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    Recent transactions in the sector

    Country Funding round Date
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States N/A
    USD 40,000,000 (USD 40,000,000)
    13 Dec 2024
    Sierra Technologies Inc
    Developer of custom AI agents for enterprise customer service.
    N/A
    USD 175,000,000 (USD 175,000,000) at USD 4,500,000,000 (USD 4,500,000,000) valuation.
    29 Oct 2024
    Clerk Chat Inc
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) telecom platform for enterprises.
    United States N/A
    USD 7,000,000 (USD 7,000,000)
    16 Oct 2024
    Safe Superintelligence Inc
    Seed
    USD 1,000,000,000 (USD 1,000,000,000) at USD 5,000,000,000 (USD 5,000,000,000) valuation.
    4 Sep 2024
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States Series A
    USD 50,000,000 (USD 50,000,000)
    4 Jun 2024
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States N/A
    USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000)
    24 Oct 2023
    Runway AI Inc
    AI video company.
    United States Series C
    USD 141,000,000 (USD 141,000,000)
    30 Jun 2023
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States Seed
    USD 12,000,000 (USD 12,000,000)
    5 Dec 2022
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States Seed
    USD 5,000,000 (USD 5,000,000)
    17 Mar 2022
    Runway AI Inc
    AI video company.
    United States Series B
    USD 35,000,000 (USD 35,000,000)
    15 Dec 2021
    Airtable
    Flexible collaboration and workflow cloud platform.
    Series D
    USD 185,000,000 (USD 185,000,000) at USD 2,500,000,000 (USD 2,500,000,000) valuation.
    14 Sep 2020
    Stack Exchange Inc
    Questions and answers site for programmers.
    United States Series E
    USD 85,000,000 (USD 85,000,000)
    29 Jul 2020
    Github Inc
    Developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their source code.
    United States Acquisition
    4 Jun 2018
    Stack Exchange Inc
    Questions and answers site for programmers.
    United States Series D
    USD 40,000,000 (USD 40,000,000)
    21 Jan 2015
    Duolingo Inc
    Developer and operator of a popular mobile and web-based learning platform with gamified language courses and digital proficiency exams.
    United States Series B
    31 Dec 2012
    Duolingo Inc
    Developer and operator of a popular mobile and web-based learning platform with gamified language courses and digital proficiency exams.
    United States Series A
    1 Oct 2011
    Stack Exchange Inc
    Questions and answers site for programmers.
    United States Series B
    1 Mar 2011
    Stack Exchange Inc
    Questions and answers site for programmers.
    United States Series A
    1 May 2010
    Airtable
    Flexible collaboration and workflow cloud platform.
    N/A
    What3words Ltd
    United Kingdom N/A
    Sierra Technologies Inc
    Developer of custom AI agents for enterprise customer service.
    N/A
    FullContact Inc
    Provider of address book management tools.
    United States N/A
    Runway AI Inc
    AI video company.
    United States N/A
    Sierra Technologies Inc
    Developer of custom AI agents for enterprise customer service.
    N/A
    Twelve Labs Inc
    Video 'understanding" company.
    United States N/A
    Sooper Books Ltd
    Book streaming service.
    N/A
    Mend Tech Inc
    Self-care app focused on helping individuals recover from breakups and emotional challenges through science-based activities.
    United States N/A

    Best funded companies in the sector





    Developer of custom AI agents for enterprise customer service.





    Questions and answers site for programmers.

    Investment themes:




    Flexible collaboration and workflow cloud platform.

    Investment themes:




    Artificial Intelligence (AI) telecom platform for enterprises.





    Provider of address book management tools.





    Book streaming service.





    Developer and operator of a popular mobile and web-based learning platform with gamified language courses and digital proficiency exams.





    Developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their source code.

    Investment themes:




    Platform empowering creators to monetize through fan memberships, exclusive access, and digital brand engagement tools.


