How much did US private companies raise in August 2020?

847 companies reported raises totalling $10.9bn on SEC Form D in August 2020. Technology was the largest sector at $4.5bn, and CA the largest state at $5.1bn. Amounts are as reported by the issuers; pooled funds are excluded.

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Which industries raised the most?

Technology led with $4.5bn across 246 raises. Industries follow the SEC's own groups, folded into 7 buckets.

IndustryRaisesTotalShare
Technology246$4.5bn41%
Other174$1.9bn17%
Health134$1.6bn14%
Finance57$1.5bn13%
Real estate154$1.2bn11%
Consumer & industrial59$228m2%
Energy23$106m1%

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
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPHawthorne, CATechnology4 Aug 2020$1.9bn
Robinhood Markets, Inc.Menlo Park, CATechnology13 Aug 2020$668m
FANATICS HOLDINGS, INC.Jacksonville, FLTechnology13 Aug 2020$350m
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CONew York, NYFinance17 Aug 2020$300m
Enterprise Housing Partners XXXIII Limited PartnershipColumbia, MDReal estate13 Aug 2020$296m
FMR LLCBoston, MAFinance12 Aug 2020$283m
Freenome Holdings, Inc.South San Francisco, CATechnology14 Aug 2020$270m
Cavu Ultimate Holdings, LLCChicago, ILFinance3 Aug 2020$223m
IQHQ, Inc.Solana Beach, CAReal estate25 Aug 2020$218m
Impossible Foods Inc.Redwood City, CAOther12 Aug 2020$200m
Luminar Technologies, Inc.Orlando, FLOther24 Aug 2020$170m
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.Waltham, MAHealth7 Aug 2020$116m
Chinook Therapeutics U.S., Inc.Seattle, WAHealth17 Aug 2020$115m
Lyra Health, Inc.Burlingame, CAOther19 Aug 2020$110m
CRB Group, Inc.Fort Lee, NJFinance20 Aug 2020$106m
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INCNew York, NYOther17 Aug 2020$102m
Dataiku Inc.New York, NYOther6 Aug 2020$100m
Celebrands, LLCLos Angeles, CAOther26 Aug 2020$89m
Remitly Global, Inc.Seattle, WAFinance3 Aug 2020$85m
Breeze Aviation Group, Inc.Cottonwood Heights, UTConsumer & industrial28 Aug 2020$83.3m
AFC Gamma, Inc.West Palm Beach, FLReal estate12 Aug 2020$76.8m
Form Energy, Inc.Somerville, MAOther28 Aug 2020$76m
Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.Boston, MAHealth5 Aug 2020$75.8m
Truepill, Inc.San Mateo, CAHealth26 Aug 2020$75.5m
Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc.Atlanta, GAFinance20 Aug 2020$75m

Which states raised the most?

CA led with $5.1bn across 190 raises.

StateRaisesTotal
CA190$5.1bn
NY85$1.1bn
MA43$955m
FL55$790m
WA54$454m
IL25$384m
MD13$371m
TX61$225m
CO32$214m
GA23$195m
UT16$163m
NJ10$123m
MN18$76.2m
DC6$68.7m
VA13$66.6m
PA19$66.3m
NC30$63m
TN6$58.8m
DE5$57.7m
LA1$54m
OH15$40.6m
OK4$39.4m
AZ14$37.1m
MO9$34.9m
ID6$34.6m

Sources

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