How much did US private companies raise in January 2015?

867 companies reported raises totalling $9.3bn on SEC Form D in January 2015. Technology was the largest sector at $4.1bn, and CA the largest state at $4bn. Amounts are as reported by the issuers; pooled funds are excluded.

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Which industries raised the most?

Technology led with $4.1bn across 272 raises. Industries follow the SEC's own groups, folded into 7 buckets.

IndustryRaisesTotalShare
Technology272$4.1bn44%
Real estate153$1.9bn20%
Health112$1.2bn13%
Other170$782m8%
Energy37$602m6%
Finance44$417m4%
Consumer & industrial79$294m3%

What were the largest raises?

The 25 largest filings of the month, with the issuer's own SEC record linked where the filing index is known.

CompanyWhereIndustryDateAmount
Uber Technologies, IncSan Francisco, CATechnology16 Jan 2015$1.7bn
AG Core Plus IV Corp.New York, NYReal estate1 Jan 2015$1.3bn
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPHawthorne, CATechnology20 Jan 2015$1000m
Eclipse Resources CorpState College, PAEnergy28 Jan 2015$440m
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CorpPittsburgh, PAOther5 Jan 2015$173m
Wafra Residential Value Invest I, L.P.New York, NYReal estate9 Jan 2015$140m
ADVISORY BOARD COWashington Dc, DCConsumer & industrial9 Jan 2015$121m
Ameris BancorpMoultrie, GAFinance28 Jan 2015$120m
ZUORA INCFoster City, CATechnology16 Jan 2015$115m
Planet Labs Inc.San Francisco, CATechnology13 Jan 2015$106m
Illumio, Inc.Sunnyvale, CATechnology26 Jan 2015$101m
Heartflow, Inc.Redwood City, CAHealth30 Jan 2015$99.9m
Adaptive Biotechnologies CorpSeattle, WAHealth7 Jan 2015$95.7m
Adaptive Biotechnologies CorpSeattle, WAHealth7 Jan 2015$93.8m
Allergen Research CorpSan Mateo, CAHealth20 Jan 2015$80m
Houston International Insurance Group LTDHouston, TXFinance14 Jan 2015$70m
Altiostar Networks, Inc.Tewksbury, MATechnology7 Jan 2015$70m
BRUIN SPORTS CAPITAL, LLCRye Brook, NYOther8 Jan 2015$68.1m
Porch.com, Inc.Seattle, WAOther12 Jan 2015$65.9m
NerdWallet, Inc.San Francisco, CATechnology30 Jan 2015$63m
ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY INCBoston, MAHealth13 Jan 2015$57.5m
INTREXON CORPGermantown, MDHealth13 Jan 2015$57.5m
Strategic Growth Bancorp Inc.El Paso, TXFinance16 Jan 2015$55.8m
Kate Farms, Inc.Santa Barbara, CAHealth27 Jan 2015$47.9m
Pronutria Biosciences, Inc.Cambridge, MAHealth30 Jan 2015$44.3m

Which states raised the most?

CA led with $4bn across 207 raises.

StateRaisesTotal
CA207$4bn
NY90$1.9bn
PA21$679m
MA50$502m
TX68$435m
WA42$314m
DC11$197m
GA14$154m
MD15$120m
FL41$105m
NC20$97.3m
CO42$93.6m
IL36$88.5m
VA15$85.7m
MI9$80.2m
MO7$51.6m
ID2$40.1m
OH16$40m
MN13$32.4m
NV11$31.5m
NJ9$29.5m
SD3$26.4m
AZ15$21.9m
UT11$21.4m
OR12$21.1m

Sources

  1. SEC Form D data sets (quarterly)
  2. How the numbers are built