    Top investors in the Online Services (NEC) sector

    Profile Country Investments
    Union Square Ventures LLC Early stage venture capital firm United States 6
    Index Ventures Management SA Venture capital firm Switzerland 5
    Andreessen Horowitz Venture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz United States 4
    Radical Ventures Investments Inc Canada 3
    Spark Capital LLC Early and growth stage venture capital firm. United States 3
    Sequoia Capital Operations LLC Venture capital firm. United States 2
    Arāya Ventures Ltd United Kingdom 2
    NVIDIA Corp Software and fabless company which designs graphics processing units (GPUs) and APIs for high-performance computing. United States 2
    New Enterprise Associates Inc Global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. United States 2
    WndrCo LLC United States 2
    Thrive Capital Partners Inc Private equity and venture capital investment firm focused on media and internet investments. United States 2
    Benchmark Capital Early stage venture capital firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud companies. United States 2
    Bezos Expeditions Bezos Expeditions manages Jeff Bezos' personal venture capital investments. 1
    Outlander Ventures 1
    Salesforce Ventures Salesforce's corporate investment group. United States 1
    DataBricks Inc Unified data platform for analytics and AI. United States 1
    NFDG Investment partnership between Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. 1
    Charles River Ventures Independent venture capital firm United States 1
    Samsung Group South Korea 1
    Naval Ravikant 1
    GIC Private Ltd Singapore sovereign wealth fund. Singapore 1
    Google Inc American multinational Internet and software corporation specialized in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. United States 1
    Snowflake Ventures The corporate venturing arm of Snowflake. 1
    HF0 Residency United States 1
    CSC Upshot Ventures I LP United States 1
    Christopher Dixon United States 1
    Hone Capital United States 1
    Lux Capital Management LLC Research-driven investment firm focused on founding, seed and early stage investments in the physical and life sciences United States 1
    High Country Venture LLC United States 1
    Techstars Seattle 1
    Altair Capital Management LLC 1
    Quiet Capital Management LLC United States 1
    Korea Investment Partners Co Ltd Korea's largest venture capital firm. South Korea 1
    Bob Pasker United States 1
    D1 Capital Partners LP Hedge fund manager United States 1
    Avra Capital Partners LLP Venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments, focusing on fintech, blockchain, and Web3 technologies. United States 1
    SK Ventures Management LLC United States 1
    ICONiQ Capital LLC Global multi-family office. 1
    In-Q-Tel Inc Non-profit venture capital firm, sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that invests agency funds in promising early stage companies United States 1
    Index Ventures LLP United Kingdom 1
    SV Angel Silicon Valley-based angel fund. United States 1
    Caffeinated Capital Early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. United States 1
    Intel Corp American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. United States 1
    Joshua Schachter United States 1
    SK Telecom Ventures The dedicated venture capital arm of SK Telecom. United States 1
    Race Capital LP 1
    BoxGroup Ventures LLC Early-stage venture capital fund investing in innovative tech startups, focusing on software, e-commerce, AI, and biotech. United States 1
    NVentures The corporate venturing arm of Nvidia. 1
    Ron Conway United States 1
    Silver Lake Waterman 1

    Top acquirers in the Online Services (NEC) sector

    Profile Country Acquisitions
    Microsoft Corp Software company focused on computing through its various product divisions. United States 1

    Online Services (NEC) industry map

    business messaging
    developer platforms
    B2B messaging
    video processing
    educational tool
    messaging automation
    generative AI
    business messaging
    software development
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    Online Services (NEC) selected pre-money valuations (USD)

    Funding round Median Average Minimum Maximum Sample size
    Seed 5,000,000,000 5,000,000,000 5,000,000,000 5,000,000,000 1
    Series D 2,500,000,000 2,500,000,000 2,500,000,000 2,500,000,000 1
    N/A 4,500,000,000 4,500,000,000 4,500,000,000 4,500,000,000 1
    2,500,000,000 5,000,000,000 3

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    Online Services (NEC) selected deal sizes (USD)

    Funding round Median Average Minimum Maximum Sample size
    Seed 12,000,000 339,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000,000 3
    Series A 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000 1
    Series B 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 1
    Series C 141,000,000 141,000,000 141,000,000 141,000,000 1
    Series D 112,500,000 112,500,000 40,000,000 185,000,000 2
    Series E 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 1
    N/A 25,000,000 58,000,000 7,000,000 175,000,000 4
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    Business Classification

    Parent business classification group
    Online Services