platform that simplifies the home buying or selling process. Launched by founding team members from Trulia.com, the company uses data science to price homes accurately, technology to sell homes quickly, and a team of professionals to guide homeowners through the selling process.
HQ: New York, New York
Last Equity Funding: $400M Series C
Notable investors: Wafra Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Newmark Knight Frank, The Sapir Organization
Knotel is a flexible workplace provider, providing branded headquarters for growth-stage companies, allowing startups to cut costs and have the advantage of a flexible lease. Founded in 2016, Knotel has over 200+ locations around the world.
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Last Equity Funding: $400M Series F
Notable Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates
Databricks unifies data science, engineering, and business to empower decision-makers across the organization. Founded in 2013, they provide data teams the ability to process massive amounts of data in the Cloud.
HQ: Seattle, Washington
Last Equity Funding: $400M Series D
Notable Investors: Greylock Partners, Y Combinator, CapitalG, Generation Investment Management, T. Rowe Price
Founded in 2015, Convoy is a digital freight network, connecting shippers to carriers to reduce waste and inefficiency in the trucking industry. They provide tools, services, and insights for both shippers and carriers to help businesses improve their transportation and reduce CO2 emissions.
HQ: Jersey City, New Jersey
Last Equity Funding: $500M Series E
Notable Investors: Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital
Clover Health is a healthcare insurance provider that features a data and analytics platform. Founded in 2013, they use real-time monitoring to prevent hospital admissions, reduce avoidable spending, and better identify and manage chronic diseases.
HQ: New York, New York
Last Equity Funding: $568M Series D
Notable Investors: Coatue Management, CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, Accel
UiPath designs and develops robotic process automation software with an easy-to-use automation design tool and automated cloud deployment. Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca founded UiPath in 2005; it now has 34 offices across 22 countries. The company has over 4,000 customers including 60% of the Fortune Global 500 and 40 US Government agencies.
HQ: Palo Alto, California
Last Equity Funding: $530M Series B + $70M Series B in 2019 ($600M total in 2019)
Notable Investors: Hyundai Motor Company, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures
Aurora is a self-driving technology company that is working to enable the future of transportation with its product, the Aurora Driver. In 2019, Aurora raised two Series B rounds, one led by Sequoia for $530 million and the other led by Hyundai Motor Company for $70 million.
HQ: Mountain View, California
Last Equity Funding: $940M Series B
Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, Gaorong Capital, Greylock Partners
In 2016, Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu founded Nuro after previously serving as principal engineers at Google’s self-driving car project, Waymo. Nuro is a technology company working to solve transportation challenges with the power of robotics and artificial intelligence.
HQ: San Francisco, California
Last Equity Funding: $400M Series F and $600M Series G in 2019 ($1 billion total in 2019)
Notable Investors: Dragoneer Investment Group, Temasek Holdings, Softbank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures
DoorDash connects customers with local and national businesses in the United States and Canada for on-demand delivery. Founded in 2013, DoorDash was originally Palo Alto Delivery and was later rebranded to DoorDash in October 2014.
HQ: New York, New York
Last Equity Funding: $1B Series H
Notable Investors: Softbank
In September, WeWork announced that it was pulling its IPO amidst layoffs and the WeWork CEO, Adam Neumann, stepping down. In November, WeWork detailed its turnaround strategy including a 90-day “game-plan” focusing on member experience and leaning on “proven executives.”
HQ: San Francisco, California
Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D
Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund
Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its service includes a dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade.
