210 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Startup failures:. p>

The total funding p>

$100M+ p>

Katerra p>

company: p>

Katerra p>

Investors Select VC: p>

SoftBank Group p>

Greenoaks Capital Management p>

Foxconn Technology Company p>

Khosla Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$1.5B p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

Quibi p>

company: p>

Quibi p>

Select VC investors: p>

Goldman Sachs

NBC Universal p>

p >

JPMorgan Chase p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$1.75B p>

via p>

Wall Street Journal p>

Loon p>

company: p>

Loon p>

Select VC investors: p>

HAPSMobile p>

total disclosed funding:

$125M p>

via p>

Financial Times p>

Xinja p>

company: p>

Xinja p>

Select VC investors: p>

Equiti se p>

Global Investments p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$100.6M p>

via p>

Finextra p>

essential products p>

company: p>

essential products p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Redpoint Ventures p>

Global playground p>

Tencent Holdings p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$330M p>

via p>

The Rod p>

ScaleFactor p>

company: p>

ScaleFactor p >

Select VC investors: p>

Bessemer Venture Partners p>

Canaan Partners p>

Coatue management

total disclosed funding: p>

$p>

104M p>

via p>

Forbes p>

LeSports p>

company: p>

Sports p>

Select VC investors: p>

HNA Capital p>

Travel Fund p>

ZHONGTAI Securities p>

Fortune Link p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$1.7B p>

via p>

South China Morning post p>

Singlex p>

company:p>

Singlex p>

Select VC investors: p>

OrbiMed Advisors p>

Fisk Ventures p>

, p>

Prof. Olog Ventures p>

Advantage Capital p>

GE Capital p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$219M p>

Tink Labs p>

company: p>

Tink Labs p>

(. hi Inc) p> Choosing VC Investors: p>

SoftBank Group p>

FIH mobile p>

(Foxconn subsidiary), p>

Sinovation Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$125M p>

via p>

Financial Times p>

uBiome p>

company: p>

uBiome p>

Select VC investors: p>

8VC p>

Y Combinator p>

Dentsu Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$110M p>

via p>

Forbes p>

Beequick p>

company: p>

Beequick p>

Select VC investors: p>

Sequoia Capital China p>

Bell Eastern Capital p>

Tiantu Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$110M p>

via p>

36Kr p>

(article translated from Mandarin; slightly edited for clarity) p>

Company: p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Andreessen Horowitz p>

Index Ventures p>

Two Sigma Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$205M p>

via p>

Roadstar.ai p>

company: p>

Roadstar.ai p>

Select VC investors: p>

CMB Capital international p>

Shenzhen Capital Group p>

p >

Vision more Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$128M p>

via p>

synchronized Review p>

Panda TV p>

company: p>

Panda TV p>

Investors Select VC: p>

luminous stone

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HanFor Holdings p>

Woken Asset Management p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$194 million p>

via p>

The Esports Observer p>

Seven Innocent Laboratories p>

company: p>

Seven Innocent Laboratories p>

Select VC investors: p>

Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions p>

Daiwa House Group p>

KKR p >

total day one funding: p>

$104M p>

via p>

Engadget

Arrival p>

Company: p>

Arrival p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Plug and Play Ventures p>

VC Trucks p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$1B p>

via p>

The Rod p>

iwujiwu p>

company: p>

iwujiwu p>

Investors Select VC: p>

GGV Capital p>

Temasek Holdings p>

, Gaorong Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$305M p>

Although no official statement has been made, the former unicorn's site appears to be inactive: p>

via p>

SinoInsider p>

Munchery p>

company: p>

Munchery p>

Select VC investors: p>

Greycroft Partners, p>

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Ventur p>

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Sherpa p>

Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$117M p>

As a player in the increasingly crowded food distribution space, Munchery writes: p>

via

Munchery p>

Solyndra p>

company: p>

Solyndra p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Redpoint Ventures, Venture Partners USA p>

total funding revealed: p>

$1.22 billion p>

via p>

Reuters p>

Jawbone p>

Company: p>

Jawbone p>

Select VC investors: p>

Khosla Ventures p>

, Sequoia Capital, p>

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$929.9M p>

Abound Solar p>

Company: p>

Abound Solar p>

Select VC investors: p>

Technology Partners, DCM Ventures, BP Alternative Energy Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$614m p>

