Investments (#)
Investments (USD)
Transactions
Recent transactions in the sector
| Company | Country | Funding round | Date | |
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The Exploration Company Gmbh Developer of reusable cargo spacecraft. |
Germany | Series B USD 160,000,000 (USD 160,000,000) |
18 Nov 2024 |
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ePlane eVTOL airplane developer. |
India | Series B USD 14,000,000 (USD 14,000,000) |
14 Nov 2024 |
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Ampd Energy Ltd Developer of clean battery energy storage systems for heavy industries. |
Hong Kong SAR China | Series B USD 27,300,000 (USD 27,300,000) |
5 Nov 2024 |
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Matter Intelligence Earth observation company. |
United States | Seed USD 12,000,000 (USD 12,000,000) |
1 Nov 2024 |
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Databento Inc Provider of institutional grade market data. |
United States | Series A USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000) |
31 Oct 2024 |
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Beta Technologies Inc Maker of electric airplanes. |
United States | Series C USD 318,000,000 (USD 318,000,000) |
31 Oct 2024 |
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Third Wave Automation Maker of autonomous forklifts. |
United States | Series C USD 27,000,000 (USD 27,000,000) |
30 Oct 2024 |
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LiquidStack Holding BV Provider of liquid cooling for data centers. |
Series B USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000) |
20 Sep 2024 | |
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Sitewire Remote draw inspections platform automating the construction lending process. |
United States | Seed USD 3,170,000 (USD 3,170,000) |
20 Sep 2024 |
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Statt Inc Data platform for the policy and regulatory spaces. |
Seed USD 2,800,000 (USD 2,800,000) |
20 Sep 2024 | |
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DeepDrive GmbH Electric motor developer. |
Germany | Series B EUR 30,000,000 |
20 Sep 2024 |
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Safire Technology Group Inc Developer of Li-ion battery technologies. |
United States | N/A USD 8,000,000 (USD 8,000,000) |
19 Sep 2024 |
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Settle Payments Business-to-business (B2B) payment platform. |
Egypt | Pre Seed USD 2,000,000 (USD 2,000,000) |
18 Sep 2024 |
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24M Technologies Inc Developer of innovative semisolid lithium-ion batteries. |
United States | Series H USD 87,000,000 (USD 87,000,000) at USD 1,000,000,000 (USD 1,000,000,000) valuation. |
5 Sep 2024 |
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Swiss-Mile Maker of wheel-legged robots. |
Switzerland | N/A USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000) at USD 100,000,000 (USD 100,000,000) valuation. |
29 Aug 2024 |
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JetZero Inc Developer of blended-wing aircraft. |
United States | N/A |
13 Aug 2024 |
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Carketa Inc End-to-end intelligence software for the automotive dealership industry. |
United States | N/A USD 4,400,000 (USD 4,400,000) |
7 Aug 2024 |
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KarmaCheck Inc Technology-based solution for background checks, credentialing, and compliance. |
United States | Series B USD 45,000,000 (USD 45,000,000) |
27 Jun 2024 |
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Space Forge Ltd British aerospace manufacturing company. |
United Kingdom | N/A |
18 Jun 2024 |
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WeatherXM AG Hyperlocal weather data provider. |
Switzerland | Series A USD 7,700,000 (USD 7,700,000) |
23 May 2024 |
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Neros Inc Developer of autonomous military drones. |
United States | Seed USD 10,900,000 (USD 10,900,000) |
20 May 2024 |
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Meesho Inc Indian social e-commerce company. |
United States | N/A USD 275,000,000 (USD 275,000,000) |
10 May 2024 |
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Packfleet Ltd All-electric parcel courier. |
United Kingdom | Series A GBP 8,000,000 |
13 Mar 2024 |
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Topsort Inc Provider of auction-based advertising services for e-commerce platforms. |
United States | Series A USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000) at USD 150,000,000 (USD 150,000,000) valuation. |
4 Mar 2024 |
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Cosmic Aerospace Inc Electric aviation company. |
United States | Seed USD 4,500,000 (USD 4,500,000) |
8 Feb 2024 |
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Otta Job search platform. |
United Kingdom | Acquisition |
22 Jan 2024 |
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Machinery Partner Inc Heavy machinery procurement and financing platform. |
United States | Series A USD 8,000,000 (USD 8,000,000) |
6 Dec 2023 |
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Machinery Partner Inc Heavy machinery procurement and financing platform. |
United States | Debt USD 3,000,000 (USD 3,000,000) |
6 Dec 2023 |
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Hawaiian Airlines |
United States | Acquisition |
Dec 2023 |
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Climate Draft Green jobs site. |
Acquisition |
29 Nov 2023 | |
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Candex Solutions Inc Procurement management platform. |
United States | Series B USD 45,000,000 (USD 45,000,000) |
28 Nov 2023 |
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Zeroavia Inc Developer and manufacturer of hydrogen-electric aircraft engines. |
United States | Series C USD 116,000,000 (USD 116,000,000) |
27 Nov 2023 |
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Linxup LLC GPS tracking, telematics and fleet management provider serving small and mid-size businesses. |
United States | Debt USD 50,000,000 (USD 50,000,000) |
22 Nov 2023 |
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Relay Technologies Ltd Local delivery startup. |
United Kingdom | Seed USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000) |
22 Nov 2023 |
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Regent Craft Inc Electric seaglider manufacturer. |
United States | Series A |
25 Oct 2023 |
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MexPago Transacciones SAPI de CV Payment service provider. |
Mexico | Acquisition |
19 Oct 2023 |
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Volt Technologies Holdings Ltd |
