Transcarent raises $126M to accelerate AI capabilities
This round values the company at $2.2 billion
Read more...Just when you thought $1 billion was the new standard of monthly investment into early-stage financing, the numbers tipped backwards.
After July saw the largest single month of early-stage dollars raised in at least two years, August plummeted to the lowest funding level since July of 2014, according to a report from CB Insights.
With just $986 million across 429 deals, August broke a 12-month streak of at least $1 billion in early stage dollars. It was down significantly from the $1.85 billion across 504 deals in July, and the $1.3 billion across 490 deals in June.
The last time there was less than $1 billion in early stage tech funding was in July of 2014. Last month did not, however reach the lowest number of deals in that time frame; that belongs to May of this year, when there were only 395 deals.
The median round size during August stayed the same as it had been in July, $1.25 million, which is its lowest figure since February 2014.
Internet startups are doing fine, as they accounted for 51% of funding dollars that went to early-stage tech companies in August, and 58 of the deals. That ended three months of falling dollar share. Mobile companies took 26% funding share, and had 30% of the deals for just the third time over the last three years.
The top six early stage deals of the month were:
The top 10 deals during the cumulatively raised $131 million.
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This round values the company at $2.2 billion
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