Theranos p>

business p>

Theranos p>

Select VC Investors p>

: BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Rupert Murdoch, Walgreens p>

total disclosed Fundin p>

g: $500M p>

via p>

The New York Times p> Optical Review p>

company: p>

Optical Review p>

Select VC investors: p>

InterWest Partners, Canaan Partners, Domain Associates, ProQuest Investments p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$172M p>

via p>

OIS p>

Wonga p>

company p>

Wonga p>

Select VC Investors p>

: 83North, p>

The accelerator group

total the present invention relates to financing p>

: $158.4 million p>

via p>

and the Financial Times p>

Beepi p>

company: p>

Beepi p>

Select VC investors: p>

SAIC Engine, p>

Capital Foundation p>

, Gil Penchina Ventures, Redpoint p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$147.7M p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

AOptix Technologies p>

company: p>

AOptix Technologies p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lehman Brothers, Clearstone Venture Partners p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$107.9 million p>

via p>

Light Reading p>

DEFY media p>

company: p>

DEFY media p>

Select VC investors: p>

ABS Capital Partners, ZM Capital, Wellington Management

total disclosed funding: p>

$100m p>

via p>

Variety p>

primary data p>

company: p>

primary data p>

Select VC investors: p>

Battery Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Pelion Venture Partners p>

total funding disclosed: p>

$103M p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

Guvera p>

company: p> Guvera p>

Select VC investors: p>

AMMA private investment p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$102.6M p>

via p>

Business Insider p>

ChaCha p>

company: p>

ChaCha p>

Investors Select VC: p >

Qualcomm Ventures p>

, Rho Ventures, VantagePoint Capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$108M p>

via p>

Indianapolis Business Journal p>

Drugstore.com p>

Company: p>

Drugstore.com p>

Select VC investors: p>

Amazon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Maveron

Total disclosed funding: p>

$157M p>

via p>

Wall Street Journal p>

via

Chicago Tribune

media mode p>

company: p>

media mode p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Partners Greycroft p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$229M p>

via p>

Business Insider

Next stage of life p>

company: p>

Next stage of life p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Black Coral Capital

, Braemar Energy Ventures, VantagePoint capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$100.8M p>

via p>

GreenTech media p>

Airware p>

business p>

: AirWare p>

Select VC investors: p>

Andreessen Horowitz, GE Ventures, Google Ventures, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$101M p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

Awarepoint p>

company p>

: Awarepoint p>

Select VC Investors p>

: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & amp; Byers, New Leaf Venture Partners p>

Total The present invention relates to financing p>

: $100.9M p>

via p>

Xconomy p>

KiOR p>

company: p>

KiOR p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Khosla Ventures, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital Management p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$252.9M p>

via p>

Fortune p>

Energy aquion p>

company: p>

Energy aquion p>

Select VC investors: p>

Bill Gates, p>

CapX Partners p>

, Constellation Technology Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$196.6M p>

via p>

Cleantechnica p>

Quixey p>

company: p>

Quixey p>

Select VC investors: p>

Alibaba Group, Capital Atlantic Bridge, GGV Capital p>

total disclosed funding:

$164.2M

via

Global business-to-business cooperation p>

Quirky p>

company: p>

Quirky p>

Select VC investors: p>

RRE Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$185.3M p>

via p>

New York Magazine p>

Powa technologies p>

company: p>

Powa technologies p>

Select VC investors: p>

Wellington Management, Otto Group p>

total funding disclosed: p>

$176.3M + at least $50M debt p>

via p>

Financial Times p>

Lilliputiens Systems p> company: p>

Lilliputian Systems p>

Select VC investors: p>

Kleiner Perkins, Atlas Venture, Intel Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$150.4M p>

via p>

Beta Boston p>

Radio p>

company: p>

Radio p>

Select VC investors: p>

Atomico, Mangrove Capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$117.5M p>

via p>

The Rod p>

OnLive p>

company: p>

OnLive p>

Investors Select VC: p >

Lauder Partners, Time Warner Investments p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$116.5M p>

via p>

Kotaku p>

Coraid p>

company: p>

Coraid p>

Select VC investors: p>

Azure Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$114.3M p>

via p>

Venture Beat p>

Terralliance p>

company: p>

Terralliance p>

Select VC investors: p>

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Goldman Sachs, DAG Ventures p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$296.3M p>

via p>

Fortune p>

Webvan Group p>

company: p>

Webvan Group p>

Select VC investors: p>

Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital p>

total declared financing: p>

$275.2M p>

via p>

SFGate p>

Better place p>

company:p>

Better place p>

Select VC investors: p>

VantagePoint Capital Partners p>

Lend Ventures Lease p>

Total Funding Revealed: p>

$675.3M p>

via p>

VentureBeat p>

AMP'D mobile p>

company: p>

AMP'D mobile p>

Select VC investors: p>

Highland Capital Partners, Columbia Capital, Redpoint Ventures p>

total day one funding: p>

$324.5M p>

via p>

Engadget p>

AllAdvantage.com p>

company: p>

AllAdvantage.com p>

Select VC investors: p>

Ventures Alloy, Capital Walden Venture p>

total funding revealed: p>

$133.8M p>

via p>

San Francisco Business Times p>

Kozmo.com p>

company: p>

Kozmo. Total disclosed p>

Oak Investment Partners p>

Flatiron Partners p>

financing: com p>

Select VC investors: p>

$256.5M p>

via p>

Forbes p>

eToys p>

company: p>

eToys p>

Select VC investors: p>

Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

Undisclosed, but raised $166.4M at IPO p>

via p>

The New York Times p>

Caspian Networks p>

company: p>

Caspian Networks p>

Select VC investors: p>

New Enterprise Associates, p>

US Venture Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$260M p>

via p>

Light Reading p>

Pay By touch p>

company: p>

Pay By touch p>

Choosing VC Investors: p>

Mobius Venture Capital, Rembrandt Venture Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$130M p>

through p >

Bloomberg Businessweek p>

RealNames Corporation p>

company: p>

RealNames Corporation p>

Select VC investors: p>

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Clearstone Venture Partners p>

total DISCL funding OSED: p>

$116.2M p>

via p>

Search Engine Watch p>

Arts Alliance p>

Company: p>

Boo.com p>

Select VC investors: p>

Arts Alliance p>

total funding revealed: p>

$135M p>

via p>

eCommerce times p>

Savaje Technologies p>

company: p>

Savaje Technologies p>

Select VC investors: p>

VantagePoint Venture Partners, RRE Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$113.7M p>

via p>

Pets.com p>

company: p>

Pets.com p>

Select VC investors: p>

Hummer Winblad Partners, Bowman Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$110M p>

via p>

The Wall Street Journal p>

Cereva Networks p>

company: p>

Cereva Networks p>

Select VC investors: p>

Oak Investment Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Goldman Sachs p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$109.5M p>

via p>

DSstar p>

COPAN Systems p>

company: p>

COPAN Systems p>

Select VC investors: p>

Globespan Capital P ARTNERS, Austin Ventures p>

Total day one funding: p>

$108.4M p>

via p>

Toolbox.com p>

Calxeda p>

company: p>

Calxeda p>

Select VC investors: p>

Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$103M p>

via p>

The register p>

Startup Failures: Total Funding $75M - $100M p>

GoBear p>

company: p>

GoBear p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Walvis Participaties, Aegon p>

total declared financing: p>

$97M p>

via p>

The Straits Times p>

Aura Financial p>

company:

Aura Financial p>

Select VC investors: p>

FirstMark capital, Varadero capital Ventures Revolution p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$82M + $264M in debt p>

via p>

American Banker

Jumpshot p>

company: p>

Jumpshot p>

Select VC Investors: Total Disclosed Funding p>

AVAST Software p>

, Ascential p>

83M p>

via p>

vice p>

Atrium p>

company: p>

Atrium p>

i Select VC nvestors: p>

Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Y Combinator p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$76M p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

Sienna Biopharmaceuticals p>

business p>

Sienna Biopharmaceuticals p>

Select VC investors p >

: Fidelity Investments, Altitude Life science Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Management Fonds p>

total The present invention relates to the financing p>

: $86M p>

via p>

Becker Hospital Revue p>

Lesara p>

company: p>

Lesara p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Mangrove Capital Partners p>

, Northzone Ventures, 3L Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$99M p>

Lesara, who was an online fashion retailer, said on her website: p>

via p>

Lesara p>

Juicer p>

company: p>

Juicer

Select VC investors: p>

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Thrive Capital p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$99.9 p>

via p>

Bloomberg p>

Auctionata p>

company: p>

Auctionata p>

Select VC investors: p>

German Startups Group, Brilliant Capital, e.ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital p >

total disclosed funding: p>

$97.4M p>

via p>

artnet news p>

business p>

: Wimdu p>

Select VC Investors p>

: Rocket Internet p>

total The present invention relates to the financing p>

: $90M

by p>

TechCrunch p>

Verdezyne p>

Company p>

: Verdezynegri p>

Investors Select VC p>

: BP Ventures alternative Energy, Sime Darby p>

total The present invention relates to the financing p>

: $89.4M p>

via p>

Bio based World News p>

Medical Sonitus p>

company: p>

Medical sonitus p>

Investors Select VC: p>

GE Capital, Aberdare Ventures, p>

Novartis Venture Funds p>

, RWI Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$89.7M p>

via p>

MDDI online p>

DeNovis, Inc p>

company:.. p>

DeNovis, Inc p>

S elected VC investors: p>

Advanced Technology Ventures, UV partners p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$97.8M p>

via p>

Boston Globe p>

Aero p>

company: p>

Aero p>

Investors Select VC: p>

FirstMark Capital, Highland Capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$97M p>

via p>

Wired p>

Aero p >

company: p>

Beyond the rack p>

Select VC investors: p>

Silicon Valley Bank, BDC Venture Capital, Highland Capital Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$95.6M p>

via p>

Wall Street Journal p>

Financial Canopy p>

company: p>

Financial Canopy p>

Select VC investors: p>

GGV Capital, Capital Foundation p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$89.5m p>

via p>

Wall Street Journal p>

Soapstone Networks p>

company: p>

Soapstone Networks p>

Select VC investors: p>

Accel Partners, p>

Oak Investment Partners p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$87.3M

via p>

Light Reading p>

Claria Corporation p>

Company: p>

Claria Corporation p>

Select VC investors: p>

US Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital p>

total declared financing: p>

$84M p>

via p>

VentureBeat p>

SunRocket p>

company: p>

SunRocket p>

Select VC investors: p>

Anthem Capital Ventures BlueRun p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$79.3Mp >

via p>

CNET p>

38 Studios p>

company: p>

38 Studios p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$75M p>

via p>

Boston Magazine p>

Startup Failures: Total Funding $50M - $75M p>

Hubba p>

company: p>

Hubba p>

Select VC investors: p>

Brightspark p>

Kensington Capital Partners p>

Real Ventures p>

GS growth p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$58.67M p>

via p>

BetaKit p>

company: p>

Select VC investors: p>

Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$51M p>

via p>

Bloomberg p>

Stay Alfred

company: p>

stay Alfred p>

Select VC investors: p>

Nine Four Ventures p>

total disclosed funding:

$62M p>

via p>

short term Rentalz p>

IfOnly p>

company: p>

IfOnly p>

Select VC investors: p>

New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, Founder Funds p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$54M p>

via p>

TechCrunch p>

Well-founded p>

company: p>

Well-founded p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Arboretum Ventures