United Kingdom | Series B USD 60,000,000 (USD 60,000,000) at USD 350,000,000 (USD 350,000,000) valuation. |
21 Jun 2023 |
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DeepDrive GmbH Electric motor developer. |
Germany | Series A EUR 15,000,000 |
Mar 2023 |
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JetZero Inc Developer of blended-wing aircraft. |
United States | Series A |
2023 |
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Symbiosis Search |
Acquisition |
23 Nov 2022 | |
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Prelude Recruiting operations platform designed to build an efficient and delightful hiring process. |
Acquisition |
28 Sep 2022 | |
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Ashby Inc All-in-one recruiting software for high growth companies. |
United States | Series B USD 21,500,000 (USD 21,500,000) |
13 Sep 2022 |
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Fetcher New York-based job candidate recruitment startup. |
United States | Series B USD 20,000,000 (USD 20,000,000) |
20 May 2022 |
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TalentSpace GmbH Virtual and hybrid recruiting platform. |
Germany | Acquisition |
14 Apr 2022 |
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LANDED Provider of a recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries. |
United States | Seed USD 7,000,000 (USD 7,000,000) |
7 Apr 2022 |
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Ramped Careers Inc Job skilling and recruitment company. |
United States | Seed USD 3,100,000 (USD 3,100,000) |
22 Mar 2022 |
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HireEZ Recruitment platform. |
United States | N/A USD 26,000,000 (USD 26,000,000) |
3 Feb 2022 |
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Gupy Ltd Recruitment and selection platform that uses artificial intelligence to make the process faster and more assertive. |
Cayman Islands | N/A USD 90,000,000 (USD 90,000,000) |
31 Jan 2022 |
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Ryzac Inc Online learning platform for technical skills. |
United States | Acquisition USD 390,000,000 (USD 390,000,000) |
21 Dec 2021 |
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iMile Delivery LLC Courier company. |
United Arab Emirates | Series A USD 40,000,000 (USD 40,000,000) at USD 350,000,000 (USD 350,000,000) valuation. |
30 Nov 2021 |
Companies
Best funded companies in the sector
The airport offers easy access to key business destinations within the United Kingdom, Europe and the US
Self-driving car company that develops an autopilot system for existing cars.
Metal and carbon fiber 3D printing for engineers, designers, and manufacturers.
GPS tracking, telematics and fleet management provider serving small and mid-size businesses.
Technology-based solution for background checks, credentialing, and compliance.
Recruitment and selection platform that uses artificial intelligence to make the process faster and more assertive.
Developer of high-energy rechargeable lithium-ion batteries based on a nanostructured polymer electrolyte.
Developer of lithium-ion batteries with new type of electrode material.
Developer of clean battery energy storage systems for heavy industries.
1build helps builders win bids by converting blueprints into material shopping lists and cost estimates.
Investors
Top investors in the Industrials sector
| Investor | Profile | Country | Investments | |
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Y Combinator | American technology startup accelerator. | United States | 16 |
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Lightspeed Management Co LLC | Multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the enterprise and consumer sectors. | United States | 10 |
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC | Venture capital firm. | United States | 8 |
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True Ventures Management Co LLC | Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology startups. | United States | 5 |
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Crosslink Capital Inc | Venture capital firm with an asset management business that continues into the public equity market for fast-growing companies. | United States | 5 |
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Union Square Ventures LLC | Early stage venture capital firm | United States | 4 |
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New Enterprise Associates Inc | Global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. | United States | 4 |
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Spark Capital | Early and growth stage venture capital firm. | United States | 4 |
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Freestyle Capital | Early stage venture capital firm. | United States | 3 |
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DCVC Management Co LLC | Venture capital firm that invests in companies that are driving the big data and deep compute secular trend. | United States | 3 |
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Lux Capital Management LLC | Research-driven investment firm focused on founding, seed and early stage investments in the physical and life sciences | United States | 3 |
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Lowercase Capital LLC | Venture capital firm managed by Chris Sacca | United States | 3 |
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Bond Capital | Global technology investment firm that supports visionary founders throughout their entire life cycle of innovation & growth. | United States | 3 |
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Caffeinated Capital | Early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. | United States | 3 |
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Flybridge Capital Partners | Boston-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments | United States | 3 |
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SV Angel | Silicon Valley-based angel fund. | United States | 3 |
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Initialized Capital | United States | 3 | |
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Threshold Ventures | Early-stage VCs, partnering with visionary founders at the threshold of explosive growth. | 2 | |
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Tyche Partners | 2 | ||
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Felicis Ventures | United States | 2 | |
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Afore Capital Management LLC | Venture capital firm. | United States | 2 |
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Virgin Group | 2 | ||
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Elad Gil | 2 | ||
