How much did US private companies raise in February 2015?

906 companies reported raises totalling $8.6bn on SEC Form D in February 2015. Technology was the largest sector at $3.8bn, and CA the largest state at $4.2bn. Amounts are as reported by the issuers; pooled funds are excluded.

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Which industries raised the most?

Technology led with $3.8bn across 307 raises. Industries follow the SEC's own groups, folded into 7 buckets.

IndustryRaisesTotalShare
Technology307$3.8bn44%
Other204$1.6bn18%
Health126$1.2bn14%
Finance47$797m9%
Energy46$604m7%
Real estate113$425m5%
Consumer & industrial63$181m2%

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
Snapchat IncVenice, CATechnology17 Feb 2015$1.8bn
Genesis Healthcare, Inc.Kennett Square, PAHealth2 Feb 2015$444m
Pinterest, Inc.San Francisco, CAOther27 Feb 2015$367m
Coronado II, LLCWilton, CTEnergy12 Feb 2015$217m
New Koosharem CorpSanta Barbara, CAOther9 Feb 2015$216m
Social Finance, Inc.San Francisco, CAFinance2 Feb 2015$213m
Northside Entertainment Holdings, LLCJackson, WYOther20 Feb 2015$187m
ACCELA INCSan Ramon, CATechnology13 Feb 2015$184m
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc.Flint, MIHealth26 Feb 2015$140m
Thunderbird Resources Equity Inc.Oklahoma City, OKEnergy23 Feb 2015$124m
Jet.com, Inc.Montclair, NJTechnology10 Feb 2015$120m
FMR LLCBoston, MAFinance13 Feb 2015$117m
CGMT OP, L.P.New York, NYReal estate18 Feb 2015$103m
GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPHouston, TXEnergy26 Feb 2015$100m
LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COThe Woodlands, TXOther4 Feb 2015$99.9m
Apollo Global Management LLCNew York, NYFinance10 Feb 2015$94.4m
Oportun Financial CorpRedwood City, CAFinance6 Feb 2015$90.3m
DATAMINR, INC.New York, NYTechnology18 Feb 2015$87.1m
Cherwell Software, LLCColorado Springs, COTechnology5 Feb 2015$83.3m
Snowflake Computing, Inc.San Mateo, CATechnology27 Feb 2015$78.8m
YELP INCSan Francisco, CATechnology9 Feb 2015$75m
Benefitfocus,Inc.Charleston, SCTechnology24 Feb 2015$74.7m
KOCH INDUSTRIES INCWichita, KSOther27 Feb 2015$65.7m
OBLONG INDUSTRIES, INC.Los Angeles, CAOther3 Feb 2015$65m
3D Robotics, Inc.Berkeley, CATechnology11 Feb 2015$64.1m

Which states raised the most?

CA led with $4.2bn across 233 raises.

StateRaisesTotal
CA233$4.2bn
NY92$636m
PA25$571m
TX69$504m
MA61$377m
CT8$222m
CO40$195m
WY3$190m
NJ20$180m
MI14$149m
OK4$141m
IL33$140m
FL31$105m
MD23$102m
WA26$94.1m
VA17$87.5m
SC5$82.3m
OH15$75.2m
KS8$73.8m
NC20$70.8m
LA3$61.4m
GA14$60.6m
UT17$52.9m
MN12$51.8m
AZ18$36.1m

Sources

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