, Elevate Ventures, Deerfield management p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$51M p>

by p>

IBJ p>

vicis p>

business p>

:p>

vicis p>

Investors Select VC: p>

rx3 Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners, W Fonds p>

total The present invention relates to the financing p>

: $74M p>

via p>

New York Times p>

Stratoscale p>

business p>

Stratoscale p>

Select VC investors p >

: Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital Ventures, Qualcomm p>

Total The present invention relates to financing p>

: $69M p>

by p>

Globes p >

Hipmunk p>

business p>

Hipmunk p>

Select VC Investors p>

: Ignition Partners, Oak Investment Partners, NGP Capital p>

total day a funding p>

: $55M p>

via p>

Yahoo! Finance p>

Oryx Vision p>

Company: p>

Oryx Vision p>

Select VC investors: p>

Bessemer Venture Partners, VC heavyweights, Maniv Mobility p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$67M p>

by co-founder Ran Wellingstein quoted in p>

CTech p>

Crazy Teacher p>

company: p>

Crazy Teacher p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Tencent Holdings, Kun Ling Capital, BioVenture p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$65M p>

via p>

Pencil News p>

Shy p>

company: p>

Shy p>

Select VC investors: p>

Homebrew, Sherpa Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Slow Ventures, Otter Rock Capital, Machine Shop Ventures p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$62M p>

via p>

Fast Company

Learned p>

business p>

: Learned p>

Select VC Investors p>

ignition partners p>

, Safeguard Scientifics p>

total day a funding p>

: $55.5M p>

via p>

Albany Times-Union p>

PATH p>

business p>

: PATH p>

Select VC Investors p>

: Ashton Kutcher, Gary Vaynerchuk, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & amp; Byers p>

Total The present invention relates to financing p>

: $66.3M p>

via p>

Gizmodo p>

Seatwave p>

company p>

: Seatwave p>

Select VC Investors p>

: Accel, Ticketmaster p>

total The present invention relates to the financing p>

: $62.6M p>

via p>

Ticketmaster p>

GRIDCO Systems p>

company: p>

GRIDCO Systems p >

Select VC investors: p>

General Catalyst, North Bridge Venture Partners, Lux Capital p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$54M p>

via p>

Greentech media p>

Hello p>

company: p>

Hello p>

Investors Select VC: p>

Cherub Ventures, Temasek Holdings p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$52.9M p>

via p>

Fortune p>

TerraLUX p>

company: p>

TerraLUX p>

Select VC investors: p>

Access Venture Partners, Emerald Technology Ventures p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$55.6 p>

via p>

Denver post p>

LOYAL3 p>

company: p>

LOYAL3 p>

Select VC investors: p>

community investment management, Capital Management Brevet, Trinity Ventures, Giles Raymond p>

Total disclosed funding: p>

$62.4M p>

via p>

Benzinga p>

PepperTap

company: p>

PepperTap p>

Select VC investors: p>

Innoven Capital, Sequoia Capital India p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$52M p>

via p>

TechCircle p>

Sprig p>

company: p>

Sprig p>

Select VC investors: p>

Greylock Partners, Social Capital and Ventures Sozo p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$56.7p >

via p>

PYMNTS.com p>

Dealstruck p>

company: p>

Dealtruck p>

Select VC Investors: p>

community investment management, Brevet Capital Management, Trinity Ventures, Giles Raymond p>

total disclosed funding: p>

$70.1M p>

via

Crowdfund Insider p>

sand 9 p>

company: p>

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Matrix Partners India

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: $21.5M

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StumbleUpon

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: $19.7M

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: $17.9M

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MPM Capital, Atlas Venture, Partners Innovation Fund

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Correlation Ventures, Upfront Ventures

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Lily Robotics

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Spark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Union Square Ventures

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Technicolor Ventures

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DN Capital, Piton Capital, Rocket Internet

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New Enterprise Associates, Institutional Venture Partners

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Bay Partners

, Kennet Partners

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Aweida Venture Partners

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Deep Fork Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures

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$17.4M

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Kegonsa Capital Partners

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