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Paul Graham | 2 | ||
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EQT Ventures | Sweden | 2 | |
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GV. | The venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc. (Formerly Google Ventures.) | United States | 2 |
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Annox Capital | 2 | ||
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Index Ventures Management SA | Venture capital firm | Switzerland | 2 |
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | 2 | ||
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Sam Altman | United States | 2 | |
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GE Ventures | The corporate venture capital arm of GE. | United States | 2 |
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Origin Ventures Group LLC | Venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. | United States | 2 |
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Founder Collective | Seed-stage venture capital fund | United States | 2 |
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GGV Capital Holdings LLC | Venture capital firm based in the Silicon Valley and China. | United States | 2 |
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Future Fund | Australian sovereign wealth fund. | Australia | 2 |
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GS Futures | Early stage venture fund tackling hard problems, supported by the GS Group. | South Korea | 1 |
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Operate VC | 1 | ||
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Moonrise Venture Partners | 1 | ||
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Oria Capital | 1 | ||
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Scale-Up GP Inc | 1 | ||
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University of Surrey | United Kingdom | 1 | |
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Azure Capital Partners | United States | 1 | |
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JP Morgan & Co | United States | 1 | |
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Rho Capital Partners | Venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare. | United States | 1 |
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Tala Capital | 1 | ||
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Owl Ventures | 1 | ||
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Yuri Milner | 1 | ||
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Hustle Fund | United States | 1 | |
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Greenspring Associates Inc | United States | 1 | |
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Volition Capital LLC | Private equity firm with a focus on growth financing | United States | 1 |
Acquirers
Top acquirers in the Industrials sector
| Investor | Profile | Country | Acquisitions | |
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99designs Pty Ltd | Australia | 2 | |
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Stryder Corp | Recruitment platform. | United States | 1 |
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Skillsoft Corp | 1 | ||
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Reynolds America | 1 | ||
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Calendly LLC | Scheduling platform for teams and individuals. | United States | 1 |
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Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) PLC | Global alternative asset manager in private debt, credit and equity. | United Kingdom | 1 |
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Sheffield Haworth Ltd | United Kingdom | 1 | |
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Walmart Inc | American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores in the US and abroad. | United States | 1 |
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Lowercarbon Capital LLC | Venture capital firm which funds research and invests in technologies that reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. | United States | 1 |
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Publicis Groupe SA | French multinational advertising and public relations company. | France | 1 |
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Onex | 1 | ||
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Mill Rock Capital | United States | 1 |
Industry map
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Valuations
Industrials selected pre-money valuations (USD)
| Funding round | Median | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Sample size |
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| Series A | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 2 |
| Series B | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 1 |
| Series C | 270,000,000 | 270,000,000 | 235,000,000 | 305,000,000 | 2 |
| Series D | 885,000,000 | 885,000,000 | 885,000,000 | 885,000,000 | 1 |
| Series E | 1,300,000,000 | 1,300,000,000 | 1,300,000,000 | 1,300,000,000 | 1 |
| Series H | 1,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 1 |
| Acquisition | 3,250,000,000 | 6,435,597,000 | 25,700,000 | 27,400,000,000 | 10 |
| N/A | 2,425,000,000 | 2,425,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 4,750,000,000 | 2 |
| 25,700,000 | 27,400,000,000 | 20 |
Industrials selected deal sizes (USD)
| Funding round | Median | Average | Minimum | Maximum | Sample size |
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| Grant | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 1,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 2 |
| Convertible Note | 2,800,000 | 2,800,000 | 600,000 | 5,000,000 | 2 |
| Pre Seed | 1,200,000 | 1,116,667 | 150,000 | 2,000,000 | 3 |
| Seed | 3,135,000 | 4,239,444 | 120,000 | 12,000,000 | 18 |
| Series A | 10,000,000 | 13,223,529 | 2,500,000 | 40,000,000 | 17 |
| Series B | 20,000,000 | 30,333,040 | 4,000,000 | 160,000,000 | 20 |
| Series C | 42,500,000 | 67,471,429 | 8,600,000 | 318,000,000 | 14 |
| Series D | 80,000,000 | 195,000,000 | 15,000,000 | 700,000,000 | 5 |
| Series E | 88,500,000 | 88,500,000 | 17,000,000 | 160,000,000 | 2 |
| Series H | 87,000,000 | 87,000,000 | 87,000,000 | 87,000,000 | 1 |
| Venture | 20,000,000 | 129,800,000 | 3,000,000 | 600,000,000 | 5 |
| Private Equity | 2,000,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 | 2,000,000,000 | 1 |
| Acquisition | 1,083,270,000 | 5,029,536,154 | 25,700,000 | 27,400,000,000 | 13 |
| Debt | 26,500,000 | 26,500,000 | 3,000,000 | 50,000,000 | 2 |
| IPO | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 1 |
| N/A | 26,000,000 | 162,342,857 | 4,400,000 | 713,000,000 | 7 |
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