Only one USA company raised U$S 1 Bn. in just one funding round in 2019.
There are four main sectors that are attracting funding: FinTech, PropTech, InsurTech or InsureTech and Automation. All are seeing particular traction at the late stage, where checks are largest.
Fintech And Banking
Lot of startups decided to become a bank, and lots of venture capitalist decided to write a check to those startups.
Much of the funding went to “neobanks”, banking focused startups and mobile payments focused startups.
PropTech – Real Estate And Property Management –
Besides of WeWork´s implosion and its ill-fated IPO, other trendlines for the real estate startup sphere this year have been pretty positive, specially less capital-intensive areas of “PropTech” .
Insurance
Insurance is a startup sector that’s been growing steadily for a few years now. Three to five years ago a huge wave of seed-stage insurance startups were launched, and now they’re seeking ever-larger later-stage rounds. Corporate venture arms of established insurance companies are also active in the space, contributing to rising valuations.
Automation
Automation is getting technology to do something that used to require a human and automation software developers are securing rising sums of venture capital.
The 24 largest funding rounds of 2019 totalized U$S 10.092.- millions.
12. Automation Anywhere U$S 290 M
https://www.automationanywhere.com/
Industry: Automation
11. Wish U$S 300 M
Industry: E-Commerce
11. Reddit U$S 300 M
Industry: Social
11. Opendoor $300.0M
Industry: PropTech
11. Affirm U$S 300 M
Industry: Fintech
11. Carta $300.0M
Industry: Fintech
11. Impossible Foods U$S 300 M
Industry: FoodTech
11. KnowBe4 U$S 300 M
Industry: Security
11. Automattic U$S 300 M
Industry: Web Development
11. Samsara U$S 300 M
Industry: IOT
11. RigUp U$S 300 M
Industry: Marketplace
10. Vacasa U$S 319 M
Industry: PropTech
9. Root Insurance U$S 350 M
Industry: InsureTech
8. Compass U$S 370 M
Industry: PropTech
7. Databricks $400.0M
Industry: Analytics
7. Convoy U$S 400 M
Industry: Logistics
7. CloudKitchens U$S 400 M
https://www.cloudkitchens.com/
Industry: PropTech
6. PAX Labs U$S 420 M
Industry: Cannabis
5. Clover Health U$S 500 M
Industry: InsureTech
5. Chime U$S 500 M
Industry: FinTech
4. UiPath U$S 568 M
Industry: Automation
3. Bright Health U$S 635 M
Industry: InsureTech
2. Nuro U$S 940 M
Industry: Autonomous Vehicles
1. Flexport U$S 1 Bn.
Industry: Logistics
